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Via Patriot Retort, on a tip from TED.
Via Patriot Retort, on a tip from TED.
Can't decide between Cruz and Trump? Let Jimmy Carter be your guide:
Given his history and his nature, there is no reason to imagine that Trump would live up to a single right-of-center word of his campaign rhetoric once in power. He would begin abandoning it as soon as he sews up the nomination. The last of it would be discarded on inauguration day.
On a tip from TED.
ABC's Liz Kreutz reports that Shrillary won't let anyone film her boarding her jet:
Clinton staff won't allow press to film HRC boarding her charter. We must get on our plan before she gets out of car pic.twitter.com/Rm1Sioin7k
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) February 27, 2016
It isn't hard to understand why:
On tips from Varla, Manuel R, and Torcer. Hat tip: Weasel Zippers.
Among the many little people Donald Trump has screwed royally in the process of amassing his fortune are the alumni of Trump University:
Details on the Trump University scam:
When the "school" was established in 2005, the New York State Education Department warned that it was in violation of state law for operating without a NYSED license. Trump ignored the warnings. (The institution is now called, ahem, "Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.") Cue lawsuits.
Trump University is currently the defendant in three lawsuits — two class-action lawsuits filed in California, and one filed in New York by then-attorney general Eric Schneiderman, who told CNN's New Day in 2013 "We started looking at Trump University and discovered that it was a classic bait-and-switch scheme. It was a scam, starting with the fact that it was not a university."
Individual victims have lost as much as $60,000.
The New York suit explains how the swindle works:
The free seminars were the first step in a bait and switch to induce prospective students to enroll in increasingly expensive seminars starting with the three-day $1495 seminar and ultimately one of respondents' advanced seminars such as the "Gold Elite" program costing $35,000.
At the "free" 90-minute introductory seminars to which Trump University advertisements and solicitations invited prospective students, Trump University instructors engaged in a methodical, systematic series of misrepresentations designed to convince students to sign up for the Trump University three-day seminar at a cost of $1495.
Promises have been used to separate the gullible from their money:
Trump's promises that the three-day seminar ($1,495) would include "access to 'private' or 'hard money' lenders and financing," that it would include a "year-long 'apprenticeship support' program," and that it would "improve the credit scores" of students were empty.
The Trump University playbook describes this institution of learning the hard way's admission standards:
[A] 41-page "Private & Confidential" playbook printed on Trump University letterhead … spells out the one essential qualification in caps: "ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED IN FULL." Basically, anyone with a valid credit card was "admitted" to Trump University.
Well, not quite anyone…
If a member of the media happened to approach the registration table, Trump staffers were instructed not to talk to him or her under any circumstance. …
At one point, the playbook advises Trump staffers: "If a district attorney arrives on the scene, contact the appropriate media spokesperson immediately."
As the Weekly Standard reported in a piece entitled "Nine Tales of Trump at His Trumpiest,"
At one seminar, attendees were told they'd get to have their picture taken with Trump. Instead, they ended up getting snapped with his cardboard cutout.
There you have it: Trump in a nutshell. Maybe those persuaded to sacrifice limited government for promises regarding immigration can get their pictures taken next to a cardboard version of a border wall.
On a tip from Torcer. Hat tips: Soopermexican, Right Scoop.
In a desperate attempt to stave off the total collapse of its ratings, MSNBC has been trying to rebrand itself as a serious news network. When this entailed preempting the absurd Melissa Harris-Perry for presidential election coverage, the lisping social justice warrior boycotted her own show and screeched like a scalded cat:
"I will not be used as a tool for their purposes," she wrote. "I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head. I am not owned by Lack, Griffin or MSNBC. I love our show. I want it back."
Ms. Harris-Perry is black, and [NBC News chairman, Andrew] Lack and [MSNBC president Phil] Griffin are white. In [a] phone interview on Friday, Ms. Harris-Perry clarified her remarks and said she did not think race played a role in her recent absence from the air.
"I don't know if there is a personal racial component," she said. "I don't think anyone is doing something mean to me because I'm a black person."
There was no racial component — that time. She was just showing the big stick she planned to whack them with if they didn't stop preempting her silly and largely unwatched show in favor of news.
The threat did not work. Ms. Harris-Perry is out of there. Evidently her attempts to crybully the bosses were the last straw that led to them canning her.
Good thing she still has her PoliSci teaching gig at Wake Forest University. It has now been confirmed that academia has even lower standards than MSNBC.
On a tip from Torcer.
Leftist demagogues frequently denounce CEOs for allegedly making more than enough money. Yet you don't hear them complaining about the fattest hogs gorging at the government-subsidized trough formerly known as higher education:
College presidents on average earn $377,261 annually, or more than twice the average pay for CEOs, who take home about $176,840 on average each year, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
At the same time, American students face ever-increasing tuition bills, with the growth in college costs for years dwarfing the rate of inflation.
As a generation digs itself ever deeper into debt for education of deteriorating quality, it isn't only the college presidents who ride high on the gravy train:
While the president is just one employee of a college, he or she represents the tip of the iceberg in terms of administrative pay. The bigger question, the researchers note, is whether reducing total administrative salaries would help to put a brake on rising college tuition.
Previous research indicates that there may be a link between a college president's high pay and a student's debt load. Graduates of state universities with the highest-paid presidents typically end up with higher debt loads than the average state university graduate, the Institute for Policy Studies found in 2014.
The study also found that schools with highly compensated administrators tend to reduce scholarships and rely on low-paid faculty labor such as adjuncts, rather than full-time professors.
Regarding the starting compensation offered prominent Democrat Big Sis Napolitano, when she became UC president in 2013,
The University of California has leased an Oakland residence for incoming system president Janet Napolitano for $9,950 a month, officials said Monday. Napolitano, the former U.S. secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Arizona, will be provided the housing plus an annual $570,000 salary, $8,916 a year for car expenses and $142,500 for one-time relocation costs.
Yet not a peep from social justice warrior Shrillary Clinton, who finds it intolerable that CEOs are paid the compensation determined by their value on the free market. Shrillary herself makes $15 million per year, without offering society any benefit in return.
On a tip from Jester.
They say Trump's candidacy has gotten this far because the voters are angry. But if Matt Walsh is correct, this anger is as phony as the Donald himself:
You say you're angry about the corruption in Washington, but you support a slimy swindler and fraudster who boasts of his bribery schemes and makes no apologies for shamelessly exploiting political corruption for personal gain.
