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Because this will not be a return to freedom unless you consider anarchy and chaos freedom.
Originally posted by SGTChas
I fear not death, it is an old companion I have cheated more than once; what I fear however is to lay in the grave of a 'rebel' having shed a single drop of innocent blood. I therefore contend with all my soul for reason and honor to prevail over the violence of ignorant reaction.
Originally posted by SGTChas
I know the US Military will join us, MANY I trained are still active and high ranking. They know too well what is up.
I keep hearing the same sentiment expressed in conversations between ordinary Americans: "things in this country are only going to continue getting worse until we have an armed insurrection."
Beyond that, there is growing discontent in America ... there is a growing realization that states are in financial trouble, businesses — some employing many people or providing the better part of the economic base for a community — are going out of business or moving their business to other countries. People are finally beginning to wake up to the fact that their rights and liberties are rapidly disappearing, as is the economic base and stability of their nation — something many of us have been saying for some time now. For our efforts, we've been called many names ... radicals, religious fanatics, the "black helicopter" crowd, extremists, hate-mongers, bigots ... to name a few; none complimentary, none intended to be.
www.sodahead.com... on-in-nearly-every-sector-of-our-economy-factor-in-the-radical-changes-in-society-and-you-have-a-perfect-storm-for-civil-unrest/
Frighteningly accurate trends forecaster Gerald Celente says that America will see riots similar to those currently ongoing in Greece and that the cause will be a hyper-inflationary depression, leading to the inevitable use of troops and mercenaries to deal with the crisis as Americans are incarcerated in internment camps
www.renewamerica.us... A Must Read!
Is revolution brewing in America? As things deteriorate around the globe economically Americans are starting to realize what a bad place they are finding themselves in and that Americans for the first time since the great depression are losing jobs at an alarming rate, losing their homes, savings and the way of life they have grown accustom to.
Originally posted by SGTChas
I know the US Military will join us, MANY I trained are still active and high ranking. They know too well what is up.
Originally posted by SGTChas
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Not wishful thinking as I have dinner on base quiet a lot and visit numerous other bases and forts. They will not fire on Americans defending their homes and rights - you will be surprised I'm afraid.
Originally posted by SGTChas
Throughout America there is a growing populist undercurrent of discontent; a largely subconscious feeling that, as I have said before, 'Something This Way Wicked Comes'.


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UH enrollment sets record
January 12th, 2009 | by Malamalama Staff | Published in Campus News
Fall enrollment for the University of Hawaiʻi System reached an all-time high in 2008. Official fall enrollment for UH's 10 campuses stands at 53,526.
Opening enrollment for 2008–09 was 5 percent higher than the previous fall.
Leeward Community College reported the largest numerical gain, at 843 students.
UH West Oʻahu had the highest percentage growth at nearly 20 percent.
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Published: 2001/06/20
by Jordan Crisman
Billy Martin's New Amulet
Think of everything you know about Billy Martin with
MMW. He's been one third of the life force that has
driven the group into year after year of relentless
pursuit of truth in sound. His
pulse has been as infectious with formative
fourteen-year old minds as it has been with "All
Things Considered" breaks. His groove has helped shape
the current musical ethos of profoundly diverse
groups, from the stalwart jazz old guard to modern
break-beat DJ's. He's been in the driver's set of
MMW's rise from champions of the young improvisational
conscience to artists at the epicenter of America's
modern musical culture.
And now pause to take a breath, because that ain't the
half of it.
With his label Amulet Records, Billy has
opened a channel between the public and his current
voice, his voice of the past, and the voice of those
artists that have been his inspiration. The label's
most recent release, "illy B Eats, Vol. 1" is a truly
forward thinking endeavor. It's a mnge of modern
rhythms supplied by Billy on drum set and tweaked by
Wu-Tang and Jungle Brothers cohort Scotty Hard.
Intended as a break beat record for DJs, Billy's
visions for the album extend far beyond the wheels of
steel. With its release also comes a direct call from
Martin to the community of DJ's, instrumentalists and
composers to create with it as a flexible rhythmic
palette at their own disposal. His only hope is that
the album, in turn, becomes a catalyst for
further musical creation. This is a musical seed he is eager to
sow as early as this summer. He is working on plans to
do live sessions putting "illy B" to work, where Billy
and company will use the grooves already set in wax as the basis
for improvisation. That aside, "illy B" is an end by
itself, where any drop of the needle equals dark,
pulsing success.
Amulet's birth was with the release of G. Calvin
Weston and Billy Martin's "Percussion Duets", a
re-release of a 1995 solo percussion collaboration
with his friend and like-minded pulse doctor. From the minds of these two
mid-Atlantic city dwellers comes a series of rhythmic
conversations, proficiently speaking the beats of
Ghana, Bali, New Orleans, and Cuba. Their time-tested
communication is apparent. Rhythmic phrases big and
small get fluidly exchanged as osstinati click
perfectly beneath. Martin knew how special the
sessions were and saw Amulet as a vehicle for releasing
Martin also deemed it essential to release several albums by
fellow-drummer Bob Moses. The 1973 epic "Bittersuite in the Ozone"
contains many of the elite figures of second-generation jazz (David
Liebman, Randy Brecker) in their creative youth,
combining with Moses' rhythms on his sprawling,
unearthly compositions. It is a collection of pieces
that float seamlessly between Moses' own notions of
improvisational freedom through linear form and
uniquely arranged horn harmonies that unfold like a
mystical sequel to Gil Evans' "Birth of Cool". Moses'
other Amulet release is his 1987 collaboration with
his spiritual ally Tisziji Mu "Love Everlasting".
Again here, Moses assembles a group of kindred musical spirits to realize
the beauty and truth within his malleable
compositions. All involved, including a young John
Medeski on piano, surrender to Moses' and Mu#39;
righteous musical aura. As with much of Moses' work,
it's an album unfettered by stylistic conventions of
its time and, in turn, largely indescribable.
So as I sit on the brink of an interview with Billy
Martin: student, teacher, improviser, composer,
drummer, visual artist, businessman for musical
goodwill. I can't help but feel that he's limited even
by these designations, and his work perhaps merits a
much broader title. Searching for this and other
burning truths, I hoped he would send a
few my way.
JC: So "illy B" has got about every urban drum sound
under the sun ringing throughout it. Were you and
Scotty scientific about getting such raw, lo-fi drum
tones or more hap-hazard?
BM: Well, we see as we go, but our style, our
aesthetic, already has that built in. We'd rather hear
a raw, kind of fucked up drum sound as opposed to a
perfectly pristine recording. We're both into urban,
street style stuff, but were also into using the
equipment in a different way to make it sound a little
different. It's just our personality and we don't have
to talk about it too much. I know where he's coming
from and we like to just do things on the fly and see
what happens. And then if I want to hear a little more
of something, this or that, he'll do it for me. Or
vice-versa, where he'll say can you give me more of
this or that, and I'll do it.
JC: There's lots of extra stuff on the album too,
besides the beats: subtle analog drones, sound effects
and the like. Was all that done after you had laid the
beats and, if so, did you and Scotty collaborate on
all that tweaking?
BM: Well, Scotty has a big hand in the overall sound
of things. Or I'll hear something. For instance,
Medeski has a couple of old, old drum machines from
before they were really even called drum machines. You
just have your cha-cha button, your tango button, and
then a sort of volume knob for tempo. So we don't know
what tempo it is but we kind of play with it. And then
we realize that there's some sort of strange buzzing,
droning sound coming from it. So we say, let's put
this on another track and maybe bring that out later
as a part of a piece. So things like that happen just
by trying different stuff, they weren't preconceived.
