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Reunion Realities
CB note: The Mothers Project is about mothers who were not allowed to keep their babies and hope to see them again. Recently, I have had many discussions with adopted adults and with mothers who have had difficult reunions and some who have not continued to keep in contact. I have been visiting more with other adoptees, online. Mostly they are much younger than me, with different stories to tell, but we all share some adoptee angst of one sort or another. So, I thought I'd write a little about reunion.
People like me, who lived before television (!), can barely wrap our palm around a mouse let alone imagine the immediacy of email and chat and the hundreds of other nifty inventions that permeate the world of communication today. So, the fact that many adopted adults and their first mothers are finding each other and emailing like crazy .... well, that is just amaz ing.
It is wonderful, a blessing, a profound gift from the universe ... to have access to information that allows the secrecy of the past to dissolve in an instant. And, all that immediate intimacy ... like a rocket .... is incredibly scary, fraught with unrealistic expectations and bound to crash and burn if not dealt with, if not recognized as a possibility ... no matter how deliriously, deliciously, happy both are ... at first.
I think reunion is absolutely necessary and owed to both the adoptee and the mother, no matter the problems that seem to accompany so many of them. I just think we all need to deal with the realities, prepare for them, so we don't crash and burn.
Now, none of this was even on the radar until the internet made reunion so possible, so soon, so here-and-now. But, as thousands of people are searching and finding each other every year, we must offer a plan of action, a guidebook of sorts. I'm sure others have written such books ... and I'm sure they are very good, but I'm not sure the people who are finding their mothers/children are reading them BEFOFRE they actually start searching, finding, emailing, calling, etc.
So, here are just a few tips from an old adoptee. I found my mother in 1976, but I didn't meet her until many years later, two months before she died. I wish I knew then what I know now ...:)
Reunion Advice from an Old Adoptee©2008 Celeste Billhartz
1. Mutually agree to approach all of this communication as "pen pals" who are strangers to each other ... not as "mother and child" who have always been and always will be. At least, start that way ...:)
2. Respect boundaries and relationships. Expect that while you once were inseparable, you now are strangers, each having been immersed in, perhaps, different cultures, languages, religions, behaviors, politics. Again, this is always easier if you begin as pen pals, who accord each other a lot of wiggle room for all the above. Right? Don't you always stand back a bit with a new friend, give him/her a lot of leeway so you can discover the things you have in common, the special things that will help grow your friendship? Same thing.
3. Adoptee, you may be 34 and this may be your first mother, but, in matters of adoption/forced surrender/coercion ... she is back there, at age 16, vulnerable as hell and scared to death. Be patient, be compassionate, be gracious and tolerant.
4. Mother, you may be 50 and this may be your first-born child, now all grown up and possibly a parent or a PhD ... but in matters of adoption/having been "given" away/expected to be gr ateful ... he or she is about 7 years old and scared shitless that you will "abandon" him/her, again.
5. Not all mothers and adoptees fit that scenario. Some mothers are as self-centered at 50 as they were at 20. Some adoptees have so many screws loose that won't ever be tightened, no matter how much love they get. Take time to know each other. Trust your instincts. Be cautious, be careful. Have an exit strategy. Don't be mean about it. Compassion is necessary when you must pull back. There's a reason your child or mother has problems. Be firm and be kind. This ps. from an adoptee: Remember too, that the bizarre feelings and actions are a result of adoption itself, and the laws, myths and secrecy that it created. Mothers, fathers, their daughters and sons have been through many years of separation sanctioned by the government. It takes time, patience and understanding when faced with situations that seem "out of the norm" - this is what adoption and separation did to all of us. There are layers up layers of unresovled grief, pain and anger that are not understood in the mainstream helping profession.
6. Some reunions don't get past the first email or the first phone call. Some adoptees and mothers see, right away, that they have very little in common, aside from the hard facts of conception, and decide to pull back gradually or quickly. That's just the truth, for them. Hopefully, they handle it with grace and bravery and, if safety is not a factor, will have a willingness to keep in touch. This ps. from a mom: I wonder if even those who don't want a friendship could be urged to at least send a birthday card and mother's day card every year? I think that even if reunions don't work out and either pulls away permanently they could at least have contact once or twice a year (just so each side knows the other cares enough to at least do that much. So we know the other is alive)? It seems that suggesting that isn't too much to ask, is it? They don't have to respect or do it but suggesting it would be so appreciated by many moms and adoptees, I think.
