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"The Most Extensive Dispute of the Contemporary Era"
Written by Lázaro Barredo Medina and printed by the Publicity and Printing sections of the Support Services Department of the National Assembly of People's Power, April 1997.
The Helms-Burton act is merely the lastest device in a history of almost two hundred years of annexationist voracity on the part of the United States. This summary of various bibliographies consists of quotes, mostly taken from U.S. sources themselves, on what may be considered as: The Most Extensive Dispute of the Contemporary Era.
Anyone who studies Cuban-U.S. relations in any depth and immerses themselves in the historical events of the past century, will note that the problem between both countries surpasses any ideology and can be summed up by the independence-annexationist dilemma.
The reading of documents and various U.S. and Cuban bibliographies shows that this point of contention between both countries is the most extensive dispute of the contemporay era, beginning with the independence of the thirteen English colonies and continuing to the present day with the Helms-Burton Act.
Unlike any other country on this planet, Cuba has had to face up to that U.S. foreign policy making it, the United States, and elite, rather than an ordinary country "destined" (The Manifest Destiny) with the mission of civilizing other peoples with the "U.S. way of life."
Cuba by Necessity and by Right should belong to the United States
Later, in 1823, the U.S. Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, announced Cuba's geographic fatalism using the doctrine of the" mature fruit," saying that "There are laws of political as well as physical gravitation; and if can apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, can not choose but fall to the ground, Cuba forcibly disjoined from its unnatural connection with Spain and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only toward the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, can not cast her off from its bosom."
Another figure of the time is James Monroe, the proponent of the famous doctrine "America for the Americans" and U.S. president, to who Thomas Jefferson writes: "the annexation of Cuba to our Confederation is precisely what is needed to complete our national power and maximize its interests."
In May 1847, the New York Sun newspaper states in one of its editorials that "Due to its geographic position, Cuba by necessity and by right, should belong to the United States; it can and should be ours."
One year later, the then U.S. President, Polk would make preparations, along with Spain, for acquiring Cuba through payment. The Creole de Neuva Orleans daily reflected the essence of this Yankee craving: "Cuba, by destiny of Providence, belongs to the United States and should be Americanized."
The "Americanization" of Cuba, being shaped in U.S. political opinion during the nineteenth century, found its expression in an absolute disdain for the Cubans.
In 1852, the El Delta de Neuva Orleans daily explained that "Its language [that of the Cubans] will be the first thing to disappear, because the bastard latin language of that nation will scarcely be able to resist, for any length of time, the competitive power of the vigorous, robust English... Their political sentimentalism and anarchic tendencies will rapidly follow the language and gradually, the absorption of the people will be complete, all thanks to the inevitable domination of the American mind over an inferior race."
Of course, the geographic prominence immediately became felt in the field of economics. About 1828, thirty-nine percent of total Cuban imports came from the United States, with Spain only accounting for twenty-six percent. In 1860, the dependence was already greater, the United States absorbing sixty-two percent of Cuban exports, Great Britain twenty-two percent and Spain only three percent.
In 1881, the U.S. Consul in Cuba is already in a position to state in its consular report that "Commerically, Cuba has been transformed into a U.S. dependency, although politically it continutes to depend on Spain." In 1884, the United States absorbed eighty-five percent of Cuba's total production.
Put that Country Right even if it Means Treating it Like Sodom and Gomorrah
In November 1891, Munsey Magazine once again insisted on the purchase of the Cuban island, asserting its vital geographical location for defending the United States and its use as a destination for excess U.S. production. At the same time, it expressed clearly the desire to do all possible to expropriate Cuban territory stating "It can be declared with almost total certainty that, before long, Cuba will be ours."
Another publication, the American Magazine of Civics, outlined, in 1985, various opinions concerning the annexing of Cuba, including prominent Wall Street figures such as Frederick R. Condert who declared, "My mouth waters each time I think of Cuba as one of the states belonging to our family."
"If we do not seize power in Cuba, " wrote Theodore Roosevelt on September 23, 1897, then undersecretary of the U.S. Marines at the time, "the island will remain in the hands of a weak and decadent nation and the possibility of acquiring Cuba will be lost forever. I do not believe that Cuba can be pacified through autonomy (promised by Spain at that time to the island) and I am confident that, in the not too distant future, there will take place here such occurrences, that we shall have no other choice but to intervene."
The true objectives behind the intervention are revealingly expressed in the communiqué, dated December 24, 1897, from Mr. Breckenridge, U.S. under-secretary of war to Lieutenant General of the U.S. army N.S. Miles, appointed general-in-chief of the intervention forces.
What did that Communiqué Say?
"We shall have to destroy everything within reach of our cannons with weapons and fire. We shall have to implement an extremely intense blockade so that the constant presence of hunger and disease decimates their civilian population and diminishes their army. And the allied army [referring to the Cuban liberation army] shall have to continuously carry out scouting and from line fighting, thus constantly suffering war from two fronts, in addition to having to carry out all the dangerous and desparate expeditions."
The imminent victory of the Cuban independence movement was thwarted instantly by U.S. intervention and the emergence of a new state, as happened in the rest of Latin America, did not take place, all the colonial power structures having been maintained at their disposal, thus enabling them to go ahead with their contrived plans to make the island totally independent.
