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Retrograde: a period of time when a planet appears to move in reverse. During a retrograde, the energies of that planet and the sign it's in will come up for us in new, unexpected ways. We see the relevant subjects from a new point of view and are able to develop new relationships with those energies. Most of that work will happen internally.
A few months ago, Saturn moved into Capricorn. This was the first contraction. Aries season, which began only a few days ago, marks the birth. This baby was conceived during revolutionary change and reconstruction of the very element Aries represents: masculinity. This is the baby of #metoo and ecology, the child of outrage and compassion. This baby is what we've been fighting for.
The Parents:
This baby is born of two gender-nonconforming parents: Capricorn, the father and Aries, the mother.
Capricorn is the grandmother who spoils you with dark chocolates and money for your school books. She makes sure your hair is neat and that you have everything you need to survive and thrive, which she provides from her endless, earthly resources.
Aries is the young father, the soldier off at battle for what he believes is right and what he believes will protect his family. Aries is the hot-headed, the passionate, the risk-taker, the innovator and the fearless.
As I type this, we have a stellium (three planets or more) in Aries: the Sun, Venus, Uranus and Mercury which has just stationed retrograde at 8:18 this evening. We also have a stellium in Capricorn: Mars, Saturn and Pluto.
Venus is the planet that reflexively deemed the planet of women, and this is an oversimplification that has been created over years of patriarchal rule. Venus is really the planet of reception, of inward-directed experience.
Mars, the counterpart to Venus and the planet that is similarly associated with manhood, is really the planet of outward-directed action.
Venus is Yin, Mars is Yang. Venus is feminine energy, Mars is masculine energy. Aries is masculine energy, Capricorn is feminine energy. Venus is in Aries, Mars is in Capricorn, each of them flanked by a group of powerful planets. You see how they are gender-nonconforming parents now?
Therefore, Aries energy is being reborn through the lens of Capricorn, a lens of womanhood and femininity. We have all been so afraid of our masculinity especially over the last 6-12 months with the boom of the #metoo campaign. While for some (cis men, for instance) it may be more obvious, for others it is an extremely internalized, unconscious feeling. We never even thought of ourselves as masculine and yet, we are realizing, we have been afraid of our masculinity.
In what ways have we been afraid of our power to take action, to penetrate and enter the space around us, to start new projects, to fight for what we think will keep our family safe? In what ways have we rejected things that are associated with masculinity because we fear we will hurt others? In stating our opinions, in giving up on the relationships that don't excite us any longer, in making a stink, in claiming resources for yourself, in choosing to participate in the fights that serve us?
Meanwhile, in Capricorn there is a dance between Saturn, the planet of time, wisdom and maturity (also the ruling planet of Capricorn and thus at home in this sign) and Pluto, the planet of the underworld, of endless time. Pluto, the father of decay, of dark secrets, Saturn, the father of time and wisdom, take on the receptive & feminine mantle of Capricorn, the mother of material resilience and boundary, mother of the word No.
Recently, Mars, the planet that rules Aries, made its way into Capricorn as well. The planet of war, of domination and masculine energy, takes the side of the earth mother.
Mars in Capricorn asks: How can we nurture our masculinity, our urges to compete and be seen and join the forces? How can we love and condition our masculinity for healing even as it scares us? Even as our masculinity reminds us of our dominant fathers, our ruthless bullies, our shameful president? How can we teach the masculinity we each possess to present itself in a supportive and healthy way?
The Grandparent:
Standing alone in Scorpio, Jupiter watches the birth. Jupiter is an eager grandparent of deep, profound emotional admission and understanding. Scorpio is a deeply feminine and emotionally nurturing water sign that has seen the endless violence and trauma masculinity has created over the past few thousand years.
Scorpio sees and understands our wounds. Scorpio is not afraid to address them.
Jupiter expands everything it touches, and since October it has expanded our ability to peer unflinchingly into the mess of trauma masculinity has caused. Jupiter went retrograde on March 8, giving us the chance to peer into the areas of our life that were previously unexamined as to how they were affected by toxic masculinity. This peering and understanding allows us to harvest all the abundant energy that has been trapped by our stale contracts to the patriarchy.
How have we been holding onto contracts with toxic masculinity that we took on for survival and yet are no longer required for our survival? Is it the way we hold our eyes down when speaking to a powerful man? The way we conceive of our survival in capitalism as dependent upon either the men in our lives or our own dominant masculinity? Have we been clinging to a tradition of monogamy that doesn't serve our emotional lives but does serve the capitalist institution of marriage which positions married partners as each others property? These contracts can be exceedingly subtle or very direct and they will become more obvious over the next few weeks.
Moving Forward:
As we move deeper into spring, the new way we are relating to masculinity as it has been introduced to the world during this joint retrograde between Mercury and Jupiter will start to grow longer legs. It will start to have words and movement and take on a larger life form. This is our time to consciously tend to it and make sure that our new way of relating to masculinity is a healthy one, one that does not abuse, traumatize or demean femininity but stands alongside it.
Our job during this period of retrograde is to really take stock of our own associations with masculinity. This can be painful and for most of us will bring up some unprocessed trauma. Do not try to do everything at once. Do not spend your time intentionally going into your most obvious traumatic memories- that will only serve to distract and decenter you from your power. Instead, wait and see what comes up. Whatever you find yourself ruminating on over the next few weeks (and the past few weeks) likely has something to do with the way you have been reflexively relating to masculinity. Now you have the chance to let go of these oaths you made to patriarchy, oaths that you took at one time to be save and stay alive, but which are now preventing you from parenting this new expression of divine masculinity in your life. Let go of them; you will come to no harm by releasing that which is passed already.