I laid the beat down and it was sometimes with one of
those quirky drum machines just to kind of keep the
time steady and sometimes not.
That's how it was basically started. I would play live with the machine
and he would find a tempo for me that I liked, or I
would hear something that he was playing around with
and tell him to keep it right there because I wanted
to play along with it. Another approach I always take
is not playing on the obvious "1" of that drum beat.
Sometimes it's hipper to play against it in a
polyrhythmic way. So that's how you get more worlds,
more dimensions out of things. And in the mix he might
have certainly put the drum machine through an amp
later on and distorted something, or put a super
amount of delay on something. He brought the pitches
out, adding more harmonic textures. And I love that
stuff because, for me, that's making the drumming even
more musical. You know, really bringing the tones out.
JC: "illy B" is a lot less static and more vibrant
than your average breakbeat record. While there's
tracks that are just cold, hard beats, some tracks go
as far as having you almost soloing behind a funk
pulse. Was that your intention, to give DJ's and
instrumentalists something they can be more expressive
BM: Yeah, definitely. I wanted to give form to some of
these beats. I wanted to create that song form in
which, whether or not you wanted it, you got a variety
of different beats within one track. The tempo may
stay the same but I'll change it up somewhere. But
then some are just a straightforward looped beat that
we liked, where we decided to loop it for two minutes
like a regular breakbeat record. I wanted variety and
I wanted it to suggest something a little more musical
as far as form goes. The main thing is just variety.
It brings more of a compositional aspect out in those
JC: There's recorded music and there's live music, but
"illy B" falls into that third category that bridges
the time disparity between the first two – recorded
music to be used for live manipulation. Is that what
attracted you to the project, the creation of a
timeless work that molds to the hand of the musician
that shapes it?
BM: That's a good point that you made. I wasn't a
hundred percent conscious of that, but I think
subconsciously I thought, yeah, people are going to
use this stuff later. My idea is, "Use me, do what you
want with me." I can't play with everybody physically,
but that aspect is a way of collaborating and being
able to share my beats with people, share my drumming.
JC: How did tracks come together on your percussion
duets album with G. Calvin Weston? Some beginnings
sound composed and some sound like they're from thin
BM: They're both. Nothing was composed entirely
through. I had some thematic material that I would go
over with Calvin for a couple of minutes and then we
would capture whatever it turned into. Calvin's such a
great improvisor and we have such a great chemistry,
just like MMW. There's a certain chemistry that we
have that allows us to bring out some motif that's in
there. That's why things sound like, "Oh, they started
with this riff, then went here, then came back." And
sometimes we didn't, because it was a combination of
that. Ultimately I just wanted to go in and play free
and see what happens and also try out some things that
I had sketched down on index cards. I would lay them
out and play the rhythms. And we did that as a two day
session in this abandoned building in Brooklyn and
brought the equipment in. It was just an eight track
machine with six mics and we just rolled tape.
JC: Do you feel they are few musicians you could go
and do something as free and verbose as that other
than Calvin?
BM: No. There's no one like Calvin. There's no one
like the chemistry that he and I have. I've had the
opportunity to play with a lot of different drummers
and percussionists and I haven't found that chemistry
elsewhere. And I'm looking forward to that some day,
but right now, Calvin's the man. It's like a love
affair, like finding a true love, finding a
relationship that works. Whether it's a working
relationship or a romantic relationship, you work
together and you create things together. We're still
able to create things together and it feels really
good. And we're still going to play together, just like
we're a band. We had DJ Logic do a show with us and
that was really great. I want to try to do that again.
The chemistry between Calvin and I and DJ Logic was
another very powerful one.
JC: There's a lot of non-western rhythms on the album.
We're you trying to incorporate, let's say, a west
African rhythm verbatim, or adapting them to fit the
BM: Well, those are really strong influences on my
playing, so that stuff just comes out. It's just part
of my vocabulary. Sometimes I end up creating a piece
and I think, "This sounds just like a foreign rhythm I
used to listen to. Why does it sound so similar and
where's the original part?". So I try to keep a
balance of combining eastern and western stuff
together to really make it unique. Even if I tried to
do it exactly, like some master drummer from Ghana,
it's gonna be me and you're gonna hear it. But on
"Percussion Duets" you can really hear that influence
of west and central African drumming.
JC: You've been a real student of world music. Do you
find the more you delve into the depths of non-western
rhythms the more easily you experience the
transcendental meditation associated with them?
BM: Yeah, I think that goes with anything, any music.
If you're attracted to something and you immerse
yourself in it and you start to understand it, you get
lost in it. It becomes transcendental. It could be
Dixieland music for some people, it could be Broadway
for another, and it could be trance music from
Morocco. And yeah, I love it so much. I listened to
records of African drumming as a kid and always
imagined what it was like to live that life. Sometimes
I get lost in it that way and I feel like, "Wow, this
is really part of me."
JC: You really hear on "Percussion Duets" what a
rhythmic melting pot your brain is. Have you long
since stopped trying to classify your drumming style?
BM: Yeah, of course. I'm just trying to express
myself. And I'm trying to expand my vocabulary so I
can continue to try to express myself in a lot of
different ways. As far as classifying it, I think the
only thing it does is define who I am and what my
personality is like – what I'm trying to say. It just
happens, you know. For me to try and explain it in
words, forget about it! I'm not very good at that to
begin with. I communicate with my music and my
drumming. I'll leave that up to you to try and
interpret what I'm trying to say.
JC: There's a very unusual toy piano track on there
called "Amulet". Does that have anything to do with
the label's name?
BM: Yeah, that's John (Medeski) on that one. That's a
combination of toy piano and metal screeching. That's
where Amulet Records came from. My wife and I are very
into creating charms and objects that have power. A
lot of it's derived from African voodoo stuff, objects
that people use to bless things or speak to the
spirits. So at the time I was thinking that I would do
a bunch of these short pieces and they would be
amulets. They would be little sound talismans that do
things for people. I was thinking of releasing a whole
album of nothing but little snippets like that, and
I'm still thinking of doing it. So that was one of the
ideas, and it was the first one. To me there was
something magical happening, like you were witnessing
magic, like a soundtrack. That's how it ended up being
that way. And then later I was like, "Let's call it
Amulet records!" I like the word. (laughs)
JC: What kind of an effect did Cyro Baptista
(percussion wizard) have on you?
BM: I met Cyro when I was deeply into Brazilian
percussion music. In the early eighties I started
taking classes in Brazilian samba and percussion. I
was playing in different bands and I met Cyro. So I
knew him like, twenty years ago, and I did some gigs
with him now and then. And then I took a lesson from
him on the basics of playing the pandero, which is the
Brazilian tambourine, and he is a master of it. I
wanted to learn it so I had a lesson with him. And
every few years or so we would meet on a gig and play
together. And just recently I've been getting back in
touch with him. I moved to New Jersey and we happen to
live about a half-mile away from each other. We would
get together as friends and I thought it would be a
good time to have him on the road. For "The Dropper" I
used a lot of different Brazilian percussion and I
wanted to have that on the road. I wanted to bring
some of that percussion stuff for him to use his own
way, of course. So, yeah, I love Cyro. He's one of my
favorite percussionists.
JC: With Amulet's Bob Moses releases, there's no
question this is supremely beautiful music. But with
Bob, there's a whole spiritual and philosophical side
to it as well. Did you feel equally compelled to not
only share with the public his music but his approach
and philosophies towards it as well?