Perhaps due to that annexationist conviction, one already formulated in the United States, the first decision adopted by Tomás Estrada Palma, once the U.S. intervention in the Cuban-Spanish conflict had begun, was to betray the memory of José Martí and dissolve the Cuban Revolutionary Party, which Martí had successfully made the uniting force behind the independence struggle. The result was the fragmentation of the Cuban revolutionary movement into fifty-seven parties or political groupings!
Having achieved their aims with intervention, General Leonard Wood, the U.S. military governor in Cuba, wrote to the U.S. War Secretary, E. Root, that "All Americans and all Cubans looking to the future know that the island will form part of the United States and that it is just as much in our interest as theirs to secure its position."
The proof that the United States wanted to use to maximum advantage its unlimited powers to serve its own interests, is that, for example, Leonard Wood, governor in Cuba from December 1899 to May 1902, granted U.S. companies 223 concessions for the exploitation of the island's most valuable resources.
In addition, there was also governor Wood's Military Order No. 62, more commonly known by the Cubans of the time as the "Dispossession Act." Also the incredible paradox that U.S. President had more powers in a foreign country than in his own, for example he was able to modify Cuban customs duties, when he was unable to do so in the United States, those powers falling within the jurisdiction of the Congress. The result was the ruin of the independent Cuban producers and the loss of their properties.
A newspaper in the state of Louisiana remarked at the time that "Little by little, the whole island is passing into the hands of American citizens, which is the shortest and surest way of obtaining annexation to the United States."
With our Platt Amendment We have given Them Little or No Independence
With this background, on February 9, 1901, the U.S. War Secretary, E. Root, sent a letter to Governor Wood setting out the five conditions on which Cuban-U.S. relations should be based:
It was in that way that the Platt Amendment emerged from the U.S. Congress, which the Cubans were obliged to incorporate as an appendix to their Republican Constitution.
Some days after the Platt Amendment was passed, General Wood wrote to Theodore Roosevelt, the then U.S. vice president, that "Of course, with the Platt Amendment, we have left Cuba with little or no independence... The practical thing to do now is to achieve annexation. This will require some time... With the control we have over Cuba, which will undoubtedly be come possession before long, we will soon control the entire world sugar business. I believe that Cuba is a very desirable acquisition for the United States."
Wood not just exerted intense pressure on many Cuban constituents to achieve those proposals, but also engaged in manipulation, so as to limit the participation of the Cuban people during the incomplete elections of June 1900, where the U.S. rulers imposed the condition that only seven percent of the population could vote. Of 1,572,797 inhabitants, only 150,648 voters could register themselves in the census, due to the limitations established by governor Wood's declared electoral law, of whom 110,816 voted. This was the manner of the first "democratic" Cuban elections organized by the United States.
The conception of a Cuban Republic was outlined during the last year of the nineteenth century by the Review of Review publication, when it confessed that "the new Cuba will be a nation, but not a sovereign power. Internally, it will have the independence its people have longed for and for which they have fought. Externally, it will be a dependency and will fall under the protection of the great America power."
That guaranteed the composition of the first Cuban Republican government. Of the government ministers or secretaries governing the negotiated Cuban State with Tomas Estrada Palma, nine had belonged to the defunct Autonomist Party, whose protagonists worked in the service of the Spanish in the managing of the Cuban colonial state. Six were members of prominent families belonging to the Cuban sugar oligarchy and a further six - including people who, in one form or another, participated in the 1895 Revolution - had held senior posts in the U.S. occupation government.
The contempt with which the U.S. rulers held the Cubans was described by Gonzalo de Quesada, who served as Cuba's ambassador to the United States at the beginning of the century, who said that "They now proclaim (in the United States) our incapacity to function without foreign aid. They highlight our faults and mock our men...The hundreds of millions of pesos invested in Cuba are in their eyes, of more significance than intellectual and moral future. Gold demands stability, tranquility, prosperity...and peace, even though it may be that of the tombs."
What the Proconsuls Thought The following historical period concerns the behavior of the proconsuls regarding "self-conceded rights," which will be referred to in broad terms using various examples:
Charles Magoon, the "provisional governor," between 1906 and 1909 would clearly outline, in his report to the United States government, the nature of the Cuban multi-party system, when he explained to his superiors that "The people in Cuba are not very united along party ties. There are little policies, if indeed there are any at all, which cover the essential points of national politics, or indeed political principles which are truly different."
With the first U.S. intervention in Cuba's political life arrived Charles Magoon, in line with the regulations of the Platt Amendment, but with the intention of promptly opening all paths to Yankee enterprises. According to the U.S. historians Scott Nearing and Joseph Freeman in the book "Dollar Diplomacy," which they wrote in 1925, between that first U.S. military intervention and the third in 1917, U.S. economic interests expanded in the island. From 50 million dollars worth of investments in 1898, they rose to 141 million in 1909 and jumped spectacularly to 1.25 billion dollars in the mid-1920s.
Likewise, it is necessary to stress the real power of the U.S. General, Enoch Crowder, who arrived in Havana as U.S. envoy in 1921 and took total charge of the Cuban government with 15 memorandums, exercising more power than the Cuban President himself and against the slightest move towards Cuban independence.
Then, during the 1930s, the ambassador Summer Wells, in a letter to his superiors, acknowledged that "the President asks me for advice on a daily basis concerning all government decisions. These decisions range from problems of domestic policy to the discipline of the army, even including the appointment of personnel throughout all branches of government."
Later, there would come, as a personal representative of President Roosevelt, ambassador Jefferson Caffrey, whose manifest interference was such that Cuban history named one of the republican governments after him.