You say you're angry about illegal immigration, but you rally around a guy who supported amnesty as recently as 2013, employed illegal immigrants, and donated millions of dollars to open borders politicians like Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Hillary Clinton.
You say you're angry about the establishment, but you worship a candidate who said only a few weeks ago that "you got to be a little establishment" in order to get things done, and who admits he "was the establishment" right until he ran for president.
You say you're angry that Republicans won't fight, but you hail as a warrior the same guy who says he'll happily "work with the Democrats," which probably explains why Sen. Harry Reid praised him and Jimmy Carter called him "malleable." It is not uncommon for me to hear from Trump fans that they're angry at "GOPe" Republicans for "cutting deals" and "compromising" in one breath, and in the very next that they want Trump because he's really good at cutting deals and compromising.
Right down the list, you are blithely embracing every single thing you say you're so angry about. Trump is … precisely the sort of man you supposedly detest. Trump is exploiting America's frustration with men like Trump. Trump is running against Trump. You are voting for Trump because you hate Trump. You are angry at politicians because they act like Trump and make deals like Trump and go to cocktail parties with men like Trump and look down on the little guy like Trump and possess the integrity of Trump, and so your solution is to elect Trump. Your anger at Trump leads you to Trump. Perhaps this explains why you're so worried about politicians who are "controlled by donors," but you aren't at all concerned about a politician who is the very donor you didn't want controlling the political process. "I'm sick of these donors influencing the government! I have an idea: let's make one president!"
Why do Trumpsters support the personification of everything they claim to be angry about? Is it because they are stupid? Walsh doesn't think so. He embraces the only other possible explanation: they aren't actually angry.
Your anger, to whatever extent it exists at all, is surface level. It's a purely emotional experience, fed by a mob mentality. You're angry in the way a rioter or looter is angry. Your temper might be flaring and your heart rate jumping and you might be filled with the uncontrollable urge to break a window, but underneath that anger is really something much closer to boredom and apathy. You don't feel a real, intense, profound, deep and meaningful disgust at the corruption and malfeasance in Washington, because if you did there is simply no way you would support a man like Trump. …
I don't believe your anger. I think you want a spectacle, not a solution. A celebrity, not a statesman. A circus performer, not a leader. I think you want to be entertained. I think you're not taking this seriously enough.
But the situation will be plenty serious if this publicity stunt gone awry results in Trump getting the nomination, securing the election for Shrillary. When the opportunity to put a Reaganesque conservative in the White House is snatched away for frivolous, foolish, self-indulgent reasons, patriotic Americans really will be angry.
On a tip from Troy.
Only a very hardcore moonbat could be allergic to the Statue of Liberty:
Winnifred Dwyer — who suffers from a number of ailments — says her bosses at FJC Security Services have threatened to fire her if she doesn't show up for work at Lady Liberty.
She is asking a judge to stop the transfer and has filed a $10 million discrimination lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court.
Dwyer "has a documented history of disabilities" including a paralyzed trigger finger caused by an on-the-job injury, tumors near her vocal cords, and "an allergy to certain substances in the air which trigger her throat to close such that she requires hospitalization and intubation," her suit says.
Having to work near the Statue of Liberty would allegedly place her at risk of having allergy attacks with no nearby medical facilities.
Fortunately, she will be able to build her own personal hospital with all her free money if she comes up lucky in our system of jackpot justice.
On a tip from Jester.
If only the whole farce where some kind of joke on the Donald, to poke fun at his outsized ego. But actually it is poorly educated, impulsive, and/or inattentive voters who are the victims of the prank:
Compliments of Torey Dawn.
Congratulations to Barack Obama on achieving an anniversary that affirms his steady, consistent hand on the wheel. He came into office largely due to an economic crisis; his economic policies have proven to be remarkably effective at prolonging that crisis:
The United States has now gone a record 10 straight years without 3 percent growth in real Gross Domestic Product, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. …
In the 85 years for which BEA has calculated the annual change in real GDP there is only one ten-year stretch—2006 through 2015—when the annual growth in real GDP never hit 3 percent. During the last ten years, real annual growth in GDP peaked in 2006 at 2.7 percent. It has never been that high again, according to the BEA.
It is not expected to get better soon:
In the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers that President Obama sent to Congress this week, the administration noted that it is projecting real GDP to grow by only 2.7 percent this year and by less than that in the following two years.
Has it ever been this bad for this long? Not since they started keeping track in 1929.
Before this period, the longest stretch of years when real GDP did not grow by at least 3.0 percent, as calculated by the BEA, was the four-year stretch from 1930 to 1933—during the Great Depression.
On the positive side,
The longest consecutive stretch of years in which the United State saw real GDP grow by 3.0 percent or better was the seven year period from 1983-1989, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Happily, we have a Reaganesque candidate running for president this year. But Ted Cruz can't get elected if he is denied the nomination by voters making a self-destructive angry gesture. So we will probably end up with Shrillary instead, and Obama's policies will be extended for at least 4 more years.
On tips from Bodhisattva and Shawn R.
Via Russ Segner.
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Judging by the comments, devotees of a certain political candidate seem to think the graphic above specifically describes them. Sorry; I didn't mean to offend.
Conservative heavy-hitter Rush Limbaugh helped the Trump phenomenon get out of hand by refraining from exposing him, probably in the belief that there would be no point alienating listeners when the whole farce seemed likely to fizzle out soon anyway. Now that a Trump nomination is staring us straight in the face, threatening the ruin of the Republican Party and a colossal setback for the conservative cause, El Rushbo is finally moving some guns to the front:
Too little, too late?
Via Right Scoop, on a tip from Torcer.
American countermoonbats tend to be among the most generous people on earth. Unfortunately, that can mean being taken for a ride. Big Charity is a big business; not everyone is in it for the reasons they would have you think. The Tampa Bay Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting have teamed up to produce a list of America's Worst Charities, ranked by the amount of revenue they spend trying to acquire more revenue through solicitors. Here's the bottom 10:
Click through to see the whole list.
A few details on the #1 worst:
Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the name of dying children and their families.
Every year, it spends less than 3 cents on the dollar helping kids.
Most of the rest gets diverted to enrich the charity's operators and the for-profit companies Kids Wish hires to drum up donations.
In the past decade alone, Kids Wish has channeled nearly $110 million donated for sick children to its corporate solicitors. An additional $4.8 million has gone to pay the charity's founder and his own consulting firms.
The seas are swimming with sharks trying to take advantage of you by exploiting your better impulses. Keep your eyes open.
On a tip from Steve A.