BM: Yeah, I'm hoping the public gets turned on to any
aspect of Bob Moses. His music, his visual art and his
concepts all go hand in hand. He is a true visionary
and he's one of my mentors. We met at the same time
that I was doing all the Brazilian stuff and he would
use me as a percussionist to play parts and ideas that
he had. I ended up recording with him, and that's how
I learned, just by working with him. We're like
family, in some respects he's like my musical father
even though my father is a violinist and he's very
musical. Moses is a creative spirit on so many levels,
so deeply, that I was really influenced heavily by
just the way he is. And so, these records were sitting
around. He always sends me tapes of old records that
he did. He knew that I had a label so we talked about
it and finally got around to putting it out.
I'm trying to create a series and call it "Mozown",
because that was the name of his label. He put out
"Bittersuite in the Ozone" and called it "Mozown". So
I want to bring that back, and have that be the Mozown
division of Amulet records, so I can get behind the
projects of Bob's that I want to put out on Amulet,
those that we agree on. So those were the first two.
There's another record called "Love Animal" that I'm
just dying to put out. He sent me a record and he's
just trying to clear it with one of the musicians.
It's got Larry Coryell on it, Jim Pepper, Steve
Swallow and Keith Jarret. They're like teenagers when
they did this record in, like, 1968. And this is a
historic record. It's just around the time of jazz and
rock coming together. Coltrane was doing his more
avant-garde stuff and Miles was getting more electric,
and some of those guys ended up playing with him. It's
a really beautiful record because it goes in a lot of
different directions, and you can feel that energy of
where the music was going with those younger, talented
musicians. And some of it is funky. On some of it they
do funk tunes that are really kind of psychedelic rock
sounding, but still with a jazz feel to it. And some
of them are beautiful Coltrane-esque ballads, it's a
really nice mix of stuff. There's a blues, just a
straight, up blues that has vocals. It's a really
great record, I think people are gonna really dig it.
I'm really crossing my fingers that everything's gonna
work out and it will be our next release.
JC: That will be a real nice thing for the public.
BM: The jamband kids will love it. Forget about it!
JC: Is there one aspect of "Bittersuite" that you most
BM: I think of it as an orchestra. I think of it as a
symphonic kind of piece, how everybody played
together. To me, it's kind of the quintessential Bob
Moses conducting a big band orchestra, him picking the
right people to bring out his vision. And that's his
thing, that's what he's so good at. He did it with
"When Elephants Dream of Music" and he still does it
with his big band stuff. And I feel like that was one
of the first epoch things that he did.
JC: In "Love Everlasting" a younger John Medeski
really shines as a driving voice. What makes his
playing shine so brightly in those types of situations
where it's all about open musical communication?
BM: Well, he's playing piano. He has a certain energy
when he's playing piano. And he's also a sideman on a
project with Moses, and that's a very powerful
combination. He knows the freedom he has and he's just
able to take off with Moses' ideas. In that situation
it was a Coltrane tribute, and John's a huge Coltrane
fan. So he was able to bring that out, having listened
to that music.
JC: The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
offers a drum and bass class next semester. How do you
feel about drum and bass's infiltration of the jazz
scene? Is it the swing beat of the next century?
BM: I think drum and bass might be the fusion of the
next century. It's just a form that's been
categorized, and all of a sudden it's like people
think that's the direction that jazz is going. Because
it's almost like a be-bop rhythm as for as how you can
flow with it. It's danceable and funky which is where
pop music is right now. And jazz music is always a
reflection of the time, and right now pop is very
funky. A lot of young musicians like to blow over that
kind of rhythm. So when it comes to teaching in a
jazz class, drum and bass is the perfect vehicle for
saying, "OK, where going to play some lines over this
and we're gonna improvise, and since all you young
people like to play funk, now you can do it fast!".
You can land the accents in a lot of different places.
To me drum and bass is like taking Clyde Stubblefield
or Zigaboo Modeliste and speeding him up and getting a
little freer with the playing. All these terms, it's
like someone put a word on it and now it's a specific
one thing. With the way I think of music, it's just
another way to express myself. I never use that term,
"drum and bass". And to be honest with you, I'm kind
of ignorant. I haven't checked out that whole scene.
JC: Well, in terms of labels, you say Amulet is for
percussive and avant-garde music. To me, it seems like
you guys are just releasing uncompromising art music.
BM: Yeah, it's true. I mean, I had to define it for
myself and when it comes down to having a business you
have to create a definition of where you're coming
from or else people don't know where to put it in the
record bins or what they should write about it.
I have to say though, a major reason I started the label is
to get people to hear what you can do with drumming
and percussion. I really feel like, in our culture, it
hasn't been explored nearly to it's potential. The
only music that I hear it deeply explored is in west
African music, Indonesian and Asian. They have whole
bands and orchestras that are just percussion. The
musicians in that town are all drummers. They're the
musicians, the wedding bands – it's all drums! Here
it's like, "Oh, you're just a drummer, you're just
part of a band."
So I just feel like drummers in our
culture need to think of themselves more as composers.
And I think in the modern music that came from Cage or
Varese or Zenakis and the European and American modern
composers, they were starting to explore their vision
of what we can do with percussion: that percussion is
not just rhythm, there's tones and sounds and noise
and everything's percussion. It's orchestral, and I
want to continue to carry that on. So part of it is
getting some traditional percussion, like the
Balinese, and also getting to my more street level
stuff, like the breakbeats and the street performers.
And of course the more orchestral kind of art, the
more avant-garde. And the improvisational type of
drumming. And then there's "the beyond" part of our
motto, anything that I think is challenging and
stimulating. Just contributing to the world some new
way of playing music, I want to get that out. So
that's how I'd kind of define it.
JC: At this stage of the game, with all these projects
and goals, how do you measure your musical growth?
BM: If I feel good doing what I'm doing, and I feel
like I accomplish things, I feel like I'm growing. If
I'm happy, and I can appreciate where I'm at, I feel
like I'm alive, and if I'm alive then I must be
growing. Musically I feel like if it can be
effortless, then great. But the bottom line is that
it's not. It's hard work, and sometimes you get into
these moments where it does feel effortless, but
there's a lot of preparation and planning and
discipline to get to that place where you feel like,
"Oh man, thing's are just happening, I'm just watching
it happen". And I feel like that's ultimately
everybody's goal. You want to just watch things
happen, but we have to prepare for it.
So basically, if I'm feeling good and fairly comfortable with things
then I feel like that's the ultimate. I can't help but
get up everyday and feel like I want to do something.
Now it's not always like that. There are times where
I'm depressed and I don't want to get out of bed. But
I'm at the point in my life now where things are
really going well. I decided to have my own label. I
decided to get married to my beautiful wife who is a
friend and a creative spirit. I have a son who is nine
months old, and they have a lot to do with.
JC: Jumping out of bed everyday?
BM: Yeah, jumping out of bed everyday. And also being
able to go out to my garden and plant some shit, work
in the backyard, get my hands dirty. And if I'm into
it, maybe go into the studio and play some music. Or
maybe fly somewhere or hop on the road for a minute
and play in front of people. It's all coming together.
And that's what I feel like, how better can life be
right now? I'm not rich, but I'm being creative. And I
feel good. And I'm independent. A lot of people end up
being dependant on things.
JC: Critics and journalists are left to come up with
titles for guys like you and Bob, people who study,
teach, produce, compose, improvise, paint, drum,
enlighten. What do you think of yourself as?