The security with which the United States viewed its neo-colony is demonstrated by this phrase published in the Washington Daily News, dated May 30, 1934, on the day following the "abolition" of the Platt Amendment:
Economically, Cuba will continue to be a ward of the United States. Whilst U.S. capital continues to dominate the republic's industries, land and banks and whilst the Cubans depend on U.S. trade the government and daily life of that country will be influenced in various ways by the United States.
That security resulted in the setting up in the island of over 300 U.S. companies. The "free enterprise" made it possible for 28 U.S. corporations to control one quarter of the Cuban nation's productive land and the possession of 36 sugar mills, as well as rail, mining, telephone, electric and many other companies, whilst at the same time maintaining the Guantánamo naval base and military reciprocity agreements.
There was also security in the fact that the abolition of the Platt Amendment was none other than a symbolic publicity stunt.
The Washington Post Daily, in its editorial of June 18, 1934, gave the assurance in that respect that "The United States have given up responsibility for maintaining law and order on the island, but our right to intervene to protect life and liberty still remains."
It was made completely clear in the new Permanent Treaty on bilateral relations that the rules of the new game were not changing, which is explicit in article two of that agreement signed in 1934: "All actions in Cuba carried out by the Untied States of America, during its military occupation of the island, until May 20, 1902, the date of the establishment of the Republic of Cuba, have been ratified and held as valid; and all rights legally acquired as a result of those acts will be maintained and protected."
The "status quo" resulting from the Platt Amendment remained in effect, the proof of this being the admission of one the last U.S. ambassador during the 1950s MR Earl Smith, who acknowledged, years later in his memoirs, that during his mandate until the initial days of the triumph of the Revolution, the U.S. ambassador was the second most important man on the island and on occasions exercised a more important role than the Cuban President even."
The U.S. government was almost on the point of employing the Platt Amendment's "right to intervention" as a result of the successful advance of the rebel forces led by Fidel Castro, who defeated the dictator Fulgencio Batista's army despite all the military backup of the United States.
Batista's army had risen to power through a coup d'etat staged with U.S. approval some years previously. A note from the State Department announced a possible intervention in the armed conflict, in the manner of 1898. But this time things would be different...
The Neutrality of Fidel Castro is Defiance
What emerged in January 1959 would be none other than the self-same desire for national independence preserved for more than a century by Cuban patriots.
The Cuban Revolution emerged triumphant on January 1, 1959. Fidel Castro and his Revolutionary Forces entered Havana a week later. As early as January 15, 1959 - one week after his victorious entry into Havana - Fidel Castro gave an interview to the U.S. News and World Report publication where, referring to Cuban-U.S. relations, he declared that "We want good relations with the United States, but submission, no."
These words by Fidel, where from a position of sovereignty he announced that Cuba was not prepared to permit interference and disregard for self-determination, were interpreted by the United States as an act of aggression.
This happened some months previous to Cuba's adoption of the first Revolutionary law, the Agrarian Reform Law of May that year. The ideas underlying socialism were still far from taking root in the Cuban national conscience, but right from that moment, in January 1959, the United States politicians were furious at this demand for the respect of self-determination.
Time Magazine, in its issue dated April 6, 1959, reflected the dissent which that independent stance provoked within the U.S. government and state in an article that "Castro's neutrality is a defiance to the United States."
Nor can the Cuban government be neutral before the United States!
From that moment on, there would begin a pitiless war which has failed in all its attempts to subvert the Cuban nation and which, with the Helms-Burton Act, has just exhausted its complete arsenal of political and diplomatic reprisals.
And all that on the part of an enormous country, which on its founding in July 4, 1776, brought their people to pass a Declaration of Independence whose first, irrevocable principle recognized the natural right of each nation to decide their own future.


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Song Name: Nice body
Artist: Hyomin
Released: 29th June 2014
Label: Core midas
EP/LP name: Nice body
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Hyomin's singing is fine, the whole song is a little higher than my normal comfortable listening but she isn't so nasally and squeaky that it's annoying.
The chorus is catchy, unfortunately I wouldn't be caught dead singing it out loud due to the ridiculous lyrics.
As for the lyrics. she is NOT singing about a healthy body and how desirable one of those is to make your life easier but a nice body. As someone who spent most of my younger life with a 'nice body' I would have very much disliked anyone thinking I didn't have to work as hard because of it…I did.
On top of that it's nice to know that the record company felt her talent, intelligence or personality were worth signing about, right?
This feels like a stupid idea publicity wise considering poor T-ara's history and doesn't make Hyomin a likeable character.
To the people claiming this is satire, Hyomin has not approached this in a satirical way, nothing in her song rubbishes, diminishes or mocks this view and it pains me to see people besmirching the good name of satire by labelling this such.
The video
The video is ok, standard pretty girl rubbish. I might be able to take Hyomin's song a bit more seriously if she had a nice body to be gloating about. unfortunately she seems to look like a Lego man. Sorry the girl has lots of talent, a pretty face but she is unfortunately a rectangle.
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Ha Ha! I fooled some of ya with my clue yesterday! If you guessed that I would be SLEEPLESS in Seattle, WA today, you guessed it right!
<–You can bid in the auction fur today's Seattle drawing here.
I am visitin' my many friends in Seattle while taking in the view of the Space Needle and the spectacular skyline.
I'll be travelin' again tomorrow. Can you guess where I am goin' next? Here's a hint:
Clue fur my May 9, 2011 Worldwide Just Meowin' Tour destination: Everyone says I should be in pictures.