The Founding Fathers are not resting easily in their graves if they know some of us would consider turning the presidency over to someone like this:
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday vowed to "open up" libel laws in order to sue media outlets that write "purposely negative" and "horrible" articles about him.
"I'm gonna open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and horrible, false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money," Trump said at a rally in Fort Worth, Texas.
"We're going to open up those libels laws," he added. "So that when The New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money."
The Donald went on to shout at his critics that they will be sued "like you've never got sued before."
Normally Trump's promises are easily dismissed in light of his past stances and behavior, but this one seems legit, considering how much effort he has expended bullying people through lawsuits.
If Trump is this openly tyrannical now, before even having secured the nomination, imagine what he will do to the First Amendment in order to silence his critics once in power. As noted previously, he is not running for president; he is running for dictator.
Good thing for the Donald that his decree revoking our right of free speech is not already in force. Bush 43 could sue for a pretty penny over the Code Pink lies Trump regurgitated in the South Carolina debate, when he falsely alleged that W deliberately lied to lead the country (and a large coalition of other countries) into war.
On tips from Good Stuff, 762×51, Varla, and Thomas Charles. Hat tips: Lonely Conservative, Victory Girls.
Normally hate hoaxers tell their malevolent lies secure in the knowledge that even if their fraud is revealed, there will probably be no consequences for them. After all, they were only trying to raise awareness about the sort of prejudice that would be really awful if it actually existed. Especially on college campuses, where hate hoaxes have reached epidemic proportions, authorities take the view that the important thing is that the hoaxers mean well. But things turned out differently for belligerent hoaxers at SUNY Albany, who face the following charges:
Ariel Agudio, 20, of Huntington, N.Y.: Assault in the Third Degree, Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree, Attempted Assault in the Third Degree, Attempted Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree.
Alexis Briggs, 20, of Elmira Heights, N.Y.: Assault in the Third degree.
Asha Burwell, 20, of Huntington Station, N.Y.: Assault in the Third Degree, Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree.
The Falsely Reporting charges are their reward for trying to spin their sociopathic behavior into a hate hoax.
According to police, the assault charges are based on evidence which shows that the three defendants physically assaulted another passenger on the bus, a 19-year-old woman from Congers, N.Y. The false reporting charge stems from evidence which shows that the initial complaints made by Burwell and Agudio that claimed they were victimized, were false.
Evidence can take all the fun out of a hate hoax:
The charges were issued after evidence was gathered during a three-week investigation that included interviewing 35 passengers on the bus, reviewing videotape from 12 security camera videos on the bus, reviewing four videos taken by passengers on their mobile phones, reviewing videotape police from the university's surveillance system, examining UAlbany building access records, and reviewing audio recordings. …
Evidence indicates they were the aggressors in the physical altercation, and that they continued to assault the victim despite the efforts of several passengers to stop them, police said. …
Investigators also found no evidence to support the initial allegations that the three women were targeted in any manner due to their race. There was also no evidence that racial slurs were directed toward them.
Nonetheless the hoax inspired a noisily self-righteous Black Lives Matter rally on campus.
UPD Chief J. Frank Wiley notes:
"I especially want to point out that what happened on the bus was not a 'hate crime.' We spent a great deal of time carefully reviewing the audio recordings to determine whether any racial slurs were used. The only person we heard uttering racial epithets was one of the defendants."
The defendants are black, and only white people can commit hate crimes, because according to progressive ideology only white people can be racist. Ergo, no hate crime.
However, once moonbats get their teeth into a bone, they do not let go. Barks community activist Alice Green:
"What might have happened, are there reasons someone perceived this to be a racist incident. I think all those things need to be discussed. Nothing is cut and dry here."
Sorry to differ, Alice. But your supposedly put-upon victims are bestial crybully liars. That is cut and dry.
A falsely accused student was forced to flee the university in fear for his life after the brother of one the hoaxers, Tyreek (no really, that's his name) Burwell of the San Diego Chargers, threatened to kill him. UAlbany President Robert J. Jones owes him free tuition for a year for issuing an inflammatory statement assuming the hoax to be legit before he had any clue what had really happened.
The defendants will be relieved to know that even if they are found guilty, at least they still get to keep their spot on the Hate Hoax List.
On tips from rpp, Artfldgr, SouthernRy, Dave F, Bill T, Rusty Bill, and Bodhisattva. Hat tips: iOTW Report, American Thinker, Jammie Wearing Fools.
It is never too late for the moonbats at MSNBC to learn a little something about the firearms they would like confiscated. Here one learns that they make noise when they go off:
Via Progressives Today, on a tip from Torcer.
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Next week's fair features 14 of the UK's top graduate designer's collections
A week today the doors of the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair will open to the usual array of imaginative and beautiful design work, plus a showcase of degree collections from the top creative graduates chosen by the GNCCF's curator, Grace Whowell.
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This Legendary MTL Hospital Recipe is Coming Back!
The old Notre-Dame Hospital building will have a new vocation soon.
Believe it or not, a local hospital food recipe is slated to be the star of the night when Notre-Dame Hospital closes down to relocate. The hospital, located just across the street from Parc La Fontaine, was once known not only as a hospital, but also for its delicious home-style spaghetti sauce (of all things!), Radio-Canada reports.
Current and former employees remember the sauce as homey and more "comforting" than any other hospital food.
The recipe was progressively modified over the years (namely to reduce its high sodium content), but now, ahead of the closing evening of the hospital, employees are trying to bring back the original for one last hurrah!
This hand-written recipe was found by employees while searching the hospital's archives. Former employee René Brochu also confirmed that this is the recipe they were looking for; he wrote it in the 80s, while working in the hospital's kitchen.
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According to research from the Media Rating Council, mobile is a problem when it comes to measuring viewable impressions. The research compared total viewable ad impressions across a dataset from publishers and marketers to highlight differences in results. Among total US ad viewability, 54% of differences were attributed to differing treatments of mobile viewable impressions in vendors' reporting. 28% of vendors treated multi-ad units differently for measurement and reporting purposes.
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Tom Donilon was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs on April 1, 1993. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner with the Washington office of the national law firm of O'Melveny and Myers. He has been active for many years at senior levels in democratic politics and policy. Mr. Donilon served as an adviser to Warren Christopher during the Clinton/Gore Transition and was charged with coordinating President- elect Clinton's debate preparation during the fall campaign.