BM: Creative! If you could take a word that means a
person who is creative and who improvises. And I don't
mean in a sense of just being a musician. It's someone
who can take their day, or their moment they're in and
say, "We gotta work with this, how do we do it?", and
you're just creative with it. I just feel like that's
what we do. And because we're musicians, artists, we
can get away with it a lot more because we make a
living doing it. Some people are that way and they're
not artists, but they're still creative and they
improvise and go in the moment. They say, "It's broke?
Well give me that wire or that piece of hose and we'll
see if we can get it to work!" And they do!
JC: Everybody's an improvisor – a lawyer, a baker.
BM: Yeah, and that's what I try to get across when I
teach. I try to tell people it's not just about being
a musician, anybody can be creative in their everyday
life. And they are. I mean, just having a family is
being creative, or writing a letter,or finding a new
way to work in a situation. You're growing. We're like
nature, we're changing and evolving. We always have to
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Mohammed Omer, the Gazan journalist and photographer, is scheduled for a U.S. speaking tour together with Ali Abunimah. The U.S. consulate in the Netherlands, where Omer now resides, has put an extended hold on his visa application, effectively cancelling the tour. Omer has lived in the Netherlands since 2008, after he was detained and severely beaten by the Shin Bet when he returned to Gaza from London, where he had been awarded the prestigious Gellhorn Award for Journalism.
A similar silencing happened earlier this month in the Bay Area where I live, when the U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem never responded to the visa application of Mohammed Khatib, founder and leader of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall. He was scheduled to speak at the Sabeel Conference and at universities throughout the area. He had been arrested by Israeli forces in 2009 on charges of throwing stones (this 36-year-old Catholic High School teacher), and later released when it was proven that that he was abroad at the time of the alleged incident. He was arrested again in January, this time charged with possession of "incitement materials." We never got to see him. By not responding, the U.S. Consulate effectively cancelled his trip. .
The American Civil Liberties Union has described the practice of denying visas to foreign nationals whose views the government disfavors as "ideological exclusion", which violates our First Amendment right as Americans to hear constitutionally protected speech. In the case of Omer and Khatib, inaction has had the same effect as denial of their visas, except without the explanation that a denial would require.
So it makes you wonder whether the U.S. Consulate is acting in concert with Israel to keep Palestinian nonviolent activists from getting the word out about the reality of Occupation.
We in the Bay Area were deprived of our chance to hear Mohammed Khatib speak, but there is still a window of opportunity to call on the U.S. Consulate in the Netherlands to approve Omer's visa application so that his voice can be heard here.
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Summary as passed Senate: (all summaries)
Commitment hearings; sharing of records and information. Requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to provide electronic data, including individually identifiable information, on proceedings pursuant to the Psychiatric Treatment of Minors Act and the Emergency Custody of Voluntary and Involuntary Civil Admissions Act to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services upon request and provides that the Department may use such data for the purpose of developing and maintaining statistical archives, conducting research on the outcome of such proceedings, and preparing analyses and reports for use by the Department. The bill requires the Department to take all necessary steps to protect the security and privacy of the records and information provided pursuant to the provisions of the bill in accordance with the requirements of state and federal law and regulations governing health privacy. This bill is identical to HB 1551.Full text:
01/03/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101414D pdf | impact statement
01/19/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104524D-S1 pdf | impact statement
03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1006ER) pdf | impact statement
03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719) pdf
01/03/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101414D
01/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/19/17 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
01/19/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104524D-S1
01/20/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
01/23/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
01/24/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
01/25/17 Senate: Read second time
01/25/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
01/25/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104524D-S1
01/25/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1006S1
01/26/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
01/31/17 House: Placed on Calendar
01/31/17 House: Read first time
01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/07/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
02/08/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Read second time
02/22/17 House: Read third time
02/22/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1006ER)
03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/24/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 7/1/17)
03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0719)


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The alphabet network is comin' in hot this fall.
In the storied ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel (home to the Golden Globe Awards), TV critics and members of the press are gathering for the summer session of their bi-annual event known as the Television Critics Association Press Tour (or the TCAs, for short). Here, TV networks proudly present their upcoming freshman shows and returning hopefuls in hopes that critics will take kindly to, or maybe even champion, them.
We went to observe as happy little flies on the wall, and now we can't wait for Fall TV. Here are eight things we were particularly excited to learn about for the upcoming ABC season:
The Best Character Description of the Season
In "Conviction," Haley Atwell (who'll always be Peggy Carter to us, sorry) plays the daughter of a former POTUS, who's grown up into a brilliant lawyer… and an even more brilliant partier. When said party catches up to her, she's given the option of jail time or working for a CIU (Criminal Integrity Unit… a real thing!) to help overturn unjust convictions. Obviously, she takes the job.
Of her character's sordid past, Atwell gave one of the best characters summaries we've heard in a while. Simply put, "She's stayed at the party too long. She's missed her ride, and now she's eating congealed pizza on the sidewalk." We'll party with her this fall.
The Most Upbeat Person in Hollywood
Fresh off her run on the hit series "Mike & Molly," Katy Mixon walked into the casting room for "American Housewife" and landed the lead role on the spot. "I just attacked it, you know? And when I was done there was this silence. I thought 'maybe I should do it again?'" she claims. But that was it. They stopped casting right there.
The show is about a loud, feisty mom and her off-kilter family who move to Westport, CT to be in a good school district for their kids, but don't quite fit in with the perfect cookie cutter families. On the show's themes of self acceptance and not fitting in, Mixon stated "You know, I've never really let the media dictate my career or self worth. I've been blessed to have been able to work on great projects, and I think this show is really special."
Jack Bauer is Back
Well, sort of. Kiefer Sutherland does make his return to TV, however. 'Designated Survivor' follows an unassuming government employee (Sutherland) as he's thrust from obscurity to the Presidency after an attack on Congress kills everyone above him in the chain of command. According to producers, the show is part "West Wing" and part "Homeland." With a touch of "House of Cards" for good measure. When asked what would happen if Jack Bauer and his new character Tom Kurkman met, Sutherland said "I think they would trust each other."
#TGIT Is Taking A Break (For Now)
Since 'Scandal' won't come back into our lives until January so that Kerri Washington can tend to her new life as a mother, the fan-favorite Thursday night line-up is getting shaken up a bit. But fear not, Thursday will still remain extremely watchable. 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'HTGAWM' are still set to premiere, and filling in for 'Scandal' is the new thriller 'Notorious,' starring Piper Perabo and Daniel Sujata.
Inspired by the lives of Wendy Walker, a longtime producer of 'Larry King Live,' and Mark Geragos, a celebrity lawyer who has defended everyone from Michael Jackson to Wynona Ryder, the show will explore the fine line between the press and legal ethics.
The Creator of Suri's Burn Book Is Now a TV Writer
One of the co-creators of 'Notorious' is Allie Hagan, the creator of the scathingly satirical blog "Suri's Burn Book." Her other half is Josh Berman, who's resume includes 'CSI' and 'Bones.' While both backgrounds lend for interesting perspectives on the legal system and the media, we've been assured that Hagan's fictitious Suri would definitely approve of the show.


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You may remember that last month I blogged about my front door makeover. I painted the back of the door the same black as the front, spray painted the kick plate brushed nickel, and bought new new hardware to match.
One part of the door that I have no desire to make over, however, is the address decal on the front.
I applied our address numbers to the front of the door a couple of years ago, primarily to dress the door up a bit.
It turns out the numbers have a practical side too, as it makes our address easier to see. Our metal address numbers are sunken in the brick at the side of our garage and they're hard to make out, especially at night.