I am on a virtual tour around the world to visit all my friends in various locations. I am calling it my Worldwide Just Meowin' Tour!
Each day in May, I am visiting a new city and/or geographical region around the globe. My human BZTAT will make a drawing of me in a new place every day, and you will be able to bid on the drawing in an auction on her website.
When I finally come home after my long trip, we plan to make a book featuring the best of the drawings.
Each day, I post a clue here to see if you can guess where I am gonna go next. Wanna guess where I will go tomorrow on my tour? Leave yer guesses in the comments!
Just Meowin',
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Hope you see lots of stars while you're there.
You certainly had my human fooled, Brew! Are you coming to my backyard tomorrow?
new york! *woof*
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Reflecting on winning the Cornish Business of the Year accolade at the 2015 Hub Awards, we asked Tim van Berkel, Managing Director of The Cornish Seaweed Company, a few questions ahead of 2016's nominations and shortlisting.
"We were proposed by a different company and entered because it would be great exposure and winning would mean amazing recognition for the hard work we have put in over the past years to build our business."
"We have started selling in another supermarket (Waitrose), have increased sales and are growing fast!"
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We follow Jesus not simply by promoting what he says but by embracing his way of doing things— his modus operandi… He let go of his glory, rights, privileges, and freedoms as the eternal Son in order to join us fully in our human condition and to serve us there. But he did so without taking on our values…
Jesus' manner of engaging the world gives us a mandate for involvement. But it also reins in the foolish triumphalism that makes us impatient with our neighbors and with one another. To choose Jesus' M.O. is to choose faithfulness and service over outcomes, leaving the latter in God's hands. We can expect to be resisted, we can even expect to suffer— for to love the world as Jesus did means, at heart, taking up a cross— not winning an argument or an election. Nevertheless our efforts have value and lasting effect: insofar as we are obedient, wise, and loving in our public lives, God notes our efforts, rejoices over them, and values them as tokens of what is to be when his Son returns to make all things right. What is more, in some mysterious way, he causes them to last, promising that our "labor in the Lord is not in vain" (1 Corinthians 15:58).
Body Broken: Can Republicans and Democrats Sit in the same Pew? pp. 131-133
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Burying The Ex
When when Evelyn is the victim of a fatal, freak accident. A couple months have passed and Max meets his dream girl, Olivia. The new romance gets tricky when Evelyn comes back from the grave and insists on continuing their once relationship by all means.
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Feel the joy and emotion of one of the greatest 20th-century composers — an American treasure and mentor of Music Director Carl St.Clair — through works like Chichester Psalms, combining Broadway-inspired melodies with sacred texts for chorus and orchestra and Serenade, a symbolic, lyrical work scored for solo violin, strings, harp and percussion.
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Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation. Featured on the cover of the May 2014 issue of Strings Magazine, he is also becoming a familiar figure in Europe and Asia, continuing to astonish audiences with his phenomenal technique, poetic sensitivity and gorgeous tone. His consistency throughout the repertoire, from Paganini, to Brahms, to Bartók, to Adès, is seldom encountered in a single artist.
Composed for Hadelich, his recent premiere of David Lang's 35-minute solo violin work, Mystery Sonatas, at Carnegie's Zankel Hall in April 2014 was a resounding success. One week earlier, The Washington Post wrote a rave review for Tango Song and Dance, an originally conceived, multi-media recital premiered at Kennedy Center, featuring Hadelich, guitarist Pablo Villegas and pianist Joyce Yang.
Highlights of Hadelich's 2014-15 season include debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Danish National Symphony and the London Philharmonic, as well as re-invitations to perform with the New York Philharmonic and the symphonies of Baltimore, Houston, Indianapolis, Liverpool, Saint Louis and Seattle. His other projects include artist-in-residence with the Netherlands Philharmonic, a tour with the Toronto Symphony (to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto) and his debut recital at Wigmore Hall in London.
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X-Men 3...seriously fans/people--WHY all the hate?
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Re: X-Men 3...seriously fans/people--WHY all the hate?
Berry is worse than ever. Storm's conversations with Senator Kelly and Nightcrawler in the first two films are far more significant to her character than anything in TLS, despite an increased screen time.
I cannot agree with you.
Berry's conversations in X-MEN and X2 are relevant to the core themes of X-MEN, not neccessarily Storm herself. They're single scenes that are then never addressed again. And Berry didn't play them all that well. Davidson and Cumming did, but Berry is just kind of there, doing her best. She did better in X3.
In THE LAST STAND:
Storm has her POV about the cure
Storm has her leadership aspect
She has her interactions with Wolverine
She takes over as a teacher
She has more varied power usage
She's not anything approaching good in her performance in X3. But she gives a better, more nuanced performance in X3, and displays more emotional range than she did in either previous film.
While it would have been nice to have seen some conflict over killing Jean, we never saw Storm and Jean as very good friends in the series. Berry was aware that this wasn't the Jean they all knew. Cyclops and Xavier had been killed. The stakes were high. And the scene was more about making Wolverine aware of his role in things than her own emotions. Actually, there's an undercurrent of her holding her emotions in check as the film wears on, VS the opening scene, where's she's causing storms.
What Angel gets in the film is fine, except that he has no character to speak of. He exists solely as a POV on the cure, not as an interesting personality. The cure debate is entirely superficial, which is a shame as there is so much potential for interesting character interaction. Put Angel and Rogue together in a scene and see where it goes.