7. Let's say your reunion is more successful, starting off. You like each other. You can tell, from pictures and voice and quirks, that you do share a heritage, ways of thinking, commonalities. GO SLOWLY!
Be honest, be funny, be all the things you are, but don't jump from cozy to canoodle!! I mean that ... so many people describe the feelings like .... falling in love, having a crush, etc. That's understandable. Just don't jump so deeply into each other's life that you abandon other people, other relationships. Believe me, others notice and if they are pushed aside, they will bring down the hammer. Be aware. If either of you is going overboard, the other should gently slow things down ... not shut off the feelings, but slow down the train. And, do so with gentleness. There is no need to cut off all contact. Be sensible. Keep this relationship in balance with the rest of your life. Balance. That will save you a ton of argument and bad feelings and jealousy. Let's face it. People expect two single people to be gaa gaa over each other and to focus on each other to the near exclusion of everyone else. They might shake their heads and roll their eyes, but th ey accept it. They are much less tolerant of a mother and adoptee having such an obviously powerful relationship and showing such preference and exclusivity ... especially when there are marriages and children and jealous other relatives and friends involved. It happens, more than you think. Their disapproval and rudeness can be devastating. Be prepared.
8. Get a backbone. I have urged that to adoptees who are so terrified of confronting their adoptive mothers' insecurities, they stop having a relationship with their natural mothers and original families. Now I say it to mothers who are terrified of the backlash from their mates, partners, mothers, children, siblings and friends. Get a backbone! This relationship is off-limits to them. So long as you are fulfilling your duties and responsibilities as a mother, wife and other primary partner, you do not have to account to anyone for your enthusiasm about this relationship with your son or daughter. Now, that said, you do have to be sensible and reasonable with your time and duties. Just be gracious in telling others that you are happy and hope they are happy for you and your son/daughter. Then change the subject and re-examine if you are being reasonable with your time and energy. Make any changes that will ease the jealousy. If you are being as cooperative as possible, let it go, don't beat yourself up over it and don't allow them to hammer you.
9. Listen, listen, listen. Each of you has a story to tell. Most likely very few friends or family have truly listened to the truth about the coercion and surrender, and about the less than perfect life of an adoptee. Listening requires you to sit quietly and stop the chatter in your mind, the tendency to interrupt, etc. Just .... listen. Listening without interruption opens the path to honesty .... the truth as lived by each of you. Her truth in her time, your truth in your time. Each of you has this blessing of reunion to allow you to share your truth with the other. It won't always be pretty, but it is the truth. You must speak it with a soft voice and you must hear it with a soft ear and an open mind. Just hear the other. Don't judge, don't challenge, don't do anything but listen. What a gift of love.
10. We teach people how to treat us. My heart goes out to mothers and adoptees who are coping with terrible behavior from the other, and from jealous families, etc. Don't stand for it! Reunion is difficult even when both parties are kind and patient. It is horrendous when either is mean-spirited or allows others to dictate the progress of the reunion. Do not allow anyone to shame you or to create difficulties for you. Only you can stop the abuse. Do not allow it, not for a minute. Be polite and firm. Trust your instincts. Limit your engagement with people who consistently hurt you. When someone is out of line, gather your courage and leave, if necessary. Your submission gives permission. Never permit people to mistreat you.
11. Whatever happened to civility? In reunion, the ups and downs can be stressful. Even the best moments can be charged with triggering words, etc. Just step back from those events. Take a time out. Say so. Grant the time out when one is requested. Be very patient and understanding with each other. Always be willi ng to keep in touch, to be in contact when things settle down. Promise to come back, another day. Be nice, be civil. Apologize, forgive.
12. Trust in the truth. Each of you has the truth from your experiences. Share that with each other, listen, listen, listen. Life is short. This may be a wonderful relationship. Or it may be difficult, but whatever it is ... accept it, as it is. Be honest and be kind. When rough patches interfere with your safe journey, slow down, watch and listen with extra care, and have compassion.
I have one regret for the one time I saw my mother. I never touched her. Now she is gone. Please, be better at this than I knew how to be.
Blessings to you, both.