From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Donilon served in the White House Office of Congressional Liaison. In 1979-80, he served as National Delegate Selection Coordinator and Convention Manager for the Carter-Mondale presidential campaign. In 1981, he lectured on politics at Catholic University and served as special assistant to former President Carter in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1982, Mr. Donilon was Technical Advisor to the Commission on Presidential Nominations which drafted the nomination rules for the 1984 campaign. In 1983-84, he was the National Campaign Coordinator and Convention Director for the Mondale for President Campaign. In 1985, Mr. Donilon served as General Counsel to the Democratic National Committee's Convention Site Selection Committee and as Co-Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee to the Party's 1988 Rules Commission.
Since 1986, Mr. Donilon has served as a Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court nominations. During the 1988 primary campaign, he served as a principal political analyst for CBS News. In the 1988 general election campaign he served as a Senior Advisor to the Dukakis- Bentsen presidential campaign, primarily responsible for the debate preparation of Governor Dukakis and Senator Bentsen.
Mr. Donilon is summa cum laude graduate of Catholic University and the University of Virginia Law School. He and his wife Catherine Russell live in Washington, D.C.
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On TV this Monday: Carrie has an evening destined for her Diaries, there are great (and gross) things about Being Human, Switched at Birth is quite handy and Larry Hagman makes his final Dallas appearance. As a supplement to TVLine's original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar tonight.
7 pm Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Disney XD) | Randy and Howard must reunite a frozen student from the 1980s (voiced by Police Academy's Bobcat Goldthwait) with his lost love (Designing Women's Annie Potts). Sterling Knight (So Random) also lends his voice to the episode.
PREVIEW | Bones and Booth Plan a Much-Needed (and Sexy?) Vacation
PREVIEW | Switched at Birth Creator Talks Groundbreaking All-American Sign Language Episode
8 pm The Bachelor: The Women Tell All (ABC) | Host Chris Harrison and the ladies dish on Sean, the drama with Tierra and who's likely to win during Season 17's finale next week. (Side note: Does anyone ever really "win" this show?)
8 pm The Carrie Diaries (The CW) | Clueless scribe Amy Heckerling directs tonight's episode, in which Carrie enjoys a big night out with her Interview pals in Manhattan – and sips her very first cosmo (what did you think we meant?) – until a surprising encounter turns the night upside down.
8 pm Continuum (Syfy) | Kiera and Carlos investigate murder-suicides that took place on the same day.
8:30 Rules of Engagement (CBS) | Jeff and Audrey set out to prove that even with a baby on the way, they can still party. (Good luck with that one, guys.)
RELATED | 90210 to End Five-Year Run in May
9 pm Dallas (TNT) | In Larry Hagman's final episode, Bobby retaliates against John Ross and Sue Ellen's bid to take over Ewing Energies, with help from his and J.R.'s brother Gary (guest star Ted Shackelford). Next week: J.R.'s family comes together to mourn his passing, accompanied by many characters from the iconic TV character's past.
9 pm The Following (Fox) | Joe makes a case against Ryan and the FBI so he can be transferred to another facility, but Hardy suspects the murderer has a larger plan. Gee, ya think?
9 pm Being Human (Syfy) | In the hilariously titled "Your Body Is a Condemned Wonderland," Josh proposes to Nora, Liam kidnaps Aidan and Sally's body starts to decompose.
PREVIEW | Deception First Look: Robert Interrogates Joanna About Her Past – Wil She Slip Up?
10 pm Burning Love (E!) | If you haven't seen this dating-show parody from Ken Marino (Childrens Hospital, Party Down), which originally aired online, jump in with tonight's Episode 2 – Marino's fireman Mark goes on his first one-on-one date with one of the ladies. (Later episodes feature guest stars including House of Lies' Kristen Bell, Childrens Hospital's Malin Akerman and Parks and Recreation's Adam Scott.)
RELATED | Renewal Scorecard: What's Coming Back? What's Getting Cancelled? What's on the Bubble?
11 pm Breaking Bad From the Beginning (Sundance) | Watch Walter White change from milquetoast suburban teacher to ruthless drug lord (and rock a sweet pork pie hat in the process) as the cable channel reruns Seasons 1 through 4 with two back-to-back episodes each Monday, starting tonight.
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M20 Closure Both Directions J1 - J4 Kent. Saturday 27 August 2016
The M20 in Kent was closed in both directions on Saturday 27 August 2016. The coastbound (eastbound) carriageway was closed between J1, the junction with M25 near Swanley and J4, near Leybourne. The opposite Londonbound (westbound) carriageway was closed between J4 and J2. A HGV transporting a digger struck a footbridge which spanned the motorway. The M26 was also closed eastbound between the M25 J5 and the M20 J3.
Although the motorway had to be closed in both directions, the incident actually
happened on the London
bound carriageway. At around 12.15pm on Saturday
afternoon, a digger which was being transported by a lorry hit a pedestrian footbridge that spanned the motorway, resulting in the footbridge collapsing and the motorway being closed. Diversions were quickly put into place to route traffic around the closure.
Highways England worked hard with our partners and the emergency services to help release those motorists caught inside the closure of the motorway. Motorists that were stuck near the scene of the incident were all released by 3.30pm on Saturday.
Throughout the duration of the motorway closure, information was provided to our customers in real-time via our electronic variable message signs (VMS) at the
roadside, via the media, on our twitter accounts, via the Highways England websites and to customers calling our customer contact centre.
Following an on-site police investigation site, the scene was then handed over to Highways England just after 6pm on Saturday.
Highways England and its contractors then immediately set about removing the
vehicles involved in the incident and worked around the clock through Saturday night and into Sunday, to cut-up and remove the section of bridge which had fallen onto the carriageway.
Two cranes– one 250 tonne and the other 350 tonne, were used in this very complex operation to clear the scene.
Also on Saturday and overnight into Sunday, structural engineers made robust inspections of the remaining elevated section of the footbridge. These inspections showed that the structure was safe and the operation to remove it is being carried out between 8pm on Friday 2 September and 6am on Monday 5 September.
Once the road surface was clear, experts assessed the condition of the
Londonbound carriageway. Repairs were then carried out which allowed the
carriageway to be safely reopened. As an additional safety measure, a temporary 50mph speed limit was introduced in the area. Drivers are reminded to abide by this limit which is in place for the safety of all road users.
To allow the remaining section of footbridge to be safely removed, the coastbound M20 will be closed between junctions 1 and 4 and Londonbound between junctions 4 and 2, from 8pm on Friday 2 September until 6am on Monday 5 September. The coastbound M26 will also be closed from the M25 junction 5 during that period.