And I agree with you, but its the same type of issue we saw with Iceman/Pyro in X2. Their issues serve to flesh out the core themes, not neccessarily interesting character elements. This is a weakness of the franchise's use of supporting characters, not X3 alone.
I don't treat Logan's arc as a tick-box of ability displays. That's why I don't like this film. His relationship with Jean is incredibly flat. He may feel strongly for her, but as you've said it's one way. This love story is missing a key player, the man Jean actually loves.
As for what we actually got, Logan's arc is a retread of his conflict in X2 only less good. At the end of X2, he has chosen to throw in with the X-Men, and be a part of the group. Apparent the writers forgot about that, as TLS opens with him "just passing through".
The "relationship" wasn't excellently handled in either previous film, either. Its actually got more to it in X3, aside from Logan recognizing Jean didn't want him more than she loved Cyclops. Again, I'm not saying it's great, but it's not an issue that solely X3 had.
I don't treat his arc as a tick box of ability displays either. Logan has a very clear arc in X3, an extension and development of his story from X-MEN and X3. He is starting to become much less concerned with himself, as evidenced by the way he takes over mentoring some of the younger X-Men, and the way he goes after Jean. It's not Wolverine's story as much as X-MEN and X2 were, though he is still arguably the main character.
The love story is missing a key player? Then perhaps it's not a love story. Not in the conventional sense.
No...they didn't forget about him saying he's just passing through...they developed him to the point where he decides to stick around. That's his arc.
Pyro's resentment of Ice-Man is intense and under-explored. We know more about that character from a simple glance in X2, when he looks at Bobby's family. He's not out of character in TLS, he barely is a character. This doesn't bother me too much, but there was certainly more potential there.
In X2, we learn that Pyro is jealous of Bobby and his family in X2, and that he recognizes how far above humans he can be. He takes steps, when he attacks the cops.
That is expanded on in X3. He's looking to belong, he resents people who fear/would cure mutants, and he joins the Brotherhood and becomes a terrorist. I'm not saying it's a great character arc, but it's every bit as well handled as what was found in X2. A glance at a picture does not a compelling character/arc make.
Xavier's death is all flash, no substance.
I'm not sure why'd you'd think that. There's a very clear conflict there, not just between he and Eric, who have ideological differences, but between he, Jean, and The Dark Phoenix. He held Jean back, he recognizes the threat she's become, and he does his best to stop her
It's a death, but it's also the culmination of his character arc, and his greatest failure. What "substance" are you looking for that wasn't there? The death had an obvious impact, on multiple levels, for multiple characters.
As I said previously, it's undermined by the scene previously that made him look like an ass. Xavier is supposed to be a great man, but he's not shown to be here.
I don't think he looked like an ass. That seems to be your assessment. I think he made a judgement call. It was perhaps the wrong one, as the film shows.
What are we supposed to feel when he dies? Making his actions with Jean so morally ambiguous complicates the death scene, because it's not clear if this should be a tragic event or the consequence of meddling. This tension could be great, but it's not followed up on at all.
What do you mean what are you supposed to feel when he dies? It's an intense scene. Horror. Some sympathy for Xavier. Pride. Whatever you feel when people give their all and die.
It's BOTH a tragic event AND the consequence of meddling. Tragic, because of his role in forming and guiding the X-Men, and the loss of his leadership, and obviously the result of something he perhaps should not have done.
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Hello all! It's Queen Bee Esther and I have been MIA for a little because my family and I have decided to fast and pray during the next 40 days. We started this past Monday and we still have a long ways to go. Now not only are we doing a fast but we are doing a Daniel fast! Which means that we get to eat meals but with various limitation on what we can eat. The most important being no meat, no sugar, and no dairy. We will also juice from time to time. I will also fast off of unnecessary spending habits, TV, and social media unless it pertains to business. Because I know a lot of people tend to do the Daniel fast first before journeying on other fasts, I decided to keep everyone up to date on what it is like to be on the Daniel fast and what foods we will be eating along the way. Honestly, I am not much of a cook but because we have a home business, I will be attempting to do most of the cooking for the next days to take some weight off of my dad cooking.
Along the way, I will post pictures of the meals that I cooked and the recipes from various sources online. Surprisingly, it was very easy for me to find quite a couple of different recipes to use on the fast so I am excited to share them with you. It is Day 3 of our fast and I have mixed feelings as of right now. I know that the change in food intake is a huge benefit to my body and its health but I also can't help but miss my sweets and snacks. Thankfully, there are substitutions!
Here are pictures of what we had for the first 3 days of our fast.
Breakfast – G'Oatmeal
G'Oatmeal is a really great idea. The purpose of G'Oatmeal was to create a breakfast oatmeal muffin for on the go. I love this recipe and as I made it for the second time today, I took away some ingredients and added others. Aside from the recipe, I also added dried cranberries, some cinnamon, and raisins. I also took out the ground flax seeds. It turned out great and with this recipe I was able to make 16 muffins. It should last for the next 3 or 4 days. These can also be used for snacks by adding some more honey in the mix!