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NHL general managers proposed regular season games use a 3-on-3 format in overtime and allow coaches to challenge calls.
Commissioner Gary Bettman said both rules could be implemented for the 2015-16 season. The NHL's competition committee must approve any rule changes before execution.
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One option would have overtime start 3-on-3 and continue for five minutes, unless a goal is scored, before going to the shootout.
The other would mimic the model instituted by the American Hockey League this season, with 4-on-4 play for the first three minutes of a seven-minute overtime, followed by 3-on-3 play after the first whistle past the three-minute mark.
The managers could not agree which option to take, but all agree something needs to change.
"I think in the American League it's gone great," said Joe Sakic, former player and the current executive vice president and GM of the Colorado Avalanche. "It's very exciting and I think it will add even more excitement to the game, so it's a good thing. We'll see where it goes, but I know the fans have great love of shootouts. But if you can make it even more exciting by adding a 3-on-3, everybody benefits."
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Arkansas landed a late addition to its 2016 recruiting class.
Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema confirmed that junior college cornerback Britto Tutt signed with Arkansas via Twitter Wednesday.
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The Augusta, Ga., native spent the past season with Ventura (Calif.) College where he recorded 40 tackles and two tackles for loss.. The 6-foot-2, 184-pounder picked Arkansas over Oregon State, Hawaii, Louisiana Tech and Indiana State. He is immediately eligible to join the Razorbacks as soon as he enrolls and will have three years of eligibility remaining.
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On November 3, 2008, the day before the National election, a person calling himself "Wild Bill" posted a very well written description of an alleged dismissal of a Virginia legal case against Obama.[1] It appears that the person who wrote this description had legal training.
Examination of the internet and news media does not confirm that such a legal case in Virginia was dismissed, or ever existed. No one has been able to find a discussion of this case in any legal records. The case number is missing, the Judge's name is missing and the location of the suit is not revealed.
Attorney Philip J. Berg has examined this announcement and found it flawed in many ways.[2]
Some of the wording in this announcement is very similar to wording from an article on FactCheck.org[3]:
Q: Does Barack Obama have Kenyan citizenship?
The Rocky Mountain News has reported (below) that Barack Obama "Holds both American and Kenyan (since 1963) citizenship." Is this true?
The Rocky Mountain News
August 6, 2008
Entered Harvard Law School in 1988, was elected the first African–American editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude in 1991.
Won two Grammys for Best Spoken Word Albums for an autobiography in 1995 "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" and his second book, "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream," published in October 2006.
Mother Ann Dunham died of ovarian cancer in 1995. Father Barack Obama Sr. was killed in a car wreck in 1982.
Spent four years in his stepfather's native country of Indonesia.
Is the fifth African-American senator in U.S. history
Is the first presidential candidate to come from Hawaii.
Favorite movies: "The Godfather" (Parts I and II) and "Lawrence of Arabia."
In his early years he was known as Barry.
According to his memoirs, he admitted using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in his youth.
His first name comes from the word that means "blessed by God" in Arabic.
At his wife's suggestion, he quit smoking before his campaign to win the Democratic nomination began.
Holds both American and Kenyan (since 1963) citizenship.
Named one of Time magazine's "100 most influential people in the world" list in 2005 and 2007.
Chosen as one of "10 people would change the world" by New Statesman magazine (2005).
Source: biography.com , Internet Movie Database, Atlanta Journal Constitution
A: No. He held both U.S. and Kenyan citizenship as a child, but lost his Kenyan citizenship automatically on his 21st birthday.
The Rocky Mountain News did in fact run an online article asserting that Barack Obama holds both American and Kenyan citizenship. The article was incorrect, and the paper removed the item from the article and ran a correction. The paper's editor, John Temple, formally apologized for the error in an Aug. 15, 2007, column. Neither the correction nor the apology has prevented the column from circulating across the Internet as part of the latest set of baseless rumors that Obama is ineligible to run for president.
There was a grain of truth to what the Rocky Mountain News reported, though understanding why requires a brief history lesson.
When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom's dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.'s children:
British Nationality Act of 1948 (Part II, Section 5): Subject to the provisions of this section, a person born after the commencement of this Act shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent if his father is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the birth.