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A new EnigmaT project for 2011! In this new project I will put out anywhere between 30-100 brand new trance/progressive sets every week. Each one of these sets will be recorded by myself using the same technology used on the EnigmaT Set Rip Project.
All the sets will be available for download individually using a service like Fileserve. Each set will correspond to ordered dates of a current week. Only sets played within that week will be included in each share, so nothing will be old. There will be date grouped download links placed in all the major forums of the world.
EnigmaT Pres. Sets In Bulk: Week 001 (Jan 1st - Jan 7th 2011)
This share will include about 50 sets that were broadcasted between those dates only.
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B.A. in Anthropology & SociologyYou'll learn about new cultures and gain new perspectives as you study issues of race, religion, gender and power structure and how they affect us individually and as a society.
B.A. in Anthropology & Sociology, Criminal Justice concentrationYou'll examine the political process from every angle, from the government in the U.S. and Canada to the politics of terrorism -- all while developing communication and cross-cultural skills, an understanding of social and historical power dynamics, and practical experience in criminal justice.
Career options are nearly limitless. You can go academic, corporate, nonprofit or government. You could end up working to curb the spread of AIDS, leading the push for healthy lifestyle habits at a major corporation, or researching the use of cell phones in developing nations.
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What is the best decision you've made?
Nothing is permanent.
Escaping the PR bullshit.
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Genetics Issue 2: Volume 43 No. 1
Original Articles
A review of the results of chromosomal analyses done at the National Institutes of Health from 1991 to 2007
Padilla C, Cutiongco-de la Paz E, Cadag N, et al. [PDF]
Cytogenetic analysis of primary bone and soft tissue tumors in Filipino patients
Padilla C, Wang E, Cutiongco-de la Paz E, et al. [PDF]
Translocation Down Syndrome among Filipinos and its implications on genetic counseling
Padilla C, Cutiongco-de la Paz E, Chiong M, et al. [PDF]
Measurement of performance of basic daily skills and assessment of motor function of Filipino adolescent and adult persons with Down Syndrome
Ignacio S, Mendoza V, Sales R, et al. [PDF]
A five–year review of cases referred to the Genetics Clinic, PGH for findings of congenital anomalies on prenatal ultrasound
Abarquez C, Alcausin M, Padilla C, et al. [PDF]
Molecular analysis of the MUT gene in Filipino patients with Methylmalonic Acidemia
Silao C, Hernandez K, Canson D, et al. [PDF]
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Case Reports
Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Filipino patients with Gaucher Disease and Pompe Disease
Chiong M, Silao C, Lee J, et al. [PDF]
A Filipino child with Dykeratosis Congenita with a C->T substitution on nucleotide 1058 of the DKC1 gene
Bas-Bucao M, Cavan B, Limchiu S, [PDF]
X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy in three Filipino families
Chiong M, Tan M, Dela Cruz-Rama K, et al. [PDF]
Complete sternal Cleft in a Filipino newborn
Cavan B, Masongsong J, Mancao P, et al. [PDF]
Misoprostol teratogenicity in six Filipino children: a case series
Chiong M, Cutiongco-de la Paz E [PDF]
Ellis-van Creveld Syndrome in two Filipino siblings
Cavan B, Amatong R, Serafica E, et al. [PDF]
Thrombocytopenia in a Filipino child with Mosaic Monosomy 21/ Ring Chromosome 21
Cavan B, Serafica E, Modequillo M, et al. [PDF]
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Preparation and characterization of Chitosan from the exoskeleton of mantis shrimp (Orastoquilla nepa) and shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and a preliminary study on their hypocholesterolemic activity in rabbits
Tayo L, Macapinlac M. [PDF]
Isolation, purification and characterization of an anti-Staphylococcus aureus compound from the Philippine red macro algae Ceratodictyon spongiosum and its sponge symbiont Haliclona cymaeformis
Liu F, Leano M. [PDF]


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Interdisciplinary Higher Education offers a contemporary of our understanding and practice of interdisciplinary higher education. Part I (Chapters 1 to 5) considers a range of theoretical perspectives on interdisciplinarity: the nature of disciplines, complexity, leadership, group working, academic development. Part II (Chapters 6 to 18) provides more than a dozen vignettes of interdisciplinary practice, drawn from Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.The next assignment, often, was an essay that asked students to engage with a secondary source that developed an ... If they just thought they were being asked for their a#39;opiniona#39; and reverted to a pre-scholarly approach, taking a side and a#39; finding some quotes to back it upa#39;, they were not successful; but if ... EMBEDDING THESE INSIGHTS INTO FIRST-YEAR TEACHING In an effort to 274 KATE CHANOCK.
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Chinese hackers stole secret details of more than two dozen of America's most advanced weapons systems, including missile defenses, fighter jets and combat ships, a Pentagon report disclosed.
The cyber theft gives a huge boost to China's defense industry and wipes out much of the US military edge in a potential showdown with Beijing, said stunned officials.
"They just saved themselves 25 years of research. It's nuts," a senior military official told The Washington Post.
The hackers targeted defense contractors and government agencies. "In many cases, they don't know they've been hacked until the FBI comes knocking on the door," the official said.
Among systems compromised are the most advanced form of Patriot missile system, known as the PAC-3; the F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet; and the Army's state-of-the-art Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile-defense system.


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Greetings All,
Today is the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's beloved novel, Pride and Prejudice! Haven't read it yet? Well, you're a couple of centuries behind, but thankfully you can find a free copy here in various formats. Happy reading! (I think I may flip through a few pages this evening just to get a little re-acquainted.)
As for my projects, ending 2012 with Robin Hood's Rebellion was a lovely treat. My cast and crew did a lovely job, the Centaur staff was wonderfully helpful and the children in our audience were extremely well-behaved! (Quite a positive experience!)
I have started 2013 taking some classes and lending a hand with other people's works, rather than my own. However, I have been entertaining some charming little ideas for my own projects - I'll let you know if any of them get me into mischief.
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Watch the Trailer for Punk-Rock-Dad Documentary The Other F Word
(It's "father.")
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins's documentary features Flea, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Rancid's Lars Frederiksen, and many more punk rockers with adorable children whom they love very much. Like, enough to hang out in closets picking out flowered dresses. Bonus quote from Flea: "The classic parent attitude to a kid is like, 'I brought you into this world, I gave you life.' But it's like, I just think completely the opposite. My kids gave me life." Aw.


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By STEPHEN SINGER, AP Business Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ United Technologies Corp. says its
third-quarter net income and revenue rose on higher orders in
elevator sales, heating and cooling equipment and commercial
aviation spare parts.