Recipe – http://allrecipes.com/recipe/goatmeal/?mxt=t06dda
Dinner – Spicy Vegan Potato Curry, Dole Salad, and Herb and Olive Oil Flatbread
The spicy vegan potato curry was very easy to make and I doubled the recipe which worked out great because it actually lasted for 3 days. We may even have some left over for a fourth! I know that sounds like torture to eat the same thing 3 days in a row but it wasn't all that bad! Potatoes tend to fill you up quickly so if you make a lot, it lasts longer. To accompany the potatoes we did a Herb and Olive Oil Flatbread with whole wheat flour and I will warn you now. It is vastly different in taste than using white flour, however, it worked out well. I seasoned the flour more than the recipe called for and added some more salt to give it some more taste. I also added some baking powder so it would thicken up a little. And lastly, you must have a salad! We love love love to go to Walmart and get our salads. They are all natural, already come chopped with its own salad dressing. All we have to do is put it in a bowl, add the dressing, and mix. Our favorite hands down is Dole's Chopped Sunflower Crunch Salad Kit. It's downright delicious, in a salad kind of way of course!
Recipe – http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-vegan-potato-curry/
Recipe – http://reinidays.com/herb-and-olive-oil-flatbread/
Recipe – http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dole-Chopped-Sunflower-Crunch-Salad-Kit-13.2-oz/37156205
Tropical Fruit Salad
Since we are sticking to more of a one meal fast, we planned to have some snacks around the house that would fall in with the Daniel fast. And of course the next best thing to veggies are fruits! So we decided to do a simple tropical fruit salad. I did take out some fruits and use others from the recipe below. I find that red grapes and blueberries last a lot longer in the fridge than other fruits. I usually freeze the blueberries until I am ready to use them. The grapes we keep in the refrigerator. If I haven't used all the watermelon for juicing, I also add some watermelon to the fruit bowl. In the picture you will also see some strawberries and minneolas (which I believe are a type of Tangerine…). The minneolas were not as sweet as we thought they might be. They are more on the tart side, so next time we will replace them with something else. Strawberries spoil very quickly so we will substitute those next time as well.
Recipe – http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/tropical-fruit-salad/
Almond Butter Bites
The almond butter bites I made just today and haven't tasted them yet. I tasted the batter and they seem very promising. They have my favorites in them which are raisins, sunflower seeds, almonds, and shredded coconut so I am really excited to try them out. They are a no bake desert and all you have to do is put them in the freezer and take them out when ready to eat. Fingers crossed that they live up to expectations!
Recipe – http://www.ultimatedanielfast.com/day-10-fruit-and-dessert-ideas-yes-i-said-dessert/
Juicing Recipe: Watermelon Carrot Juice
I'm sorry that I don't have a picture for this as I forgot to take one but juicing recipes are great because you can really make them your own adding and subtracting what you desire. I am just going to give you the ingredient of what we put in this juice. The base fruit we use for this juice is Watermelon and the base vegetable we use are carrots. This recipe yielded a full jug of juice. We just finished it today!
15-20 Carrots
3/4 or 1 Whole Watermelon
10 Strawberries
A few pieces of Celery Sticks
1 inch of Ginger
2 Green Apples
***As you can see we only gave you main recipes for Breakfast and Dinner. We are doing a one meal type Daniel fast where our main meal is our dinner. However, because I go to school and work, I needed to make some breakfast recipes for when I am on the go. Therefore, you will not see any lunch recipes throughout our fast. There will be more posts coming soon! Thanks for checking out our fast progress and God Bless!


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"Michael Brown could have been your son man, he could have been your son…How does that make you feel?" shouted a very angry protester at a black Los Angeles Police Department officer.
On the third day of demonstrations in response to the Ferguson grand jury verdict not to indict Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown, LAPD officers are corralling dozens of demonstrators who started their march on 6th and Hope and were trying to make their way to the Staple Center.
They have been marching since 4 p.m. Wednesday. The splinter group which broke from a much larger crowd were told by the LAPD that they were participating in unlawful Assembly and were ordered to disperse. The crowd was responsible for obstructing traffic, throwing objects at police and creating a public safety hazard.
The LAPD said earlier that they have the intention to detain and arrest those that are participating in unlawful assembly. Moreover, the police drew a line of demarcation to keep a large crowd away from the Staples Center where the Lakers are playing a game tonight.
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Three jail transportation buses have arrived to bring the lawbreakers to jail. Each individual protester will be arrested and processed for failing to disperse. They had been told many times to disperse, but they ignored the officers orders. According to KCAL 9, there are about three dozen who will be arrested.
The police say it is going to be a slow process, but they are all going to be arrested. They will be taken to a processing center nearby. Many of the protesters are coming to the realization that they will be spending Thanksgiving in jail. Unfortunately, for the unruly demonstrators they may spend the entire weekend in jail if they are unable to post bail. If that is the case. they will have to stay in jail until Monday to see a judge. Bail is being set at $500 for each protester, unless they are pending other warrants.


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Basildon Council was experiencing large numbers of motorists parking dangerously on high streets, main routes, outside schools, clearways, pedestrian crossings and bus stops. In order to clamp down on these dangerous motoring practices and to provide a safer environment, the council decided to use the powers afforded to them by the 2004 Traffic Management Act to introduce effective parking enforcement in these areas.
The bus gate system in the centre of Bath was introduced in 2001 with the aim of substantially reducing the number of vehicles using the centre during the day, only allowing buses and taxis to drive all the way through the city centre between 10 am and 6 pm. They are located adjacent to the Guildhall, in Wells Road and also on in the famous Pultney Bridge. The bus gate system was originally policed by a manual camera operator system; However the Council needed to find a more efficient method of static traffic enforcement so as to address the issue of unsociable drivers who, by ignoring 'bus and taxi only' signs and driving in bus lanes, cause congestion and slow down buses trying to keep to timetables around the City.