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Mohd Nor, Roshazlizawati and Amin, Naemah (2016) E-consumer protection in delivery of goods: a Malaysian perspective. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 3. pp. 38-44. ISSN 2289-9855
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E-consumers nowadays are increasingly being involved in online transactions of sale of goods where mostly the transaction is cross border in nature rather than domestic. In fact, e-consumers are allure with the concept of bringing stores to the shoppers, not shoppers to the stores. For the face-to-face shopping, consumers will deal directly with the trader at the traders' premise. Meanwhile, for the e-consumers, the communication between the purchaser and the vendor who are located in different jurisdictions or countries through web page may or may not carry information as well as details about the supplier and his place of business. Once the e-consumer has chosen the items of interest, he will then proceed to make payment by credit card or electronic cash. By this, a transaction is concluded and the buyer has performed his duty but the seller's duty is yet to be performed. As a consumer, one would expect the goods bought to be delivered on time. The problem will arise when the seller fails to deliver the goods to consumer or he refuses to deliver the goods or late delivery of goods or wrong delivery of goods in terms of quality and quantity. Therefore, this paper will identify the e-consumer issues concerning e-delivery and analyze the extent to which present related e-commerce legislations in Malaysia could provide protection to the e-consumers as well as discuss on the availability of remedies to e-consumer in cases of breach of contract by e-traders. This paper will evaluate several Malaysian related e-commerce legislations focusing on the protection for e-consumers in this issue namely the Consumer Protection Act 1999, the Sale of Goods Act 1957 (SOGA) and the Contracts Act 1950 in preserving the interest of the e-consumers in order to overcome their anxieties as well as building up their confidence in purchasing goods online.
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Voodoo Terror Tribe Return with Symptoms Of Sin
Formed in 2005 by Emir Erkal on the guitars and T-Bone on the drums; and later joined by Primer on the bass and Gil PZ on the vocals, VTT, the up-and-coming alt-metal band blazes out of the studio in 2009 with an 8-song release entitled "Symptoms of Sin". With Billy Graziadei at the producer's reigns, the new release showcases a band that has something to prove.
Emir, the charismatic guitar demon and true force behind the band, explains VTT's newest approach: "We know the scene, and the scene knows us, but we're coming at this a new way, in full force, and people are excited about the new voice." The "New Voice" refers to the newest member Gil PZ, a seasoned metal vocalist who recently relocated from Texas, having worked with bands such as Phonetica and Deviltry.
VTT doesn't bolster a false pretense of originality. Gil explains, "Worry about the songs being good first, originality comes second.".
"We've been in Billy's (Graziadei, "Underground Studios", South Amboy NJ) studio for a couple of months now, and the results have been great!" With the CD being finished, the band went on to record a video for the single "The Victim", which was recorded in the pipe-warehouse where T-Bone works. "Yeah, our drummer may have lost his job over that shoot, but it looks great!"
So what's with the name? As the guys explain it, VTT is still "Voodoo Terror Tribe", but the acronym better represents their new approach, and is iconic in its own way. The guys admit that none of them are actual practitioners of Voodoo. As T-Bone states, "While, in a way we're a tribe, the terms "terror, terrific, or terrible" don't usually apply."
Gil begs to differ; "To be a tribe, it would suggest we get along. For me, "VTT" is easier to spell, and makes for better graffiti. Not to mention secular! That's enough!"
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Expectations are extremely high for the Army women's basketball team fresh off its second Division I tournament appearance in history.
"Winning kind of puts a target on our back,'' junior Aimee Oertner said, "but it shows that we are there to play and that we are a competitor in the league. We should embrace that we have that title and we need to keep that, and we will do whatever we can to keep that title.''
Coach Dave Magarity has seen the positive and negative effects of expectations. He returned the Marist men's team to the 1987 NCAA tournament in his first season as head coach. But it was his last NCAA appearance as head coach until the Army women broke through in 2013-14. He took over for the late Maggie Dixon and guided Army to a Patriot League regular-season title in 2006-07, only to have the team lose in the tournament quarterfinals.
The challenges facing this year's Army team are not lost on Magarity.
"It's a tough dynamic here because we're trying to blend in so many new faces,'' he said. "Everybody just assumes that just because you have four starters back and the player of the year back that everything is going to be perfect. Well, it's not.''
Point guard Kelsey Minato is the league's two-time player of the year. But she no longer has Anna Simmers or Jen Hazlett to alleviate the scoring pressure. Hazlett's graduation leaves a large void with perimeter scoring and rebounding. Olivia Schretzman and Aimee Oertner provide veteran leadership in the frontcourt, but the Black Knights need more offensive production from them. Magarity sees some promise in a couple freshmen but says they need time to develop.
Still, having a team that returns more than three-quarters of its scoring is a bonus.
"We'll have a better feel for each other and how we play together,'' Minato said.
Magarity said the concern is Army becoming "a very average team,'' when Minato is contained. She averaged 22 points and four rebounds last season. No other returnee averaged more than six points.
"We lost a good player in Jen (Hazlett),'' Oertner said, "but we have all the girls stepping up. We have a lot of freshmen who will step in and play really well for us.''
Jahla Osborne, a 6-foot freshman forward, and Janae McNeill, a 5-9 freshman guard, have earned spots in the top 10 of the lineup. Lena Hicks has shown lots of potential, but Magarity said she's still a year or two from contributing significantly. Magarity said he would feel a lot better about his low-post lineup if Osborne develops and Failor stays healthy.
Schretzman points out that Army learned how to win close games last season that it would have lost two years ago.
"I think we know what it takes,'' she said. "We know how long the season can be. We know what it takes to get there, so I think now that we know that, we want to step it up a little bit more.''
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will meet tomorrow with the two sides drawing nearer to a power-sharing agreement, a newspaper reported yesterday.
The Harare meeting will take place with South African President Thabo Mbeki, the mediator for the talks, expected to fly to Zimbabwe this weekend, Business Day reported.