The company I ordered the address decal from is Back 40 Life. They are also the newest sponsor at The Family CEO.
There they are in the sidebar:
Along with being a sponsor, the company has offered to give away a $25 gift certificate to a Family CEO reader. Isn't that cool?
The winner can use the gift certificate on any product in Back 40 Life's store.
And there's lot to choose from.
In addition to front door numbers, this welcome decal is very popular.
And how cute is this for a baby's room?
I'm way past the point of babies, but this monogram caught my eye.
And this framed verse is my absolute favorite.
Finally, remember that Back 40 Life makes signs like this one too.
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If the answer's yes, just leave a comment on this post saying which of these signs/decals in this post is your favorite and you're entered in the giveaway, just like that.
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Flowcrete Americas Discovers The Joy of Science at Little Beakers
Sep 15 2015
- Flowtallics installed at Little Beakers, Cypress TX
- Little Beakers is a Science Lab for Kids
- Flowtallics offers a robust, chemical resistant platform underfoot
- The material creates a decorative metal effect on the surface
Flowcrete Americas has been involved in a playful flooring project at one of North West Houston's must-see attractions, Little Beakers.
Little Beakers - the brainchild of Cinttya Morgan, a highly decorated materials chemist - is a real science lab, built for young budding scientists, offering science learning and family fun for children of all ages.
Any kid who likes to play, experiment and create new and fun things will enjoy the Little Beakers open play science lab experience, based conveniently between two major highways in Cypress, TX.
Here, they can mix, bubble, and create the day away with up to 30 experiments to enjoy at six different lab stations. This includes mirroring the reaction found in a bubbling, active volcano and discovering the physical effects of tornados, explosions and rockets.
When children arrive, they are given their very own lab coat, safety glasses and all the super fun equipment and playful ingredients they need to conduct any experiment they choose.
Parents are more than welcome to join in too and for those really little beakers there is a clean and carpeted toddler zone play area with toys just for them - with mini microscopes and toddler friendly telescopes, magnets, giant molecules and chalk boards.
Flowcrete Americas was delighted to be involved in floor renovation works at this local attraction in conjunction with longstanding applicator partner, Texas Seamless Floors.
Here, more than 2,000 sq ft of Flowcrete Americas' Flowtallics material was installed across the laboratory floor in a decorative shade of Blue Lagoon.
Flowtallics is one of Flowcrete Americas' most popular materials, installed by experienced craftsmen to deliver a one-of-a-kind floor finish that can never be recreated.
Containing metallic pigments, the polymer floor material is installed seamlessly in-situ using specialist application techniques to create a dramatic swirled pattern across the surface of the floor.
Aside from its decorative appearance, the Flowtallics material is incredibly robust, offering an excellent chemical resistant, slip resistant and stain resistant platform to handle all of the spillages that come hand in hand with the young scientist's experiments.
As a result, the material is a great choice for retail spaces, restaurants, arcades, hotel lobbies and other leisure venues.
A new addition to the Flowtallics family, Flowtallics UV - a 100% UV light and color stable version - is now available.
Flowtallics and Flowtallics UV are available in thicknesses ranging from 30 – 35 mils and in eight decorative shades including Blue Lagoon, Coffee, Merlot and Mojito.
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Notes to Editors
Flowcrete Group Ltd. is a world leader in the manufacture of seamless industrial and commercial resin floor, wall and coving solutions as well as other specialist coating technologies. Flowcrete Group Ltd. is a subsidiary of RPM International Inc. and has international manufacturing facilities in Europe and Africa as well as Central and South East Asia.
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Flowcrete continues to use its global expertise to introduce environmentally friendly, hygienic and aesthetically attractive floors to create a better and more sustainable world.


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Euro 2012 – England Launch Trailer
Euro 2012 is well underway in Poland/Ukraine but for hopefuls England, the tournament starts today in Donetsk against the French. To celebrate or rather, commemorate England's big kick-off EA... Read more
Euro 2012 is well underway in Poland/Ukraine but for hopefuls England, the tournament starts today in Donetsk against the French. To celebrate or rather, commemorate England's big kick-off EA... Read more
The EA SPORTS Pro Player Challenge series has finally come to a head and the champion of FIFA 12 champions has finally been crowned at the home of world cover star Wayne Rooney. The tournament... Read more
No longer do FIFA 12 fans across the land have to look on sadly at the image of a crocked Jack Wilshere, as today EA SPORTS have released the Wayne Rooney custom FIFA 12 game sleeve and best of all... Read more
Ho Ho Holy Shit, if you've ever wondered how Pique feels about socks, whether Kaka is a fan of Banjos or how Wayne Rooney feels about dogs (you can write your own joke, it's too easy), then... Read more
An England Shirt signed by Wayne Rooney. All you need to do is pre-order via EA's all new Origin service, be from the UK and a signed shirt could be yours. Whilst the FIFA 12 PC edition from Origin... Read more
No other than LA Galaxy and United States legend, Mr Landon Donovan. The man himself announced it on his Twitter account last night and EA SPORTS have of course followed suit. He'll be... Read more
AI, finesse shots, goalkeepers, graphics, Career Mode, the Impact Engine, the modern day FIFA fan has so many worries on his shoulders these days but no issue or feature comes close to whether... Read more
On Thursday a truck load of FIFA 12 Official Covers were springing up all over the Internet with the UK cover featuring Wayne Rooney (for the 7th consecutive year) and new boy Jack Wilshere causing... Read more
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Joanie Stubbs (Kim Dickens) is Cy Tolliver's former madam at the Bella Union. Joanie, unlike Trixie, acts only as the hostess, and not as a prostitute herself. Although she is a lesbian, Stubbs has a long relationship with Cy and is one of the few people Cy cares for, though his increasingly unpredictable and violent behaviour sours their friendship. Often depressed and self-loathing, she was apparently bought by Cy from her own father, who had abused and pimped her younger sisters as prostitutes. Joanie also reveals that her father used her to coerce her sisters to sleep with him—to "see to his needs since mama was gone." As a result, the emotionally scarred Joanie is weighed down by guilt.
Cy encourages Joanie to spread her wings and form her own brothel, though he may not be very committed to the idea. She leaves the Bella Union to open the Chez Amis, importing high-class and experienced prostitutes from the East with her friend Maddie. Unfortunately, Maddie has funded the operation with funds from Francis Wolcott who is violent toward women and has killed prostitutes before. When Tolliver discovers this and tries to blackmail Wolcott, Wolcott kills several of the women including Maddie. Joanie arranges for the surviving prostitutes to be spirited to safety by Charlie Utter, but remains sitting alone in her shuttered place of business with her dreams of independence destroyed. Her spirits are restored by smashing a bourbon bottle on Wolcott's head when he returns to the scene. She also finds comfort in her burgeoning romantic attachment to Calamity Jane. She attempts to rebuild her life by making the Chez Amis into a school house. It is also the refuge of Mose, who recovers there after being shot in the Bella Union.


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NewNations has been covering SYRIA since
before the 'Arab Spring', also the invasion of Iraq that preceded it.
Alessandro Bruno, who writes this month's report arguing for an 'Algerian'
solution to the ongoing misery in Syria, is a specialist in North African
and Arab nations and has made several contributions for us in the past. We
have long watched and waited in vain, for some inspirational and equitable
diplomacy to resolve the frightful impasse, now descending into a new
version of the cold war. Yet, it is soluble. The proposal we present, could
lead to peace and with no losers, other than the militant, mainly non-Syrian
islamist intruders. 'The Algerian solution' is a serious way forward and
makes a great deal of sense, confirming as it does the unwisdom of ever
having got involved in someone else's war of religion. It seems clear that
Obama by avoiding 'boots on the ground' has proceeded with reluctance, egged
on undoubtedly by so called 'friendly' middle eastern states, as well as the
western media, but opting rather to take on the Caliphate, which clearly has
no rival as an effectively nihilistic force, both for Islamic nations and
for those of the rest of the world.