The parent company of Otis Elevator, jet engine maker Pratt &
Whitney, Sikorsky helicopter and other aerospace and building
system manufacturers said it was shaving its revenue outlook for
the year due to a weak recovery in commercial aerospace maintenance
and repair and uncertainty in the global economy.
The Hartford, Conn.-based company reported net income available
to common shareholders of $1.42 billion, or $1.56 per share, for
the three months ended Sept. 30. That's up 7.5 percent from $1.32
billion, or $1.47 per share, a year ago.
Its earnings from continuing operations came to $1.37 per share.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.19 per share.
Revenue of $15.04 billion was up 6 percent. Analysts expected
$15.6 billion in revenue.
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Born into a Romany Gypsy family of fortune tellers, Lisa has had an active interest in the occult from a young age. She specialises in teaching predictive divination, easy mediumship and fortune-telling. Learn more here.


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Sony Picture Entertainment bosses have announced they are planning to expand the Spider-Man franchise by releasing a new film about the superhero every year.
The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield raked in $752 million worldwide in 2012 and studio executives are hoping to cash in on its box office success by bringing more of the web-slinger to the silver screen.
In an interview with Variety, Sony Picture Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal reveals, "We are expanding the Spider-Man universe into The Sinister Six and Venom, so that we have Spider-Man movies every year."
Spider-Man producers previously announced that the villain spin-offs will feature Peter Parker's enemies, including Venom, played by Topher Grace in 2007's Spider-Man 3, while another will be an ensemble piece based around The Sinister Six, a group of Spider-Man baddies.
The move follows superhero specialists Marvel Studios, whose cinematic universe has allowed them to release films centered on individual characters on a yearly basis.
The second instalment of The Amazing Spider-Man will hit cinemas in May (14), while The Amazing Spider-Man 3 is scheduled to be released in June, 2016.


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This project designed by Giacomo Pala is the result of the contrast between elaborately formal and incoherent shape and program: a detailed investigation of real specific housing problems in relation to the expansion of the city of tomorrow and the issues of globalization.
The project is divided in two parts: the upper one is the housing block where 650 people can live.
There are four Typologies of apartments: 1. Apartments for singles or couples ( 60 %) 2. Apartments for four people ( 17 %) 3. Apartments for three people ( 17 %) 4. Double height apartments for four people ( 6 %)
The second part of the building is the lower one which is composed by the public spaces. This part of the building is a 3 floors block (containing sports Clubs, Swimming Pools and gyms) defined by a dynamic shape and not directly connected to the housing part in order to maintain a diversification of the public, semipublic and private spaces.
How can we look at the world today?
How can we imagine a project for the future in a realistic way?
We know now: Reality is not "Reality".
Reality is an Incoherent and dense mix of realities.
It is a swarm which we generically call "reality".
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Democrat Confusion
Trending: Democratic Rep Makes OBSCENE Trump Joke to Open Florida Rally
Obama might be gay.
I mean he's in favor of them in the army
Or in marriage.
I don't care.
But I do.
I am not prejudiced.
I am capable of reasonable distinctions.
Hey, I don't want ladies in my bathroom
Or men in my wife's.
Transgender is failure to know oneself.
Yoko said she made love to Hillary.
Can you imagine giving up a star like John Lennon
For a bloated bitch like Hillary.
Bill is a pedophile and a rapist.
Hillary's assistant Huma Abedin is married
To a compulsive sexter—Weiner.
Imagine with all this Obama fostered sexual confusion
We are going to fight the Muslims
Who know what sex they are so firmly that they kill gays
And adulterous wives.
We are weak.
The Democrats have thrown us out the window.


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The objectives of the Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District Board of Education, hereafter referred to as the "Board", are to support the school vision that students in Trevor-Wilmot Consolidated School District, hereafter referred to as the "District", are provided with instruction, resources, and community support that enable them to develop academically and socially to their greatest potential, and to provide the managerial leadership and direction in the conduct of the educational process and financial obligations of the District.
The Board and staff will foster personal and academic excellence through a student-centered comprehensive learning environment. The Board and the staff will also recognize our joint obligations to the various constituencies that provide our funding.
Obligation to the Student
The first obligation of any school is to provide a high quality education to the students within the District and any other students in attendance in District schools. We measure success by the progress of each student toward achievement of that student's maximum potential. We, therefore, work to stimulate the spirit of inquiry, the acquisition of knowledge and understanding, and the thoughtful formulation of worthy goals. We recognize the importance of cooperative relationships with other community institutions, especially the home. Equally important is to provide for the safety and supervision of each child that is in our care. The primary reason for the Board to employ staff members is to fulfill this obligation.
Obligation to the Nation
The Federal Government provides funding to the District and, in return, the District abides by the stipulations placed by the Federal Government upon the District's use of these funds. Foremost among these stipulations is that we strive so that each student shall be proficient or advanced, with respect to the student's grade level, in math and reading. It is, in part, to ensure the District meets this obligation, that the Board employs professional educators and support staff.
Obligation to the State
The State of Wisconsin provides funding to the District and in return the District abides by these standards the State of Wisconsin has established for teachers:
1. Teachers know the subject they are teaching.
2. Teachers know how children grow.
3. Teachers understand that children learn differently.
4. Teachers know how to teach.
5. Teachers know how to manage a classroom.
6. Teachers communicate well.
7. Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons.
8. Teachers know how to test for student progress.
9. Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
10. Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community.
The District and its employees recognize the importance of these standards and the obligation to maintain them.
Obligation to the Community
In a community effort, the District has established certain parameters and beliefs through a strategic planning process to provide guidance for the District to aid in decision-making. The District's beliefs are the following:
- A safe and nurturing environment promotes learning
- Family and community involvement enhance student learning
- A collaborative culture promotes continuous school improvement
- Children learn in different ways and at different rates
- Guiding our children on a path of ethical, responsible and respectful behavior is essential
- Continued professional growth is essential for powerful teaching
- Ethical, responsible and respectful behavior is essential in our learning community
And our parameters that:
- Student learning is the District's highest priority
- The whole child will be the focus of the educational program
- Effective communication throughout the entire community is a priority
- Technology will be utilized to support student learning and communication
- Professional development will be embraced, planned and implemented
- Risk taking and creativity are encouraged and supported to enhance growth
- District resources will be focused on student achievement and the learning environment
- Our learning community will use District resources responsibly
- Our mission and strategic plan will always be considered when making decisions
- Our conduct will be consistent with the highest ethical and professional standards
Legal Ref.: Statutes of Wisconsin 66.0508 (3) Collective Bargaining
Wisconsin Act 10 First Reading: February 16, 2010
First Reading: June 29, 2011
Second Reading: July 19, 2011
Date Approved: July 19, 2011
For the Board: Tom Steiner, President; Lynn Jaeger, Vice President; Cole Marshall, Clerk; Bill Barhyte, Treasurer; Sue Giovanni, Member


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Find everything you need for your baby shower thank you cards with our alphabetized baby a-to-z directory of thank you card wording. Below you'll find the continuation of our A-to-Z listings for the letter for the letter "O."