Citing unnamed sources, the paper reported that the meeting "would decide whether ZANU-PF and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change would come up with a final power-sharing deal this weekend."
Mugabe's spokesman on Thursday called reports of a deal in power-sharing talks "nonsense", but both he and South Africa said negotiations over the country's crisis were advancing.
"All this talk about an agreement that has supposed to have been reached, which is being reported, is utter nonsense," George Charamba told AFP, saying Mugabe had asked him to relay the message.
Power-sharing talks following Mugabe's controversial re-election began in South Africa after Zimbabwe's political rivals signed an accord on July 21 laying the groundwork for negotiations.
An opposition spokesman said on Thursday that Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a smaller faction of the MDC, would hold a meeting in Harare soon.
Mutambara spokesman Edwin Mushoriwa said negotiators were expected to return home from South Africa on Friday and the meeting would take place afterward.
Zimbabwe's political crisis intensified after Mugabe's victory in a June 27 presidential run-off election widely condemned as a farce.
Tsvangirai boycotted the run-off after finishing ahead of Mugabe in the March first round, citing violence against his supporters that had killed dozens and injured thousands.
Police defused three makeshift bombs in a busy tourist resort and on a high-speed rail line in the French Basque country, officials said yesterday.
More than 1,000 tourists were evacuated in the middle of the night from their holiday homes after firefighters received a telephone tip-off alerting them to a total of five explosive devices in the southwestern region.
Two were found in the Basque village of Arcangues, in a holiday resort and outside the tourism office, and a third on a TGV rail line near the Atlantic town of Ondres, at the northern edge of the Basque country.
Officials said all three devices had been easily defused, and that holidaymakers had been allowed to return to their accommodation Friday morning.
"The explosive devices turned out to be makeshift contraptions, of limited power and defective," the local prefecture in Pau said in a statement. "All the sites have been secured and reopened to the public."
Bomb disposal experts searched three other sites named by the anonymous caller, who gave the alert at around 4:00 am (10:00 am in Macau), but uncovered no evidence of explosives.
The sites were a seafront casino in Biarritz, an exclusive hotel and restaurant run by star French chef Alain Ducasse in the Basque town of Biadarray and a holiday village in the town of Anglet.
"No suspect elements were found," said an official at the regional prefecture in Pau.
Officials earlier said the device planted on the rail line was thought to be a gas canister equipped with a detonator. No details were given of the other devices.
Rail traffic was cut along the southwestern Atlantic coast following the bomb alert, while the rail station in Bordeaux was shut for two hours to allow a safety inspection on a night train arriving from Paris.
Anti-terrorism police and gendarmes have opened a joint investigation, a police official said.
The scare comes after a French-based Basque separatist group warned in April that it planned a campaign of attacks in Spain and France to further its call for an independent Basque homeland.
The little-known group, whose name Irrintzi means "Shout" in Basque, has claimed half a dozen low-level attacks or attempted attacks since August 2007 in the Basque region of southwest France, targeting estate agents, tourist sites and a police station.
Police in France also regularly detain suspected members of Spain's armed separatist group ETA, which is blamed for the deaths of 823 people in a 40-year campaign of bombings and shootings to carve a Basque homeland out of northern Spain and southwestern France.
ETA, whose initials stand for Euskadi ta Askatasuna, or Basque Homeland and Freedom in the Basque language, is designated a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union.
In recent month it has been hit by a string of arrests of high-profile members, and seizures of weapons caches.


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"I can tell you that for sure the G-20 will not discuss the issue of Hong Kong and we will not allow the G-20 to discuss the issue of Hong Kong", Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Jun said Monday.
"So, we want to let the global (community), let the globe know that in Hong Kong we are fighting for the people's freedom and say no to the extradition bill to China".
Protesters earlier handed a petition to the USA consulate asking President Donald Trump to "Back Hong Kong at the G20 Summit", where he is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to try to defuse trade tension.
"Maybe the pressure from foreign governments can help Hong Kong", said a protester who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisals from authorities.
The online news source in the city stated that demonstrators reiterated their call on the Hong Kong government to accept their five demands including, complete withdrawal of the extradition bill, accountability for the decision of shoot, the resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam, release arrested protesters and withdraw all charges.
Since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it has been governed under a "1 country, 2 systems" formula that allows freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including the liberty to protest and an independent judiciary.More news: Cast of Hollywood stars perform live reading of Mueller report
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The government suspended debate on the legislation indefinitely after earlier protests, but activists are demanding that it be withdrawn completely.
Despite the post being deleted, Nike made a decision to stop sales to avoid any controversy regarding political protests in Hong Kong. "This is entirely China's internal affair".
Millions of people have clogged the streets of the former British colony in recent weeks to protest against the bill, which would allow people to be extradited to the mainland to face trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party. "China expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this".
Britain urges Hong Kong to establish a "robust, independent investigation" into the violence against protesters, and will not issue further export licenses for crowd control equipment to Hong Kong "unless we are satisfied that concerns raised on human rights and fundamental freedoms have been thoroughly addressed", he said.
Protesters have also launched a crowdfunding campaign to take out advertisements in major financial newspapers, hoping they may come across G20 leaders' desks during the summit, which groups the world's major advanced and developing economies.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Greece's debt deal helps stocks, said JPMorgan Chase's (JPM - Get Report) chief economist, Anthony Chan.
"I think this deal will be good for stocks since it removes uncertainty from the markets," Chan said. "That doesn't mean we're completely out of the woods. The deal still must get approval by the Greek parliament, but I think the pieces are moving in the right direction and I think this will be positive for equity market investors."
Greece will receive $96 billion from its European creditors in exchange for spending cuts that were previously rejected by voters in a historic referendum on July 5.