We deplore the bias of the western media unbalanced from the beginning, against Syria's Asad, homing in on Russia's air attacks on Eastern Aleppo. Yet even as we publish this, reinforced and rearmed Islamist rebels, that have been hiding behind the 'human shield' of hapless civilians in the bombed ruins of Aleppo, have started a new offensive with artillery of their own, in an attempt to push back the Syrian government troops in the city.
As you read this, the US –led Alliance are expected to commence exactly parallel air attacks on the Iraqi city of Mosul, where, as in Aleppo, the ISIS Islamist fighters are inextricably, in air war terms, mixed in amongst the destruction of a city, with the 'human shield' of a million or more civilians who can't get out, a classic and monstrous aspect of asymmetric warfare. No point in asking if the US and allies will be threatened with being taken to the International Court, for its air attacks, as has been threatened for the Shi'ite government of Asad and the Russians. There will likely be no TV cameras or journo's inside Mosul at this stage, or pictures of terrified and injured children in the ruins, other than those distributed by ISIS. Regrets there will undoubtedly be from the Alliance spokesmen for the civilians that 'get in the way' of their own liberation.
In Syria at least, this filthy thing can be finished and the Algerian solution that we describe, tells how.
Go to …"The Algerian Solution to the Civil War is within Grasp. The Will to Adopt it is Not!"
"A Grumbling, Fumbling and Stumbling Brexit"
Peter Crisell analyses the UK situation four months after the referendum to leave the European Union.
This topic for us, is likely to continue to dominate all others, striking as it does at the heart of the British economy and reflecting general dismay at the outcome, which contrasts with the confusion of many that voted to leave. A part of the outcome is that the hardball nationalist tabloids: the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Express are competing in nastiness, in reference to foreigners. The Daily Mail, for long a lower middleclass Tory tabloid (the 'Toffs' read "The Telegraph), which for a lifetime has relied on a generalised 'anti-foreigner' agenda, went so far as to accuse the (anti-Brexit) Confederation of British Industry (CBI), of 'lying' during the referendum campaign, which in gravity might be compared with a Pope so accusing the college of cardinals. Meanwhile from the US, the equivalent US Chamber of Commerce made an uncompromising statement (to which UK tabloids have not responded), pointing out that the Chamber represents US companies with £487bn invested in the UK. It has warned the British government that without 'seamless free market access' to the EU, US corporations are now likely to favour continental European destinations for hiring and investment decisions. Bloomberg, for its part, reported that $600bn of US investment is now at risk.
The Japanese are also big players in UK investment and employment. They have politely warned of damage to that half of Japanese direct European investment that flowed to the UK. It seems from a deal worked out with Nissan, that the UK government has taken note and 'squared' them regarding motor manufacturing exports from Sunderland to the EU, which is promising news for other exporters from the UK, who must expect 'like deals.' No details have yet been released about how, presumably the taxpayer, is to fund the tariff costs if the UK can no longer, as at present, access the single Market. But looming over everything is the situation of the City of London, currently the EU's financial capital and perhaps the largest taxpayer to the UK's government.
Peter Crisell's 'tour d'horizon,' updates our Brexit piece of last month. He takes us through today's Britain 4 months after the referendum, to monitor the ongoing, "Grumbling, Fumbling and Stumbling Brexit" process that has followed.
"HUNGARY: a Faux Democracy"
This is the report of Sara Bielecki on the central European nation. It is not a happy story, nor a pleasant government, but it is a warning about racists and street politicians such as those of UKIP in Britain, of which comparable sinister activities can be found, currently to a lesser extent than in Hungary, in most EU countries. Looking at the events that have incited this worst kind of populist government reaction that used to be called fascism, we in the UK are unable to say, as once we could have done, that "this cannot happen here"
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Syria: An Algerian Solution to the Civil War is Within Grasp. The Will to Adopt it is Not!
"So long as the Arabs fight tribe
against tribe so long will they be a little people, a silly people – greedy,
barbarous and cruel, as you are", said T.E Lawrence, aka 'Lawrence of Arabia' in
David Lean's movie. In the scene, Lawrence was addressing a group of raucous
rebels, whom he led against the Ottomans. The actual Lawrence wrote in his
'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' : "They [the Syrians] were discontented always with
what government they had; such being their intellectual pride; but few of them
honestly, thought out a working alternative, and fewer still agreed upon one."
Lawrence had not fully grasped the scope of the Sykes-Picot agreement, which would split the Middle East among British and French spheres of influence. Lawrence had an idealistic vision of the Arabs organizing their own government, after defeating the Ottoman occupiers. His anger reflected his doubt that the Arabs might ever achieve the transition from tribal society to that of a modern European- style state. The actual T.E Lawrence noted the tribal and religious barriers that impeded the rise of a united and secular Arab state. Of course it was ironic that Lawrence proffered his concerns of unity, while his countrymen died in 'the Killing Fields' of Europe. But, he was prescient. The phenomenon, unfortunately described as 'the Arab Spring' was nothing other than the latest manifestation of Major T.E. Lawrence's fears. Nevertheless, he expressed hope that if left alone, the Arabs, or the Syrians, might reach a lasting stability.
The Middle East, since independence from the Ottomans and – later – Europe, has struggled against itself. Secularists have fought Islamists, in varying degrees of intensity. Even modern Egypt, emerged first as the struggle of republicans vs. monarchists, and immediately thereafter as those advocating a secular model, similar to that which Ataturk established in Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood. While for long years often regarded as unimportant and ignored by the media, Syria faced a lengthy struggle before stabilizing in 1970 under the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Asad's father Hafez.
The ongoing Syrian civil conflict, which has more of the whiff of a world war, has revived the element of foreign intervention. This is what makes resolving the war so difficult. Given the diversity and obstinacy of the various factions, resolving this war seems impossible at best. The only 'legitimate' foreign players are the Russians, Iranians and (Lebanese) Hezbollah. They are legitimate, because they are there at the behest of the (UN recognized) Syrian government in Damascus. If the Syrian opposition truly represented the aspirations and interests of all Syrians, it would have more legitimacy. But, such is the dosage of foreign interests, that the opposition loses all legitimacy.
Left to itself, Syria might find a solution.
Indeed, it doesn't have to look too far to find it. The solution involves a premise and a model for recovery.... [continues...]
Britain Four Months Later: A Grumbling, Fumbling and Stumbling Brexit
Just to remind ourselves: Britain
voted in a referendum on 23rd June to leave the European Union (EU). The Leave
(or Brexit) vote was 51.9% and the Remain vote was 48.1%. More than 30 million
voted – 71.8% of those eligible to vote, the highest turnout in a UK-wide vote
since the 1992 general election. The referendum result showed a divided nation
with 17,410,000 voting to leave the EU and 16,140,000 voting to remain. Although
the referendum result was not legally binding on the government, David Cameron
made it clear from the start that the government would treat it as such, since
he was then confident that there would be a majority vote to remain in the EU.
This disastrous miscalculation led to his resignation. Theresa May, a strong
candidate for the party leadership, had let it be known that she was a lukewarm
EU remainer, but she clearly believed that her support across the party for the
leadership would be reduced if she played an active part in the remain campaign.