In other words, at the time of his birth, Barack Obama Jr. was both a U.S. citizen (by virtue of being born in Hawaii) and a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (or the UKC) by virtue of being born to a father who was a citizen of the UKC.
Obama's British citizenship was short-lived. On Dec. 12, 1963, Kenya formally gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Chapter VI, Section 87 of the Kenyan Constitution specifies that:
1. Every person who, having been born in Kenya, is on 11th December, 1963 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall become a citizen of Kenya on 12th December, 1963...
2. Every person who, having been born outside Kenya, is on 11th December, 1963 a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies or a British protected person shall, if his father becomes, or would but for his death have become, a citizen of Kenya by virtue of subsection (1), become a citizen of Kenya on 12th December, 1963.
As a citizen of the UKC who was born in Kenya, Obama's father automatically received Kenyan citizenship via subsection (1). So given that Obama qualified for citizen of the UKC status at birth and given that Obama's father became a Kenyan citizen via subsection (1), it follows that Obama did in fact have Kenyan citizenship after 1963. So The Rocky Mountain News was at least partially correct.
But the paper failed to note that the Kenyan Constitution prohibits dual citizenship for adults. Kenya recognizes dual citizenship for children, but Kenya's Constitution specifies that at age 21, Kenyan citizens who possesses citizenship in more than one country automatically lose their Kenyan citizenship unless they formally renounce any non-Kenyan citizenship and swear an oath of allegiance to Kenya.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.
- Joe Miller
Rocky Mountain News Staff. "Things You Might Not Know About Barack Obama." 6 August 2007. The Rocky Mountain News. 24 August 2008.
Temple, John. "8-word Gaffe Ripples Across Web." 15 August 2007. The Rocky Mountain News. 24 August 2008.
The British Nationality Act, 1948. 1948. 24 August 2008.
"The Constitution of Kenya." 1963 (revised, 2001). The Parliament of Kenya. 24 August 2008.
and a quote on Obama's website "Fight the Smears", which purports to be a synopsis of the article on Factcheck.org[4]:
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4, 1982.
- ↑ Virginia State Court Dismisses Action Challenging Obama's Eligibility to be President, Free Republic, November 3, 2008
- ↑ SOS Lawsuits: VA Dismissal Decision, The Right Side of Life blog
- ↑ Q: Does Barack Obama have Kenyan citizenship?, Factcheck.org website, August 29, 2008
- ↑ The Truth About Barack's Birth Certificate, Fight the Smears website


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May 11, 2014
Hap-Pee Sun-Day
28 comments:
- Molly The Wally said...
Happy Mother's to you mum and we hope you get spoiled rotten on your special day.
Have a serene Sunday and enjoy some big easy today.
Best wishes Molly
- May 11, 2014 at 6:44 AM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
HAPPY Mother's Day to your MOM...
Hey... be sure to see us on THURSDAY... we have a super post planned... we think you will like it.
- May 11, 2014 at 9:54 AM
- Madi and Mom said...
Happy Mother's Day to your Mom Amer and Max and sibs and please tell her how much we enjoyed seeing her with her fur babes on the smiley box at Mona's and Prissy's it is a beautiful tribute to fur babes and moms. We hope sis Shelly is feeling better too
Hugs madi and mom
- May 11, 2014 at 11:12 AM
- Mitch and Molly said...
Happy Mother's Day to your mom! We hope she has the most wonderful day ☺
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
- May 11, 2014 at 11:45 AM
- Idaho PugRanch said...
Have a wonderful Mothers Day!
Mr Bailey, Hazel & Greta
- May 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM
- rottrover said...
GREAT photo!! Happy Mothers' Day to your mom!!
-Bart, Ruby and Otto
- May 11, 2014 at 6:07 PM
- Old Kitty said...
Awwwww!! Happy Mother's day to your special and beautiful mum! Take care
- May 11, 2014 at 6:57 PM
- Millie and Walter said...
Happy Mother's Day to you too!
- May 11, 2014 at 7:13 PM
- Dory and the Mama said...
Happy Mama's Day to your Mama !!! We love the picture of you all!!
Happy Mother's Day Smileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
- May 11, 2014 at 7:45 PM
- Brian said...
Happy Mother's Day to one special doggy Mom!
- May 11, 2014 at 8:47 PM
- Taffy said...