What a difference a week makes. The news set European stocks higher. Greece's debt woes and default on its June 30 payment to the International Monetary Fund has rocked markets for weeks.
"Today, investors need to focus on the fact that the economic fundamentals are improving in Europe and this negative headwind is now slowly going away," Chan added. "Now the positive economic growth momentum in Europe is likely to be uninterrupted."
Plus, the markets can finally focus on the massive $1.2 trillion quantitative easing program the European Central Bank implemented back in March. Such stimulus tends to lift equity markets, as it did in the United States. But Greece's debt woes interfered with the ECB's plans to reenergize the European economy.
"The increased liquidity [from the ECB stimulus] is not only helping equity markets, but it's boosting economic growth," Chain said. "You already saw really saw strong growth in the first quarter for Europe at 1.6% growth on an annualized pace. I think you're probably going to see around 2% or even better in the second half of the year."
He said the absence of a Greece debt deal would have subtracted 0.5% to 0.75% away from growth in Europe. "Now we don't have to worry about this."
Year to date, London's FTSE 100 rose 2.4% while Germany's DAX advanced 16.9%. The benchmark index in the U.S., the S&P 500, climbed 1.8%.
Greek companies, whose shares trade in the U.S., rose on the news of a debt deal. Shippers Diana Shipping (GSX) jumped 5% and Costamare (CMRE - Get Report) added 1.5%.


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Legend has it that there is a certain pool table hidden in the basement at our super secret location. According to the legend it was put down there over 60 years ago and Lisa's dad and uncle were going to play a game of pool on it. Well Archie heard the clatter of pool balls and stormed down there and quickly put an end to that tom foolery. So it was covered up, never to be used again. Over time it was buried under things like in all basements and forgotten.
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I yelled to Lisa, "Get my Indiana Jones hat and grab the whip out of the bedroom. I am going on a quest!" So , once properly attired and full of vim and vigor, I set out to accomplish what they said couldn't be done. I first had to discover the secret location of the doorway to the underworld.
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The wood on the top that has been covered is a dark mahogany color, while the legs that have been exposed is a light faded color. So what do you do with a virgin pool table that has never been used? You use it. And that is what Moose and I did. He has his own way of playing.
The balls are so old that they have turned yellow. I always wondered what happened to them if you didn't use them. I was looking for a white cue ball and was wondering why there were two yellow balls.
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It makes me wonder why someone would buy that and never use or enjoy it. But rather cover it up and just let it sit. Things that make you go "Hmmmm". After a couple of games, I covered it up for the next generation to find.
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As the year draws to a close I'd like to share my thoughts about the homeless paper 'The Big Issue'. I do believe that it is a great idea to offer homeless people a legitimate way to earn their way into a better future. I've been inspired by John Bird the papers founder in the November/Dec issue where he argues 'There is no alternative to getting involved in the day to day world of politics, if you feel that politics is going the wrong way.'
It might not be clear why someone working in the field of health might become interested in politics. Over many years of coping with a chronic health issue myself and working with others struggling with health concerns, I have felt and seen what is like to struggle and work consistently to be able to make a living. People with chronic ill health and disability will inevitably be amongst the poorest in our society. I think it's very sad that the current government is choosing to set different sections of society against each other. Disabled against able bodied, poor against rich and employed against unemployed and most notably with the coining of the phrase 'strivers' pitted against 'skivers'.
It seems to me that the further one gets from the bread line and the longer one has enjoyed the security and standard of living that goes with being a good distance away from the bread line, the easier it is to distance ourselves from the reality of what it is like to be poor. I question the validity of anyone who has been 'comfortably off' for any amount of time to be charged with making economic decisions that will impact mostly on the poor. I believe that we have to work towards a system where it is compulsory that disadvantaged sections of our society are properly represented and truly listened to.
At the moment we have a situation where our most vulnerable people are 'demonised' and like John Bird says in the Big Issue, the only way forward is encourage more people to become politically active. He says lets ' have a big demo for signing people up to political action...Go out on our high streets and diligently promote your argument. Take every opportunity to get your voice heard.'
For those people who say 'I'm not interested in politics, it has nothing to do with me' I would say it has everything to do with you. How much money you pay in tax, how much money you pay for your bills and your food, what the local government has to spend in your area, how your local services, like schools, the fire service and the police service are run. All these areas and most of the areas that affect our daily lives are governed by politics so it has everything to do with us whether we like it or not.
The Big Issue is available from a homeless person on a street corner somewhere near you this Christmas.
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Gov. Baker Orders Flags at Half Staff For Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Sprague, Rev. Bill Graham
BOSTON – Massachusetts Governor Charles D. Baker has ordered that the United States flag and the Commonwealth flag be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, March 2, 2018, the day of interment, in honor of Staff Sergeant Stephen A. Sprague, US Army, Fort Belvoir, VA, Company A, Warrior Transition Unit; of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts who died on Wednesday, February 21, 2018.
This order shall be observed concurrent with the existing Commonwealth of Massachusetts half-staff order for Friday, March 2, in accordance with the Presidential proclamation calling for the flag of the United States to be displayed at half-staff in memory of Reverend Billy Graham.
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Immigrants jittery about federal immigration crackdown
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — Since word started spreading late last month about plans by the Obama administration to crack down on undocumented immigrants from Central America, Elkhart County immigration attorney Felipe Moreno has been fielding call after call.
"People are frantic right now," he said Tuesday. "I have folks all over that are on the edge right now."
Lisa Koop, an immigration attorney in Goshen with the National Immigrant Justice Center, said she has heard from clients, immigrants, who have been following proper procedure in their cases. Nevertheless, they're also worried, fearing an unexpected knock on the door from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
"I think the community is absolutely terrified at the prospects of these raids," Koop said.