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Onesies• Thank you for the adorable onesies. The (insert color, design, giraffe, stripes) is/are so cute. The baby will love it! Thanks so much for thinking of us. Outfits • Thank you for the delightful, little outfits for the baby! We are overwhelmed by their cuteness and we can't wait to try it on ! We shall surely get a ton of pictures out of these outfits. Thanks again.Outlet cover • Thank you for thinking of the baby's safety! Your gift will be put to good use. Thanks again.
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Justin Bieber spread some festive cheer by handing out Christmas presents at a screening of his new concert movie in Los Angeles on Monday (16Dec13).
The singer is preparing to release Believe 3D, the follow-up to his 2011 documentary Never Say Never, later this month (Dec13) and he surprised devotees at a special preview screening of the film by attending in person.
Bieber took to the stage during the event at Los Angeles' El Capitan Theater to talk about his own deprived childhood, claiming he never had any toys growing up.
He told the audience, "I remember growing up with not a lot. (I) grew up with, you know, no toys and I wanna make sure each and every one of you have (sic) a great Christmas."
The Boyfriend hitmaker went on to hand out toys, including dolls and games, to the children in the crowd, inviting them all up on stage one-by-one to collect their gift.
He later wrote in a post on Twitter.com, "Surprised my beliebers at a screening of Believe movie + gave toys with the crew. Watching the movie with them. This is what it's all about."


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"My pastor called me in and informed me that the church is hurting financially, therefore my pay would be cut by (so much) and my health insurance is being terminated."
In the last year, at least a half dozen ministers on church staffs have written to me describing this very scenario.
The first they knew anything was going to change is when the pastor "called them in and informed them." If you think that sounds like a plantation manager informing a lowly day-laborer, you'd be about right.
What are you thinking, pastor? Where is your heart?
You have just told us far more about yourself, pastor, than about the church or the staff member.
What does this tell us about such a pastor? To do this abruptly without any advance notice or preparation, without any concern for what the staffer is experiencing or how it will affect him/her, and to provide no alternative, all that tells me he's clueless about people, careless about his responsibilities as shepherd of the Lord's flock, and calloused regarding the effect this is going to have. The question I want to ask such a pastor–that is, one who has called in a staffer to inform him/her their salary and benefits are being cut–is, "And what cuts are you personally taking, pastor?"
In many cases, the pastor is merely a lackey carrying out the instructions of a committee. He's not a man any minister would want to work for ever again. He has just destroyed the last bit of respect in which he was held.
Is this too harsh? (A later note. I have decided some of it was too harsh, and have tempered some of it down.)
For anyone just finding this blog, let me point out I am a pastor. For 42 years, I led six churches in several states. This was followed by 5 years as the leader of the 100-plus SBC churches of metro New Orleans.
I am as pro-pastor as anyone I know. Furthermore, pastors with whom I have worked all these years will agree with that. Readers of this blog know it to be true. And, I have not been sinless in this regard. Sometimes, I have gotten it wrong.
But sometimes, we in the ministry do truly amazing things.
We can be our own worst enemies.
We make the kind of mistakes in managing people no high school freshman would make.
Now, no quick article is going to address every facet of this situation or correct all the wrongs being perpetuated upon the Lord's people. But we must do something. What follows is a short list of what you the pastor owe to the other ministers–God-called men and women!–who work with you.
1) You owe the ministers on your church staff the respect all ministers should be given. You of all people, pastor, should set the example for the congregation. If you believe the Lord's people should respect you as the God-appointed leader of this flock, then the people you have assembled to assist in ministry should receive the same level of honor and support.
2) You owe them your integrity. Do not lie to them or about them. Be honest in all you do, and keep your promises.
3) You owe them your loyalty. Stand up for them. When they are attacked, defend them. Nothing will earn you their undying love and respect like you the pastor taking a bullet for them in an open forum. .
4) You owe them support. Learn what each one is doing in ministry, and from time to time tell the congregation about the work of one of them. Do this without advance notice, but making dead-sure your information is correct. Plan it, rehearse it, and do it well.
The pastor who will not speak highly of a colleague's ministry from the pulpit because of his own insecurities should seek out a professional counselor before noon today. There is no excuse for such immaturity!
5) You owe them the liberty to do their ministry without your micromanaging and interference from church committees. The youth minister does not work for the adult advisory committee. The children's director does not work for her committee. These committees are there for support, counsel, and as resources. But as the pastor, you are their supervisor. They are answerable to you, and you are answerable to the congregation.
I'm remembering a staff retreat from two churches ago. The ministers on our staff had brought our wives and we were having two nights and three days at our state conference center. In an open discussion time, Bryan, the youth minister, said, "Joe, when we came here, you told me we had two days a week off. And now, you're saying only one. What about this?"
I said, "Bryan, I don't recall saying that. I'm not sure that's what I promised you."
His wife spoke up. "You did, Joe. I was there and heard you."
I said, "Then, that's what I promised you and that's what it will be. Thank you for setting me straight on this."
6) You owe them a just and fair income with all the benefits your church can afford. If at all possible, this includes health insurance, a retirement package, and mileage reimbursement.
7) You owe them your love and prayers.
Two questions: 1) What is the best procedure for personnel policies concerning staff members?
2) When it becomes necessary to cut salary and trim benefits, what is the best way to handle this?
The worst way to do both these things–formulate policies and cut income–is to do it in a committee and then inform the staff.
Pastors do this all the time.
They ought to be ashamed.
Several times recently, I've received memos from ministers on various staffs–some from outside our denomination and representing several states–telling of the harsh treatment they are receiving from their pastors. Often, they are informed that the underlying problem is the financial problems the church is experiencing and thus their salary is being cut, or their benefits trimmed, or they're even being asked to become bi-vocational.