What a sweet photo of you two with your mom! Happy Mother's Day, Linda!
- May 11, 2014 at 8:53 PM
- Jans Funny Farm said...
X-tra nice to your mom today? That is great news! Happy Mother's Day.
- May 11, 2014 at 8:58 PM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
Lovely photo of all.
Happy Mother's Day!
Woos - Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
- May 11, 2014 at 8:59 PM
- scotsmad said...
We saw your fabulous photo in the Smilebox.
We know you made your mum extra specially happy.
XXXOOO Bella & Roxy
- May 11, 2014 at 9:58 PM
- Nola said...
Happy Mother's Day!
- May 11, 2014 at 10:42 PM
- Jeanne Pursell said...
Hi there! We are popping in to say Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for your kind wishes!
- May 12, 2014 at 2:19 AM
- Ruby and Penny said...
Happy Mothers Day!
Love Ruby & Penny
- May 12, 2014 at 7:14 AM
I hope you had a great day together and your mom enjoyed every minute with you! To be extra nice is a BIG gift, that means more than 10 minutes, right? so... I better pick a flower for my mom.
- May 12, 2014 at 9:35 AM
- Bailey said...
Hope you had a great Mom's Day.
- May 12, 2014 at 10:05 AM
- Piappies World said...
Happy Mother's Day to your Mom! We really love the photo. Hugs to all of you.
Piappies Fudgie, Princess, Frappie, Mocha, Sugar, Wai-Max, Wai-Pai & Forgie
- May 12, 2014 at 10:25 AM
- FiveSibesMom said...
Happy Mother's Day! What a beautiful portrait!
- May 12, 2014 at 2:40 PM
- Sweet William The Scot said...
Amber and Max you took such a nice photo with your Mommy.
I hope you gave her extra kisses because she does so much for you.
Thanks for being a friend
Sweet William The Scot
- May 12, 2014 at 4:42 PM
- Patrice Pugh said...
Happpppeeeeee Mother's Day!!!!
- May 13, 2014 at 12:27 PM
- TrixieAndLily said...
Is that you two on your mama's lap? So cute!
- May 13, 2014 at 8:53 PM
- Siku Marie, White Dog said...
What a wonderful photo! We assume the rest of the pack is out in the kitchen cooking up a fantastic Mother's Day surprise for your Mommy! Celebrate that you all have one of the best most caring moms there is.
- May 14, 2014 at 12:04 AM
- Mollie said...
Hope your Mommy had a super duper Mothers day xxoxxxx
Mollie and Alfie
- May 14, 2014 at 5:25 AM
- Baby Rocket Dog and Hootie said...
LOVE the Mother's Day portrait! We never thought of doing that. Hope your week is going great.
Smooches from pooches,
BabyRD & Hootie
- May 15, 2014 at 11:33 AM
- Maggie M said...
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The Instigator
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Donald Trump is a Sith Lord
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This debate will determine whether Donald Trump is really a dark lord of the Sith. I will argue that he IS, whereas my opponent will argue that he is not. First round is for acceptance only.
I will start off with some definitions.
The definitions my opponent uses are vague and unsubstantiated. I propose alternate definitions.
Sith Lord: Sith Lord was a title that was conferred on members of various Sith Orders who had both considerable knowledge of and strength in the dark side. (1).
With that, it's worth noting that Pro has the Burden of Proof. The one making the positive claim that goes against the status quo (i.e. that Donald Trump is a normal human being) has the burden to substantiate their claims. So before I go through and respond to his individual claims, I'll make a list of the reasons why it's hard to believe that Donald Trump is actually a Sith Lord:
1. Donald Trump has shown no instance, or given any evidence for us to believe, that he can actually use the dark side of the force. As this is a prerequisite to being a Sith, much less a Sith Lord, it's on Pro to give us evidence that he can actually wield the force.
2. There's no evidence to believe that Donald Trump owns a light saber. Possessing a lightsaber is a key attribute of a force-wielder, and it's usually never absent from their person. If he owned one, we would know of it. Therefore, it falls on my opponent to show him possessing and being able to wield a lightsaber.