Word trickled out before Christmas in a Washington Post article that ICE plans to launch a national campaign "to deport families who have fled violence in Central America." The focus, the article said, would be on adults and children who already have been ordered deported by an immigration judge.
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson confirmed the initiative, announcing ICE agents had detained 121 people over the weekend, mainly in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina, and started processing them to be deported.
"At my direction, additional enforcement operations such as these will continue to occur as appropriate," he said in a statement.
An ICE official contacted by The Elkhart Truth countered talk of activity by the federal agency in Elkhart County, which has a sizable population of immigrants and Hispanic people.
"ICE hasn't conducted any recent enforcement activity in the Elkhart area," the official said Tuesday.
But Zulma Prieto, editor of El Puente, a Spanish-language newspaper based in Goshen, said Tuesday she had received word that immigration officials had detained an Elkhart area man originally from Honduras. She was still sorting out the details.
And the jitters are strong. Many on Facebook were chatting late Monday about some sort of supposed operation involving ICE that led to the detention of a man at an apartment complex just south of the Elkhart city limits.
Turns out a man was, in fact, detained, but on drug-related charges, according to Elkhart County Sheriff's Department records. And ICE was involved, but not necessarily Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rather, the effort that led to the arrest was headed by a local law enforcement entity that also goes by the ICE acronym — the Elkhart County Interdiction and Covert Enforcement unit, which focuses on drug-related crimes.
"I can tell you that our guys, our ICE guys, were the ones that were primary on the arrest warrant, and it was their case that is filed," said Vicki Becker, chief deputy prosecutor in the Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office. The Elkhart County ICE unit doesn't focus on immigration matters.
Despite all the nervousness, Merino said he hasn't confirmed any cases of local immigrants facing detention.
Koop, though, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement representatives have identified "several hundred cases" across the Midwest that could be the focus of future raids. "We are very likely to see raids, if we haven't already," she said.
The focus of the stepped-up effort by federal officials is on a specific group — Central Americans, mainly, caught crossing illegally from Mexico into the United States who have exhausted all legal remedies in their efforts to stay and now face removal.
The biggest share of the foreign-born population in Elkhart County, which includes legal and undocumented immigrants, among others, comes from Latin America, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. Most Latinos here have Mexican roots, with a smaller share from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, among other Latin American countries.
Koop said her clients are following proper procedure in their cases in immigration courts, presumably precluding them from being targeted in the new initiative. Merino said his clients, too, are in a similar situation, though that hasn't stopped the hand-wringing.
"My clients are going to court," he said. "They have me."
The Michiana Immigration Coalition, a collective of numerous immigrant advocacy groups in Elkhart, Goshen and South Bend, has issued a sheet offering advice to immigrants worried about detention. If immigration officials knock on the door, ask to see a court order, the sheet states.
Prieto, the El Puente editor, referred to a flier on her publication's Facebook page, created by immigration advocacy group United We Dream, that outlines a person's rights and responsibilities when facing immigration officials.
"You don't have to give any information," she said.
Source: The Elkhart Truth, http://bit.ly/1JYeQMh
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Men armed with a chainsaw, bat and machete in Ipswich street fight
A Queensland man wielding a chainsaw is in hospital after he was allegedly hit on the head with a bat and reportedly cut by a machete in a street brawl in North Ipswich.
The 33-year-old was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital with serious chest injuries by paramedics, including the high acuity response unit.
Emergency services were called to Delacy Street after reports that three men, believed to be roommates, were fighting on the street just before 2am on Saturday.
A police spokeswoman said the three men, including a 43-year-old and 18-year-old, were known to each other as they shared a property together.
"It is unclear who instigated the fight but one man was wielding a chainsaw, another was armed with a machete and a third man had a bat," she said.
"During the fight, two cars were damaging including a car's roof."
She said there had not been any complaints and no charges had been laid at this stage.
Jocelyn Garcia is a journalist at the Brisbane Times, covering breaking news.


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Spring came early to Madrid
Do you know that feeling, when sun starts to feel warm on your skin after winter? The BEST feeling ever! Apparently, all of those wishes for warmer weather that were sent up in December and January (I'm sure that I wasn't the only one swearing cold weather!) have been answered, as spring came to Madrid super early this year. I'm not a winter person at all, that's no secret, so I couldn't be any happier. I love sunny weather, trees blooming, people being happy and lighter clothes.
And what's the weather like? In February day temperatures rose up even to + 20 C°, even though the night temperatures were only a few degrees. It was raining only for a while maybe one day or two, which is really exceptional, because February is usually still one of the winter months (winter in Madrid is normally cold and rainy weather with some warmer days). And now in March the same weather just continues: Temperatures have already risen over twenty during the day!
And how have we enjoyed the arrival of spring? Well, we have spent time outside a lot more than usual, because it's just so wonderful that you don't have to wear winter clothes anymore (+ no more fights about wearing hat, all parents can relate for sure!) and nature is just so beautiful with all bright green colors and trees blooming. Our son also learned how to cycle without training wheels, so that has been our after-school activity. And on those days when we haven't gone to the park, we have spent time on our own terrace while having barbecue nights and making soap bubbles. How great is it that you can hang out on a terrace in t-shirt on March enjoying the sun? Absolutely loving it!
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Career As A Service Technician
Over the years many of the "old hands" in this industry have seen people setting themselves up as independent appliance engineers and, with very little deviation from this norm, they rarely really, really think about what they are actually embarking on.
Now, don't get us wrong, we're happy to see more people come into the industry. Goodness knows, it needs an injection of younger blood but the idea in many people's heads (including the general public) and the harsh realities of running your own appliance repair company are usually poles apart.
It takes a certain mentality and a broad range of skills as well as the willingness to learn and, very importantly, keep learning to be self-employed. It most certainly isn't for everyone and we urge people thinking of jumping off the edge of that cliff to take pause and think very, very carefully before leaping.