In addition to the pain this is inflicting on the ministers and their families, we ought to be concerned that these ministers have no part in this discussion at all, but are merely told how things will be. The pain is physical and temporary; the disrespect goes much deeper and lasts forever.
Recently, a woman chairing her church's personnel committee emailed concerning the new staff policies they are formulating for the church. Her question went something like this: "How do we give raises and bonuses since some ministers are full-time and some are part-time? What kind of formula should we use?" I said, "Get the staff together and toss this question out to them. Ask them to hash it out and arrive at a recommendation."
I said, "Make sure they know that they are not making the final decision, but only giving a recommendation. The committee will study what they propose and arrive at their own conclusions, which they will then present to the congregation. The church members will make the final decision."
I added that she might wish to tell the staffers that anyone could email her privately, in case they had additional suggestions they did not want to discuss in the larger meeting.
Involve the staff. Respect the staff. Support the staff. Ask the staff. Pray for the staff.
Whether you are a pastor of a church, member of a key committee, or merely a member of the congregation, anything you can do to encourage and support a ministerial staff member is a good thing to do.
Anything your church can do to bless the work of these God-called undershepherds honors the Lord who called them.
"Bless the Lord, O my soul. And while you're at it, soul, bless His messengers too!"


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The Dark ProphecyeBook - 2017
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Rick Riordan is amazing.
Team Leo!!!
Once again, Rick Riordan has created another series to fall in love with! As the second book of the "Trials of Apollo" series, it carries on the suspense, momentum and humour from the first book "The Hidden Oracle". Any readers who loved the Percy Jackson or "Heroes of Olympus" series will love this spinoff as it includes some references and characters from the first two series. Not to mention that they will definitely be left excited for the next book "The Burning Maze". Personally, I would recommend this book and series to any reader looking for an exciting read this summer.
I basically read this book because Leo was in it there wasn't any other reason
Wow. This book was really cool. Way better than Riordan's lame Magnus Chase series.
After Meg's betrayal, Apollo searches for the second oracle with the help of his demigod "friends". Follow along with Apollo throughout his journey filled with adventure. This book is the second book in the Trials of Apollo series. Its a great book filled with monsters from greek mythology, once dead kings and even a fire breathing metal dragon! Once again Rick Riordan has managed to bring his books alive with this incredibly written story. If you loved Rick Riordan's previous series you're sure to love this one! This book is perfect for people who love adventure books.
- @FANtastic of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library
Once upon a time, there was a (greek) god called Apollo. After bearing the wrath of his father, he was "reduced" to a puny mortal and became a part of a prophecy. Having been betrayed and left behind, he feels a sense of despair unlike before. Luckily, what must happen will come to pass, and he is accompanied by steadfast characters that bring out the best of Rick Riordan's stories. This is definitely a book written by the best, and young readers of all ages will surely be left excited for the next.
- @Siri of The Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board
The dark prophecy is amazing. I especially love the humor in it, Apollo is a wonderful character that always demands attention to his friends and his enemies. The feeling in the story is overwhelming too. Friendship, compassion and rage fill each page. It is one of the best book ever.
Clarisse, 10
iv read the 1st but not this one yet the 1st one is awsome
Rick Riordan's The Dark Prophecy – Trials of Apollo – Book 2; Excellent. Doctor-at-Bass-Fishing. T. Adams.
Humorous in ways that will have you needing to contain your laughter whilst in public. I had a spectacular journey, learning new facts about mythology I could never see myself learning outside of this book. Following the former god, Apollo, through his quest around America while he struggles to make plans on how to kill the monsters around him is very entertaining when his new friendships he makes shows him he isn't as amazing as he sees himself. Meg, his "sidekick," went away with her evil stepfather, Nero, and is working for him which was very shocking in The Hidden Oracle however she indeed makes an appearance in The Dark Prophecy. It is very evident her powers have enhanced and she may become unstoppable in the near future. While new and old mythology characters in The Percy Jackson series are introduced, Apollo's plans may not go the way everyone plans and can leave them doomed. I would highly recommend this book for Greek and Roman mythology book readers for the originality and the relation between both sides of the gods. I would give this book a rating of 4/5.
- @booklover327 of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library
Rick Riordan has written yet another wonderful and hilarious novel about Roman and Greek mythology. The story takes place in our modern world, seen through the perspective of a teenager/former god. His narration is filled with humour, sarcasm, and many pop culture references. The story is full of action and adventure, and there is always something new within every chapter to keep you engaged. You'll learn plenty of new and interesting things about the Roman Empire and their mythology as well as gain a better understanding of the sun god, Apollo. The characters are very diverse and deliver great jokes, puns, and lessons worth learning. You'll surely find a character that you'll love and/or relate to. The story provides great messages for all audiences, but make sure you read the first book in the series, The Hidden Oracle, before reading The Dark Prophecy to understand the plot and events that occur. 5/5 stars.
- @demi.god.on.a.mission of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library
Apollo, currently mortal, wants to reclaim his god-hood. But he is currently stuck travelling with returning friends Leo, Calypso and Festus, attempting to complete the three tasks he must accomplish in order to do so: First, rescue Meg McCaffrey from her villainous step-father. Second, defeat the mysterious second emperor. And third, restore the most terrifying of all Greek oracles: the Oracle of Trophonius. The only things more terrifying are the long-lost family members he meets, the consequences of acts he committed thousands of years ago, and the doomsday prophecy he must receive. The Dark Prophecy has officially made the Trials of Apollo it's own series; it has plenty of new characters and elements, but enough of the old ones to make sure all the fans of his previous books return for more. It's also as incredibly addictive as the rest of his books. Rick Riordan unsurprisingly juggles the seriousness of an epic struggle of good vs. evil with plenty of humour and personal struggles, pointing out that the heroes are superheroes, yet making them seem entirely human. He explores many concepts while somehow finding new and terrifying greek and roman monsters and enemies for his heroes to defeat. Reading his previous in-universe books is strongly recommended, but only because they're all so good, so unnecessary. Rick has been dubbed the "storyteller of the gods," and this hot new book further proves that title is going to stick like Leo to his tool belt for a long, long time.
- @R2-D2 of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library
The Dark Prophecy was a great book. I really like the humour in this book and all of his other books. Rick Riordan manages to make humour even in battle scenes. I also really liked how Rick made references to the Hero's of Olympus series and how some of the character's were in the book. I would recommend this book to people who like funny books and mythology books.
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Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous--and frankly, humiliating--trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Somewhere in the American Midwest, he and his companions must find the most dangerous Oracle from ancient times: a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again
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