So it proved to be. By positioning herself as a Brexit-friendly remainer she was
subsequently selected by the party to replace Cameron as Prime Minister and to
lead the country into the Brexit future.
Readers of the Europhobic tabloid press might be forgiven for thinking that 90% or more of the British people had voted to leave the EU. Anxious to maintain an iron grip on the Brexit agenda and to sideline those of contrary views, the tabloids and their political allies have characterised those expressing legitimate concern about Britain's future relations with Europe and its place in the world as moaners and whingers and members of 'the elite' who are 'bad losers' unwilling to accept the democratic process. The Daily Mail and Daily Express have gone further, calling them 'unpatriotic' and 'traitors' who must be silenced... [continues...]
HUNGARY: A "Faux" Democracy
Since Viktor Orban came to power
in 2010, the Hungarian regime has become known as one of the most right wing to
be found in contemporary Europe. The Prime Minister's frequent criticisms of
liberal democracy and his ardent support for national identity have won him,
regretfully, immense popular support. His party, Fidesz, the ruling party, is
not the only entity proffering a kind of ultraconservatism on the country's
political landscape: extreme right wing party Jobbik managed to gain 20% of the
vote in the 2014 election. Qualified by some as Neo-nazi, Jobbik's politicians
make Orban's promise to bring an 'illiberal democracy' to Hungary seem almost
tame in comparison. Unfortunately this promise seems to have borne fruit -
although many would even contest Hungary's democratic status as Orban uses the
"will of the people" to tamper with constitutional principles. Under his rule he
has ushered in changes to the judicial system, tried to block EU wide
legislation assuring rights for same sex couples and uses power to pressurize
the independent media. In the domestic sphere, the political opposition finds it
increasingly difficult to function. On an international level, the refugee
crisis has exposed what is perhaps Orban's biggest bugbear. It has seen some of
his most vicious rhetoric emerge which has recently been the subject of a hugely
controversial national referendum. Hungary has repeatedly been criticized by
NGOs, the media, and European institutions for its stance on the mass movement
of refugees – the Prime Minister remains undeterred.
To begin with a recent event which has sent shock waves through the Western media, one of Hungary's leading left wing newspapers Nepszabadsag (People's Freedom) which has been publishing since 1956 (the year of the Hungarian Revolution) has closed. Described by journalist Owen Jones as a media institution equivalent to the Guardian in the UK, it was shut down at the start of October. The alleged reason was that it was making a loss. Ruling Fidesz party issued a statement saying... [continues...]


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Revo has announced the launch of its BLIK RadioStation "hybrid" digital radio.
The BLIK RadioStation comes to market in the UK with the claim of being the first product to offer consumers DAB/DAB+ digital radio, Wi-Fi internet radio and traditional FM radio in a single one-box solution.
David Baxter, Managing Director of Revo Technologies said: "The fact that we have beaten bigger, more established names to the market with this new technology, highlights our desire and commitment to making REVO a global force in the digital radio business".
So you get full DAB and DAB+ (for our European cousins) digital radio reception, FM radio coverage with RDS, Wi-Fi internet radio (and with it easy access to over 9000 stations from around the world), full alarm clock functionality and the ability to plug-in your iPod and use BLIK as a loudspeaker system for MP3 playback.
As well as BLIK RadioStation, REVO has launched two other models in the BLIK radio range, the BLIK DAB – a DAB and FM version, and BLIK Wi-Fi – a Wi-Fi internet radio and FM model.
BLIK RadioStation will be on sale for £149.95 and is available from REVO retailers or directly from www.revo.co.uk from the 19th of December 2007.
BLIK DAB and BLIK Wi-Fi are £49.95 and £99.95 respectively. All models are available in two colour finishes – black and white.


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Have you backed up your data recently? Every day people and businesses lose huge amounts of
valuable data because they fail to run a backup of their files. World Backup Day is set aside
as a reminder to back up those important files.
If you have files that are important to you and can't be easily replaced or recreated, you should have some sort of regularly scheduled backup. Hard drives can crash. Computers can be infected with malware and viruses. And your smartphone can be damaged, lost or stolen. Losing irreplaceable and valuable documents or photos with no way to recover them is a nightmare scenario.
No matter how new or secure your smartphone or computer is, it's important to back up your
files, because even new hardware can fail. Some polls have shown that almost 40% of people
don't have any type of backup at all, and another 15% only backup 1-2 times a year.
Malware and viruses infect roughly 1/3 of the world's computers. There's a whole class of
viruses that will lock your files and hold them for ransom. In most cases, even paying the
ransom won't get your files back. If you have a current backup, you can completely wipe your
computer's hard drive to rid it of the virus and restore your files from your backup copy.
The hard drive on your computer can also fail or crash. In those cases you may be able to recover the files by sending them to a professional data recovery lab, but that type of service is expensive. Depending on the exact problem, the cost could be anywhere from $300- $2000 and you may not even get back 100% of the data.
Any natural disaster that strikes your home or business can damage or destroy your computer and with it, your files. Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes can eradicate your data permanently with no chance of recovery.
Computers can be stolen, whether they are laptops, desktops, or even servers. Your data may or may not be valuable depending on who the thief is. In many cases, they wipe the hard drives to conceal who the original owner is before they sell the computer, so even if you can recover the system, your files may be gone.
More than 3 million smartphones were stolen last year- that's more than 100 smartphones stolen every minute, each day. Another 1.4 million phones are lost every year and never recovered. Smartphones are prime targets for thieves because even more so than computers, smartphones hold loads of personal information like banking and credit card info, photos, emails, and even your whereabouts thanks to GPS location. The thief may be after your
identity or financial information and not your documents or photos, but you're going to lose them regardless of the motive. Phones are also small and easy to conceal in a pocket or handbag, and they have a high resale value. And the first thing they will do is wipe it clean of all traces of your files.
There are dozens of other things that can happen to your files. A regularly scheduled backup
gives you peace of mind in those situations. There are several methods you can use to backup your files.
If you're backing up a computer and have a relatively small amount of data, you can use a USB flash drive. If you have larger amounts of data you probably want to use an external hard drive. External drives are portable so they can be thrown in a laptop bag or backpack. They also allow quick access to all your files at once. There are downsides to external drives though. The drives are affected by all the same things computers are- they can be lost, stolen, damaged by natural disasters, get infected by malware and viruses and they can have mechanical failures. If your data is very valuable you should use more than one external hard drive.
Cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive/Google Photos are popular for both smartphone and computer backups. They give you a small amount of space for free, and can be
accessed from anywhere on any device (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone, PC, MAC). The problem is, one glitch and your files are gone, because there's only one copy of your files there. If you accidentally delete a file, that deletion gets synced up to the cloud and there's no way to get it back.
If you have an iPhone, you can back it up right to your computer using iTunes. This is nice because you only get 5 GB of space in iCloud so all your files may not fit there. Your computer probably has a ton of free space, and an iTunes backup is a complete backup of all your photos, videos, music, documents, SMS messages, call logs, contacts and apps. If you ever lose your iPhone or upgrade, just plug the replacement into your computer, open iTunes and you can restore your entire configuration from your last backup.
A Cloud Backup Service is different because it offers the ability to keep multiple versions
of your files, so if Tuesday's backup is corrupted or encrypted from a virus infection, or
deleted by mistake, you can get the files back from Monday's backup. You do have to pay for a
backup service like that, but if the data is important or irreplaceable, it's well worth the
cost. If you have a large number of files to back up, you'll find cloud backups are slower than backing up to an external hard drive. And if you ever need to retrieve a large number of files it may take hours or even days to pull them down from the cloud.