If this seems like a warning and designed to put some people off, it is. And, it's for some people's own good as it's not all sweetness and light being self employed, far from it in fact and it is not for everyone.
Typical Route To Becoming An Independent Repairer
The A-typical route is as follows:
- Employed engineer thinks that he can make £40-60 a call on his own
- Decides he can muster up the business to support himself from his "homers" etc and perhaps the odd contact with a local estate agent or whatever
- Packs in his job and goes it alone
- Realises that the self-employed life isn't as easy as they thought
Turnover Is Vanity
Every time that someone thinks about starting their own business they should be made to sit and actually learn what is involved and lesson number one should be the old caveat of, "turnover is vanity, profit is sanity".
You will never see an appliance engineer driving a fancy car. There's a reason for that, it isn't a big margin business and that's the mistake a lot of people make when they get into the business and, one the public make looking at repair charges.
All that charge isn't money in your pocket with little or no cost like it is when you do a homer.
You have to pay your salary, pay for fuel, spare parts, insurances, advertising, accountancy, telephones, stationary, computers and a raft of other things to boot. These costs are largely unavoidable.
So, to put this into perspective for you using real world examples:
Most repair businesses, when they cost out what we refer to as their "cost to call" which is the cost to get you (or an employed engineer) to the door of a customer will work out between £27 and £33 depending on your costs, where you are, how far your travel and so on. But, you don't know that yet as many people thinking on going self-employed in this industry are often living in a place we refer to as Cloud Cuckoo Land, some even have the optional rose tinted spectacles as well. However that works as a rough number to show you how hard this game actually is and, we'll use the lowest figure there.
Now, that cost is there every time you call. That means it costs you that amount every single visit you make.
If you charge say £40 a call (which is pretty cheap by modern standards) then you absolutely must complete, first time, over 52% of all the calls that you make or you aren't making a single penny.
Oh, and not get a single recall or have to order a single spare part.
The reason being that for every recall or spare part order, you have to make two visits which costs you £14 of costs over what you're charging for every one double visit that you make.
That changes the equation a lot. It means that you actually have to complete over 75-80% just to make a living. Most good repairers, employed or not, would struggle to do that with the diversity of products out there.
You may well achieve that on single brand work for a manufacturer. You probably won't on multi-brand, few will.
Before you take the plunge you have to be made to understand that what you charge isn't all profit and you must, must, must take into account your costs.
If you can't do that or don't understand this, do not go self-employed. You'll end up bust.
You Need To Work To Get Work
You need work to make your business work.
Nobody will generally come along and feed you work like they do when you are employed and, it's now your responsibility to secure that work.
That may mean being able to negotiate and understand contract work, sell yourself and your services and, increasingly, be aware of how to use the internet to get you some more business.
And, all the while you're doing that there is competition out there as well. There are very few repairers, especially in built up areas, that have little or no competition although it is fair to say that this is less than it was years ago.
The reasons is many fold but generally speaking, cheaper appliances means less repairs and more replacements. Expensive repairs, forget it on all but the most difficult to replace appliances or, expensive ones which usually also means much harder to repair.
The point is, where are you going to get work from? If you don't know the answer to that then perhaps self-employment isn't for you.
You Can Repair A Washing Machine, So What?
We get loads of guys that are ex-manufacturer that go down this road who are used to running about in a van with thousands of pounds worth of stock on them. They're used to that and being able to order up a bunch of parts and play what we call "Parts Bingo" as they're not paying for the extra bits that probably aren't needed. It's invisible because the parts that aren't needed go back on the van and will likely get used somewhere else.
Plus, most employed engineers are working on one or a few brands, so they have a massive familiarity with the products they service. Which means that they are often over-confident and cocky thinking that they're brilliant.
That's all fine but, when you work for yourself all that simply doesn't work.
For a start you don't have the safety net of a van full of parts.
You don't know what the next machine you get a call for will be, even on many contracts now this is the case.
You probably won't have any technical support or, it'll often be very limited.
Play Parts Bingo on jobs for direct clients and you'll soon get a reputation that you don't want and you'll probably be too expensive.
Do it for commercial clients and they will suss that out and think you're either a muppet that doesn't know what they're doing or, you're trying to rip them off. You'll get canned for contracts unless you are the only show in town.
Remember, you're the one that claims to be an appliance engineer. You're the one that has been contracted to and, accepted the contract to repair the appliance and, you're responsible in carrying that out.
A lot of self-employed people get so desperate for work they take on anything, then proceed to cock it up and make themselves look a proper idiot as they can't fulfil the obligations that they have taken onboard. They venture into doing things that they have no knowledge of or experience and a good number completely fail to do any research at all.
If you are not confident that you can do that, don't go self employed.
How Will You Get Paid?
It might seem obvious coming from an environment where you fill out a job card, plonk the details into the PC or whatever and off the information goes by magic never to be seen again when you're working for a company.
When you work for yourself however you need to understand the bit after that.
This is a scary area that, frankly, most engineers suck at that is known as administration and accountancy.
If you struggle to sign your name or actually write on the job results no more than a simple "replaced X, Y and Z" you really will struggle with this bit of the job.
You see, especially for contract work, if you don't tell the company you're working for what you did, they won't pay you. Equally, if you don't send them a bill, they won't pay you. If you don't send the bill for months then, chances are, they won't pay you. If you cannot explain why you replaced the parts you replaced, they may think you a part fitter simply playing parts bingo and your days may be numbered. Are you sensing a pattern here?
We see it all the time, field engineers think that they are above doing the paperwork let alone all the admin behind the field guy filling in some blanks, usually poorly. And, if you decide to go self-employed, guess who's responsible for all of that?
The point is, you don't stop work when you get home, there's still a raft of paperwork and accounts to be done. Almost every day.