Bedford Council had a problem with unlawful parking outside schools, potentially putting children's lives at risk. The urgency to tackle the unsocial behaviour was compounded when two pupils from local schools were knocked over in a week. Safety, together with traffic congestion, necessitated Bedford Council using the 2004 Traffic Management Act as a means of enforcing traffic restrictions against motorists who break the law.
Despite developing a highly successful enforcement programme in a leading tourist destination, the enforcement team at Bournemouth Borough Council had a problem, experienced by many authorities, that of irresponsible parking around school gates. The issue was constantly debated in the local newspaper, within local educational circles and among local residents. Concerted efforts to educate parents and teachers had limited impact. Increased frequency of CEO patrols had limited success (not all schools could be patrolled at the same time). Fixed CCTV cameras outside all schools was a possibility, although this was not financially viable given the short duration each day when offences occurred.
The Llanthony Bridge swing bridge in Gloucester crosses the Gloucester and Sharpness canal and is open to emergency vehicles, taxis, buses, cyclists and pedestrians. The bus lane is also used by park and ride vehicles. The bridge is very close to the new shopping centre, Gloucester Quays, Gloucestershire College and the city centre and is a busy thoroughfare for residents, shoppers and visitors.
Following the introduction of the 2004 Traffic Management Act, Redbridge had a requirement to enforce civil parking and moving traffic violations within its borough. Following complaints from residents the council sought a proven civil enforcement system to help it police areas around local schools, high streets, main routes and other pedestrian areas affected by anti-social parking behaviour.
The city of Plymouth had problems caused by dangerous and anti-social parking outside schools, restricted areas and with persistent evaders. The council decided to procure an efficient and economic automatic camera system which could be used by other local and transport agencies.
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Aki: And you're doing this. . .why?
Lucarly: Because it's fun.
Aki: What a waste of time. Especially when you should be working on your, I don't know. . .5 requests?
Lucarly: Sorry, didn't hear you. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
Jeager's POV
So this is what hell feels like.
It's not the cliché image of eternal suffering in a blazing fire with little, red demons dancing around and mocking you. No. It's nothing. It's a void. A blackhole. It's losing every bit of happiness within you. It's seeing everyone you hold dear to you vanish. It's going from having everything to having nothing. That's hell.
Since the director, Rex Godwin, died, many valuable employees have been leaving for other occupations, or "personal reasons". It's only been two weeks since his death, and already, one fourth of the staff is gone. It mystified me, why so many would leave. The director wasn't exactly popular amongst all his workers, so one would think that his absence would mean the start of a new beginning.
But then I realized something; of all those who left, majority were people who were closely associated with Godwin. They were the ones who were choked by his puppet strings, bound by his ropes. They were the ones forced to do his biding, the ones who put up with his orders. And now that he was dead, they were free. And when a bird is free, it flies away. It's only natural.
But it all still means hell for me.; not because of all the irritation I will have to go through with interviewing and hiring new workers. . .But because I know that she is next. She, Mikage Sagiri.
Of all the people who were affected by Godwin's harsh regime, Mikage undoubtedly received the brunt of it. Most wouldn't know because she kept to herself. She didn't say a word against him. She obeyed his orders with a smile. She defended him when necessary. And she hid the bruises. I shamefully must admit that I knew that Godwin had physically abused her on more than one occasion--but I did nothing to stop it. It would threaten my own power.
Looking back, I'm disgusted with myself, disgusted that I didn't do anything. There were several occasions where I saw her cry, leaning up against the wall outside of the director's office in the late hours of the night. Her tears were silent though, so I pretended they weren't even there. I convinced myself that she only cried because she was sensitive--and she was--but I secretly knew there was more to it than that. I knew it from that one afternoon she went to privately meet with him, and came away with an awful limp and a mess of bruises. (All to quickly be concealed by cosmetics.)
I suddenly laughed to myself quietly. It still amazes me to this day that through all that time, Jack Atlas never took notice. And if he did, he was too wrapped up in his silly dream of being King to care. It's quite sad actually, since she loved him. There is nothing more painful than an unrequited love. I'd know.
I rested my chin lazily on the palm of my hand, staring at the door blankly. I was waiting for it to slid open and for her step inside. I had received a tip from another employee that she was planning on resigning today to go work for Security's Special Investigation Team. It was fitting for her. She actually was quite smart, and had minored in criminal justice at the Neo Domino University. (I only knew that because I had already pulled out her records, preparing to hand them over to her.)
I sighed and rested my head on the desk. I wasn't sure for how long I was staring at the door for, but I was starting to get bored. I wished that she would just come so that we could just get this over wi-
The barely audible doors slid open, and someone slipped in, her heels clicking against the tile floor. I pursed my lips in annoyance. 'Be careful what you wish for,' I chastised myself. I lifted my head slowly, sitting up straight. Sure enough, there she was, stopped right in front of my desk. It became obvious that she truly had not intended to stay here long from her appearance. Her skirt was slightly wrinkled, her blouse wasn't buttoned up all the way (I let out a quiet, awkward cough when I could see a bit of her cleavage), her reading glasses hung loosely near the tip of her nose, and her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail.
Despite the fact that she didn't look as professional as she should be, she was still beautiful. How could she not? With her golden irises--large drops of yellow honey on pure white--she could wear dirty rags and still look beautiful.