A sound backup solution would combine all these methods.
The accepted rule for backup best practices is the three-two-one rule. It can be summarized as: if you're backing something up, you should have:
- At least three copies,
- In two different formats,
- with one of those copies off-site.
I have multiple external hard drives for my most important files, which happen to be photos. These are backed up daily. Everything is also backed up to the cloud via Google+ Photos and Amazon's Prime storage service. I also burn Blu-Ray discs so I always have a "negative" that can't be deleted, and store a copy of these with a relative. Both my smartphone and my wife's smartphone are set to automatically backup to Google and Amazon whenever we have WiFi access.
Whatever method you choose, please be sure you backup your files. If you're overwhelmed and you don't know where to start, I'll be happy to help you out.


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In the interest of full disclosure, I will start this review by stating that I hated the first Resistance. I found it overhyped before and after release and really showed no creativity feeling more like an exercise or trainer than a game. Resistance 2 couldn't be farther from the first title in spirit and is an absolute must-have for PS3 owners, delivering some mind-blowingly epic moments, deep multiplayer components and tight gameplay set in a gorgeous graphic engine that shows off the capabilities of the platform.{ad}
Single player is quite an improvement over the first game as this game reaches for far more epic heights, delivering some memorable gameplay moments set amidst expansive, pristinely detailed and richly lit environments that bleed a radiant color through a strikingly realistic art style. The graphics here are as good as it gets right now in gaming (although the art style may not please everyone with its hyper-rich colors) and a very compelling argument for what the PS3 is capable of with the proper development.
Where the first game too often fell into a bland and standard corridor shooter, the sequel takes the walls off the experience from the first moment and never looks back. Everything here is huge, in a graphic and gameplay sense. Areas are expansive with subtle loading creating a very epic and seamless experience. The story can sometimes feel a bit too random and on rails, but its a small price to pay for the numerous wow moments along the way.
Things are just as solid in the online portion of Resistance 2. 60 player deathmatch capability results in very hyperactive battles that can often become a war of attrition, especially when the action coalesces at a chokepoint or alley. This leads to a buffet of action for the sniper-minded, as perches and rooftops are plentiful, and made Chicago my favorite level for deathmatch. For me, deathmatch here wasn't nearly as compelling as the online coop, but then again I've always enjoyed playing support roles in online games. If you love being an engineer in TF2, you will love playing spec ops in Resistance 2. A very nice clan creation, search and application feature makes it quite easy to find a clan to enjoy more stable and selective team play options when online, as the fun of this game becomes magnified with smart and regular teammates.
Online coop is ridiculously addictive, and the challenge is no joke. If your whole team isn't on point at all times a game can go from easy, to hopelessly overrun, to over in a flash. At time of writing, AI is still a bit broken at times on boss battles. There are still connection issues if attempting to start coop multiplayer with two controllers attached or charging, and the same confllict occurs with a charging bluetooth headset. These issues will surely be patched and are easy to workaround, but it is mildly annoying that they are still nagging the game. There are also still a couple minor gameplay bugs to be found in all portions of the game, which are far more annoying than the technical ones. Overall, the flaws are minor and infrequent; and hopefully temporary.
The levels for coop are detailed and expansive, large playgrounds for the point-to-point attack-and-defend objective tasking of the game type. Chicago and Orick are especially good, one giving a gritty urban setting and the other a beautiful expanse set in a Californian rural logging town. Other levels like the one set in Britain have a corridor-shooter feel consisting of large underground military and research installations built by the enemy.
This coop class system plays out so much better in reality than it does in paper, as in simplest terms the medic heals, the soldier shields and lays down general fire, while special ops feeds that soldier with ammo while picking off distant enemies with the sniper rifle. As a result groups tend to break down into units of three staying close and combining talents for best use, and when these units are composed of players experience in their class the fun really begins to unfold. I found special ops to be the most fun (invisible sniping says it all) but regardless of class preference, coop is extremely addictive and evolutionary.
The xp system in coop keeps a long term interest in the game alive by offering new equipment unlocks and abilities along the way as the player gains levels. A further trophy, ribbon and medal system for accumulating accomplishments gives even more long-term playability to the game. Seeing a ribbon pop up to denote another skillful headshot kill never ceases to feel rewarding, and reaching for harder objectives like surviving a coop match without dying provide challenge.
The fact that all three sections of this game are so good, and so different from each other creates a unique amount of depth to this title. Given the totality of what this game achieves in the campaign mode, online coop, and deathmatch arenas, it's hard to make a case for it not being the shooter of the year on any platform as well as the best single-player campaign this year in a shooter.


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When crop circles appear, ominous noises are heard,
and a government agent arrives disguised as a
fisherman, the residents of Little Lump, TX,
suspect something may be awry. The local radio
station owner is convinced the government is trying
to cover up nefarious alien activity in town.
Luckily, Gertie, the owner of the Gas n Sip gas
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Some inspirational religious readings include "Cross" and "Your Angel." Another inspirational religious reading that encourages each person to communicate with God is "Letter from God."Continue Reading
In "Cross," a young man feels discouraged in life. The man prays to God and asks him to lift his burdens from him because he can no longer tolerate his situation. God responds that the man may take off his cross and replace it with any cross in the room.
The man then chooses another cross to bear. God tells the man that he picked up the same cross that he just set down. The writer adds that the reader needs to remember that each person is likely far more fortunate than he realizes.
Similarly, in "Your Angel," a child is about to leave heaven and arrive on earth. The child is nervous, and he asks God if someone on earth knows that he is coming to live on earth. God replies that there is an angel on earth ready to care for the child and sing to the child. The angel on earth offers to defend the child When the child asks to know his angel's name, God says that the child can simply call the angel "Mommy."
"Letter from God" is an inspirational religious reading that the writer tells from God's perspective. Throughout the day, God waits for a person to talk to God. Even when the person has no other obligations, the person does not talk to God. God has promises and blessings to offer the person but the person still does not communicate with God. The story ends with God saying that He hopes to hear from the person the next day.Learn more about Religion


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A woman is fighting for her life after a stabbing at a suburban Tyneside street.
A 42-year-old man was arrested and has been charged in connection with the incident.
He will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court at 10am on Tuesday.
Police were called to a house on Lanercost Drive in Fenham at 5.50pm on Sunday after receiving a report of a disturbance.
A woman was taken to hospital with stab wounds to her back and chest and she remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Neighbours were horrified after learning someone had been injured on their 'quiet' street.
Mary Welford, who has lived on the street for 20 years, said she was shocked.
She said: "We'd been away for the weekend, and we'd only just got back when the police called to say there had been an incident and to ask if we knew anything about it. I couldn't believe it.
"People here keep themselves to themselves.
"It's such a shame to think something like this has happened."
Another neighbour, who has lived on Lanercost Drive since 1949, said she was very upset.
She said: "I'm very shocked to think it could happen here. This area is very quiet."
It is thought a man and a woman had been living in the house with children.
She said: "I've lived here since 1949, but I don't know all that many people on the street now.
"But the people at the house sent me a Christmas card last year. They seemed a nice family."
Another neighbour agreed, saying: "This is a quiet area and a quiet street. We're really shocked.
"The first we knew about it was when we saw the blue lights out of the window last night."
The 42-year-old man remains in custody, where he is helping police with their inquiries.
Inquiries into the incident are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 ext 69191 quoting reference number 992 07/12/14.