Or of course, you can pay someone to do it but then that's going to cut into your margins again and add costs.
So, even if you're the best repairer on the face of the Earth, if you can't do the admin properly then your business will fail.
Twenty Years In, Still Learning
Class never closes in this industry like many others, there's new products, new ranges, new technologies and a whole heap of stuff to learn and relearn constantly.
A lot of self-employed engineers don't think that they need to bother. They think that they know it all and you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
The good engineers out there think exactly the opposite. Mainly because the opposite is correct and true. There is always more to learn.
You get your calls for the next day the first thing you should do is know what machines you're going to and, if that means you're up at the crack of dawn or sitting up looking for information on the machines you're not familiar with until the early hours, that's what you have to do.
A good few repairers out there don't bother, they don't even look at a parts diagram.
We see enquiries from engineers on such basic, basic things it is unbelievable and while you might be able to hide in a big company, when it's you and a client, there's nowhere to run to or hide.
There's absolutely no harm in asking a question if you're not sure in the likes of the forum but, asking how to wire a plug or open up a tumble dryer and other such basic appliance repair 101 questions when you've not bothered your backside to look first is liable to get you branded an idiot that hasn't a clue what they're doing.
If you think you've got nothing more to learn we'd suggest another career. There's always something to learn in this job.
Goodness This Article is Harsh
Yes, it is.
So is real life and you will find that the public and clients will offer you little quarter when they are parting with their cash to pay you to do a job.
And, that's the point.
These people are paying you to do a job for them. They are not interested in your problems or issues, they just want the appliance repaired as efficiently as possible and at the lowest cost possible. End of chat.
If you go self-employed and you take on that responsibility then you have to understand just what you're getting into and how hard it actually is. That's why we've been harsh as a sizeable number of guys that start up haven't a clue beyond repairing an appliance and, that's often limited in some manner.
As to running an actual business, you'll be lucky if 10-20% of the repairer businesses out there actually knew what was involved when they set out.
Later they have come to realise that you can make a reasonable living repairing appliances usually but only if you're good in all the areas, not just one. But, you'll never get rich unless you are extremely lucky and extremely good at what you do, this is a very elite group in the repair industry, odds are you will not be one of them.
So yes, we've been harsh because sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.


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Iran welcomes closer defense coop. with Pakistan
TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (Press Shia) – Iran's President Rouhani called for boosting military and defense cooperation with Pakistan along with developing friendly ties in politics, economy and culture.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday in Tehran, adding "given the resolve of the two governments of Iran and Pakistan to promote relations between armed forces, the two sides can focus their military cooperation on training and staging joint maneuvers."
President Rouhani also described terrorism and sectarian and ethnic disputes as the two main problems of the Muslim world today, censuring the role of certain world powers in creating and aggravating such issues in the region.
"World powers do not want to see the consolidation of unity and friendly ties among Muslim countries, because such unity will eliminate the necessity of the intervention of outsiders in our domestic affairs," he stressed.
Rouhani highlighted the two countries' common views on the necessity of unity among Islamic countries and the fight against terrorism, adding that Iran-Pakistan cooperation could pave the ground for further unity among Muslim nations.
"Our goal is to strengthen relations between Islamic countries, and there is no doubt that disagreements between Muslim states can be resolved through dialogue," he continued.
For his part, the Pakistani army chief hailed Iran-Pakistan relations as friendly and deeply-rooted, voicing his country's resolve to develop military and defense cooperation with Tehran.
Referring to the spread of terrorism and takfiri extremism in the region, General Bajwa called for an alliance among Islamic countries, adding "the disputes among some Islamic countries should be resolved at the negotiation table and Western countries should not be allowed to exasperate these disputes with the aim of selling their weapons."


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Sometimes, the Bible is funny and makes me laugh. Tonight is such a night. From Mark Chapter 9:
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus... As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead" meant.
After you know that the book ends with Jesus rising from the dead, this can be pretty funny. The disciples just witnessed an intense miracle and Jesus gives them some plain instructions in plain language: Don't tell people until I rise from the dead. They then discuss amongst themselves trying to figure out the "deep" meaning behind Jesus words. After all, Jesus is fond of speaking in parables, why not this time?
Part of the humor is that I act like the disciples. When I don't understand a passage from the Bible I try to find a deeper meaning. I see academics and bible scholars doing this all the time. It seems so easy to just let myself be caught up by the debates and parsing of words to get at the "real" meaning. Surely, it can't just mean what it says.
This is a good reminder to read the scripture as a student instead of a scholar. I do not know what the Bible is saying until God shows me. The best thing I can do is sit and submit my thoughts to scripture so as to learn. The worst thing I could do is let my foolish notions of what is true keep me from learning from God and the letters He left behind.
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John Betjeman: Reading the Victorians (Hardback)Greg Morse (author)
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"In his analysis of how Betjeman "reads" the Victorians, Morse succeeds admirably. His own reading of Victorianism - and of Betjeman - is extensive, and the resulting book, which began life as a doctoral thesis, is an impressive piece of scholarship. His recourse to Betjeman's largely uncollected prose is all the more admirable considering that he completed his research without the benefit of William Peterson's masterful new bibliography, John Betjeman: A Bibliography (Clarendon Press, 2006), or Stephen Games's new anthologies of Betjeman's prose. With its chronological approach, this book will serve as an effective introduction to Betjeman, and Victorian scholars will surely want to read it for its account of the fate of Victorianism in the twentieth century. A thematic organization might have been a more useful structure, however, as some portions of the book may prove repetitive to readers already versed in Betjeman's life and works; for instance, Morse's second chapter, 'The 1930s', covers much of the same material entailed by Timothy Mowl in Stylistic Cold Wars: Betjeman Versus Pevsner (John Murray, 2000), and his attention to the production, design and reception of Betjeman's books has been thoroughly covered in Bevis Hillier's biographical triptych. However, Morse is the first critic to treat Betjeman's laureate verse with seriousness, and he is only the second, following Dennis Brown's brief but excellent monograph, John Betjeman (Northcote House, 1999), to treat Summoned by Bells with the seriousness that it deserves. Morse convincingly explains how Betjeman made Victorianism not merely palatable to English taste but central to English Identity." --English Studies
"Morse teases out the Victorian roots of Betjeman (1906-84), celebrated as Britain's most popular poet laureate since Tennyson. He follows the poet's career decade by decade beginning with the 1930s, looking at such aspects as chapel and spa, flag stones, campaign and caveats, the Euston murder, faith and doubt, battling with bulldozers, changing horizons, and the epic." --Reference & Research Book News
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East Exchange Street opened to traffic shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday after city work crews worked all day to repair a water main break below the busy downtown street.