3. Those seeking to become a Sith Lord, per tradition, had to train and pass the Sith Academy course on Korriban, which consisted of various brutal tests and trials for Sith to overcome.(1) This places a few burdens on my opponent to prove: first, that Korriban exists in the first place, second that Trump has actually visited Korriban to enroll in the Sith Academy, and third that Trump actually successfully completed the Sith Academy and became a Sith Lord. Anything short of this means that Trump cannot be a Sith Lord.
With that, let's go to my opponent's claims.
"Donald Trump wishes to achieve great power." - A few responses to this:
1. So does every other politician. Unless my opponent is claiming that every politician in history was a user of the Dark side of the force, this claim means nothing.
2. This doesn't even mean he's a Sith Lord. By Sith beliefs, this matches literally every single Sith in existence, from the lowely apprentices to the highest ranking Sith Lords and officials. This does nothing to distinguish where in the organization Trump ranks.
"Donald Trump hates Mexicans."
First, reject the assumption that Mexico is the Jedi. Border wars and drug violence seems to indicate that Mexicans are anything BUT peaceful or pacifists.
Second, turn this against him as Trump has more dealings with Jedi than he does with Sith. When you hear that the Jedi are peaceful and pacifistic, what country would instantly come to your mind? Mexico, with their drug wars and crime? Or mother-f*cking SWITZERLAND, with absolute neutrality and a hate for conflict and violence? Since Trump for sure has Swiss bank accounts (2), he has more positive interractions with Jedi than my opponent would lead you to believe. This leads us to the conclusion that it's far more feasable for Trump to be a Jedi rather than a Sith.
"Donald Trump wears Sith garments and command a legion of soldiers"
First, that's hardly a legion of soldiers. That's barely more than a platoon.
Second, those are hardly Sith garments. That looks like what imabench would wear to a kinky office orgie.
As such, there's no reason to believe that Trump is a Sith Lord. Rather the opposite, I'm of the belief that he's a Jedi Knight who deals with peaceful swiss bankers.
[1] - http://starwars.wikia.com...
[2] - http://www.gobankingrates.com...
DonaldTrump forfeited this round.
"Donald Trump has shown no instance, or given any evidence for us to believe, that he can actually use the dark side of the force. As this is a prerequisite to being a Sith, much less a Sith Lord, it's on Pro to give us evidence that he can actually wield the force."
"There's no evidence to believe that Donald Trump owns a light saber. Possessing a lightsaber is a key attribute of a force-wielder, and it's usually never absent from their person. If he owned one, we would know of it. Therefore, it falls on my opponent to show him possessing and being able to wield a lightsaber."
"Those seeking to become a Sith Lord, per tradition, had to train and pass the Sith Academy course on Korriban, which consisted of various brutal tests and trials for Sith to overcome."
"those are hardly Sith garments"
Extend the three pre-requisites I outlined that Pro had to meet in order to have a chance at proving that Trump is a Sith Lord.
Extend the first reason saying that we've been given no reason to believe that Trump can actually use the force. He claims that Sith never use their force powers in public and keep them hidden, but we're talking about the status quo here. People using the force just isn't a thing here. If even one person had any idea that Trump could potentially use the force, especially with the media attention surrounding a potential GOP nominee, then the twitter-sphere would explode in "TRUMP IS A JEDI WTF #mindblown". This doesn't exclude his aides and secretaries, would be closest to him and would potentially witness such an event. Since no such occurance has happened, we have little reason to believe that he can. It's not belief until proven that he can't, rather it's disbelief until proven that he can.
Extend the second reason saying that we have no reason to believe that Trump has a lightsaber, and since this was the essential piece of any force wielder, Sith Lords included, without one we have no reason to believe that it's true. He gives two responses: first that not all Sith Lords wielded lightsabers and second, one helluva dank MS Paint drawing.
Responding to the first, this is just factually inaccurate: even Darth Sidious used a lightsaber when fighting Yoda in Episode Three (see youtube video, start at 2:07) ;
And even if he's proving that Darth Sidious's weapon of choice was force lightning, he still *possessed* his lightsaber. His quote even concedes it. Being able to wield the lightsaber required use of the force[2], meaning that Pro has to provide this as evidence that Trump can use the force. Without it, it's impossible to affirm the resolution.