"I have my forms of resignation," she said plainly, handing me a small packet of papers. I sighed inwardly as I took them from her, flipping though the pages quickly. Everything was filled out, everything was signed. Neatly too; she had quiet nice handwriting. Finally, I reached the last page, where my own section of paperwork was required. I swiftly pulled out a pen and started to fill out the information.
"I heard you're going to be on Security's Special Investigation Team," I said in an attempt to start a conversation; I didn't want my last moments with her be filled with an uneasy silence. It would only haunt me and drag me down for as long as I worked in this room, perhaps for the rest of my life.
"I am."
"What inspired you to do that?" She shrugged.
"Ushio-san suggested it to me. I'll have to go back to school for a little bit, but the team has decided to allow me to attend school and be an agent at the same time." she explained. I nodded to let her know I was still listening. I realized that I was more than halfway done with finishing my part, so I purposely slowed down a bit to prolong our time together.
"Are they paying for your schooling?" I asked simply. She shook her head.
"I'm afraid not; I'll have to get a student loan. But I'll muddle through." I chuckled to myself darkly. She was so optimistic. There was hope in every situation, there was a way to make everything better. At least, to her there was.
"I see." Much to my bittersweet chagrin, I signed the end of the paper. She was no longer an employee of mine. She was free. I quickly filed away the resignation forms and handed her the records. She smiled and nodded to me curtly.
"Thank you, Jeager-san." She then promptly turned away from me and began to leave. Time slowed. A part of me screamed to stop her, to apologize for not doing anything when she needed it, to promise to make it up to her, to beg her to stay, to tell her that I loved her. But then there was the other half, saying simply to let her go; that now she was going to be happy.
While this internal war went on within me, I stood, preparing to call out to her if necessary. My palms sweated under my gloves as I watched her slowly grow farther away from me. I was running out of time to make my choice; it was now or never. I reached my hand out and opened my mouth--but it was too late. The doors closed, and she had disappeared from my view.
I stood there like a fool for a moment, my arm still stretched out. She was gone. Forever. I lost my chance to tell her how I felt, even though it surely meant rejection. But at least rejection is curable. Regrets are not.
I let my arm fall limply to my side before sitting back down.
"Fly free, little bird." I whispered to myself quietly.
1 week later. . .
"So, Sagiri-san, you say that you're here to request a school loan," asked the banker cordially as he sat across from the blue-haired woman, locking his fingers together and resting them on his desk. Mikage nodded.
"That's correct," she said her usual smile plastered on to her face.
"For continuing your studies in criminal justice at Neo Domino University?" asked the banker, cocking his eyebrow inquisitvely at her. Mikage nodded, her expression twisting into one of confusion, not knowing what the man was getting at.
"That's correct," she repeated. The banker stared at her blankly before sighing, removing his glasses and placing them on the desk.
"Perhaps you've been mistaken, or perhaps you've been uniformed. . .But. . .Our records show that there was a donation made to your school fund, covering all $40,000 for your education." Mikage let out an inaudible gasp.
"All of it?" she asked incredulously. The banker nodded.
"All of it," he clarified. Mikage looked dumbfounded, bringing her finger up to her lips in thought.
"But. . .Who donated the money to me?" she asked quietly. The banker shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Sagiri-san; but the records show that your benefactor is to be kept anonymous." Mikage gave the banker a look that was a mix of both disappointment and annoyance.
"Oh. . .I see. . ." she said, her voice trailing off slightly. The banker studied her for a moment before allowing his lips to curl into a friendly smile,
"Whatever the case is, Sagiri-san, it appears that someone must love you very much. $40,000 is quite the sum," said the banker, chuckling to himself. Mikage nodded, looking slightly dazed.
The banker was only joking; but he was right anyway.
There was someone who loved her very, very much.
Lucarly: Aww, that was kind of cute. Even though it was Jeager, you have to admit that was kind of cute.
Aki: Anything with Jeager can't be cute.
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The 2017-2018 State Project for the Ohio Society Children of the American Revolution (O.S.C.A.R.) is twofold; it is both monetary
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Stranger Things is finally returning to Netflix this month! The wait is almost over and the stress to see what happens this season is on. Since Halloween is almost around the corner, everyone is stressing over what to wear and who to be for Halloween. If you need some inspiration, turn to the cover of Entertainment Weekly! Millie Bobby Brown stars on the cover of Entertainment weekly and shares some insight on the loveable Eggo waffle eating Eleven we all know and love as well as some other information from different cast members.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Here is what Millie and cast members had to share with us:
Millie on her character Eleven in season two: "It's more coming-of-age. She's learning how to be a normal teenager. It's something that I'm going through right now, so it's pretty relatable."
Co-creator Matt Duffer on the show's surprising opening: "I liked opening the show in a place not in Hawkins, in an urban environment. I want people thinking maybe they've clicked on the wrong show and then boom, you realize, 'Oh, we're still in it.' But it's all about broadening and expanding our world."
Noah Schnapp on his character returning from the Upside Down: "No one has ever gone through this before. So he's confused, he's scared, and he's trying to cope with everything. You'll learn in the second season how the Upside Down is affecting him and how it's kind of changing him."
Co-creator Ross Duffer on what fans can expect from season two: "It's all connected to this singular threat, which is tied into this shape that Will sees in the sky. Each episode is building on the last one. It gets much crazier than it ever got in season 1."
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