City spokesperson Ellen Lander-Nischt said the water main installed in 1881 broke early Tuesday morning, flooding the street and closing the section of Exchange between Broadway and High Streets from rush hour through rush hour Tuesday.
Despite dating back to the presidential administration of Chester A. Arthur, the water main has held up, until now. "The 8-inch main at issue, while old, has had few reported issues over the years and has performed very well in the past," said Lander-Nischt. "In other words, there were no indications that this line was going to fail."
After two mild winters, subzero temperatures have preceded the bursting of old city pipes every week — sometimes twice a week.
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Less than a week later, a third break sent traffic around the intersection of Grant and East South Street as yo-yoing temperatures plunged again. That repair lasted through the weekend.
The Exchange Street break sent traffic on a bottlenecking detour north around a row of trucks and equipment. The day before, an Ohio Edison crew performed work below sewer grates on High Street. That night, observers saw the water start flowing.
Lander-Nischt said that a five-member crew and extra city staff worked on the project under the watch of two inspectors.
After using a backhoe to dig into the street, workers covered the Exchange Street hole with asphalt.
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Endgame posted a topic in Heroica! The RPG!~This quest is for chosen heroes only. If you are interested in joining Heroica RPG, please check out the Rules and FAQ topic!~ Three heroes step out of the hall, egaer for adventure. At the request of a prolific prospector, the heroes had been sent out, told to stop some rampaging monster. The afternoon sun cast lazy shadows on the trio as they headed towards the docks, a rendzvous with a captain in their near future. These three heroes were... The Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 31 Mystic Knight, 22-year-old male Human *Immune to Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* [ Currently in: Heroica Hall ] Power: 42 (31 + WP:11) Health: 54/54 (Basic Health: 5 + Level Bonus: 30 + Class Boost: 15 + Permanent Boost: 4*) Ether: 36/36 (Basic Ether: 5 + Level Bonus: 30) Defense: 20 (Arm Shield: 14 + Duke's Coat-of-Arms: 5 + Unicorn Helmet: 1) Gold: 73 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Arm Shield (SP:14), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy. (Example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold.)), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (Protects against Fragile and all Poisons, SP; 5, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators; bodywear), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors; headwear), Zap-Tap Badge (Artefact, Accessory. Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level.) Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 broomstick, suitable to Arthur only), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Remedy] halberd),Spider Leg (WP:8, doubled against flying enemies; spear; unsuitable), (Unsuitable weapons: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd; suitable for Mages and Clerics), Hollow Blade Dagger (WP:6, dagger, hollow-blade [nothing]), Ammit (Greatsword, WP 6, gains 5 Ether for each kill), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff (WP:5; heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff (WP:5; heals instead of damaging), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable, causes Jinxed-effect; throwing weapon) ) Artifacts: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Scarf of Misfortune (Accessory, Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round), Shackles of War (Accessory, Prevents anyone from fleeing battles), Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent), Jester's Hat (Headwear, Wearer may choose to gain one immunity from targeted enemy), Stingy Gloves (Handwear, wearable by everybody. 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We may be obsessed with Love Island but spare a thought for Peter Andre, who revealed his 12-year-old daughter Princess is keen to go on the ITV2 dating show.
The singer was speaking about whether or not he lets his eldest children he shares with ex-wife Katie Price, Princess and her 14-year-old brother Junior, watch the show.
The show's been called out by parents for its sometimes explicit nature (despite a lack of sex this year), but Peter admitted he was losing the battle when it comes to Junior and whether he'll watch it.
But with Princess it's an absolute no, despite her even asking him if she'd be allowed to go on the show herself.
'She said to me, "would you ever let me go on Love Island",' Peter said on Loose Women today.
As the audience audibly gasped, he added: 'I said to her when they start doing Love Island on priests and nuns and they have their sermon on Sundays you can go on Love Island. Until then no chance.'
He said of his son: 'Junior is 14 now and he's like, "are you gonna let me watch it?" He said he'd watch it on his phone.
'My daughter, I feel bad, she's 12, I'm like "no". She thinks I'm mean but it doesn't mean I'm right. Every parent has a different thing. For me, she's a bit young.'
Peter conceded his son is most likely going to know what happens on the show speaking to his friends, as he said: 'He's getting to that stage he wants to hang out and watch things… they've got their phones, so they're seeing it all.'
It comes amid claims Katie is keen to dip her foot into the Love Island pool's villa.
Sources close to Katie have told Metro.co.uk that she is 'desperate to be associated with the show as it keeps her young'.
The mother-of-five is already rumoured to be using her ITV contacts for a stint on Love Island spin-off show Aftersun, and a friend of Katie's admitted that the star 'just wants to be involved with the islanders, whether that's representing them or being a guest on Aftersun'.
So while Katie might have a chance at landing on the show, safe to say her daughter Princess will have no such luck.
Loose Women returns 12.30pm on ITV.
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