In response to the second picture, damn that's some fine MS Paint work. Make that into a .gif now and you might have me convinced. /s
Then extend my third reason saying that he would've had to attend the Sith Academy on Korriban and pass it's trials in order to become a Sith Lord per the cannon of Star Wars lore. If pro can't prove that Trump ever attended then he can't be a Sith Lord.
He says that Korriban was in ruins by the time Trump was born, and there were a bunch of other powerful Dark Jedi who never attended. But you can turn this in my favor: if the Academy on Korriban was in ruins before Trump was ever alive, then it's impossible for him to be considered a Sith Lord under the Sith's hierarchy. He never makes any kind of warrant for why all the Dark Jedi he listed are actually Sith Lords. I have the canon on my side here, in order to be officially considered a Sith Lord, you had to graduate from the Sith Academy. Trump never did so per Pro's own concession. Hold him to this and negate straight off the bat.
And as a random note about the clothes:
That's literally describing every five year old boy's Halloween outfit. Not every five year old is a Sith Lord. Extend my response that the "outfit" describes as depicting Trump as a Sith Lord is more befitting of imabench at a kinky office orgy. It doesn't make Trump a Sith Lord.
But also, extend the turn I make earlier about how Trump is more likely to be a Jedi as per his association with other Jedi banking consultants in Switzerland than he is a Sith Lord. He makes no response to this at all, hold him to this drop and don't let him make any new arguments against it since he had the chance to address it and doesn't. If I'm showing you compelling evidence that he could be a Jedi rather than a Sith, then you negate the resolution because then Trump wouldn't be a sith lord.
Conclusion: Pro's not doing enough work to show that Trump could use the force, much less is he a Sith Lord. I'm also extending off compelling evidence that shows us that, if he could use the force, then he's far more likely to be a Jedi Knight than he is a Sith Lord, which Pro entirely drops. I'm winning this debate straight-up.
[2] - http://starwars.wikia.com...;
DonaldTrump forfeited this round.
I guess extend all arguments and vote con.
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Posted by Lee001 3 years ago
R1- Basics/ Acceptance from Con
R2- Most of Con's arguments are based on assumption and opinion, no facts. Con argues that a) "Donald Trump wishes to achieve "great power" Yet, this would mean all politicians and candidates would be a Sith Lord.
b) "Donald Trump hates Mexicans" Again, based on assumption and opinion. He has no proof nor had provided any statements from Donald saying he despises Mexicans.
c) "Donald Trump wears Sith garments and command a legion of soldiers" Pros sources do not prove anything. Exhibit A, is of a toy plastic man. The picture doesn't even say that this is Donald Trump. Exhibit B is also false. Donald is not wearing the proper attire to be a Sith. He is wearing a casual black jacket. Sith Lords wear a black robe with a hood and are usually caring a life savor, this picture lacks those details meaning he isn't a Sith Lord.
Con argues that his opponents statements are lacking proof and evanescence. Pro's statements are bases merely on his own opinion.
Con FF R3.
R4- Pro attempts to rebut Pro, he ultimately fails. Con argued that there is no merely evidence of Donald being a Sith Lord, Pro argues that we can never know who is a Sith Lord, so that could mean anyone is a Sith Lord? He also contradicts his position when he says "Here's the problem with this statement. The sith never displayed their power in a public area. " So this would mean that nobody knows if a Sith Lord even exist, especially Pro.
R5- Pro FF round 5
Con easily looses because all of his arguments was based on assumption and opinion, no proof. Con even argues that as well.
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My Mother, My Bodyguard
The tug of war behind letting your kid ride the subway alone.
In a provoking (in a good way) account in the New York Sun, writer Lenore Skenazy outs herself as a mother who let her 9-year-old son ride home by himself on a New York subway and bus. Yes, he transferred. She reports that her son arrived "ecstatic with independence." And also that half the people she has told "want to turn me in for child abuse." Only half?
Skenazy understands why other parents recoiled at a decision that wasn't all that daring, rationally speaking. It's not simply that parents think of every horrendous kidnapping story and so decide not to take any chance—however tiny—that something unspeakably awful will happen to our children. It's also that, should the worst happen, "We even run a tape of how we'd look on Larry King." There's taking a risk that lies outside the social norm, at least for middle-class families, and then there's taking the fall for taking that chance. It goes without saying, as Skenazy puts it, "These days, when a kid dies, the world—i.e., cable TV—blames the parents. It's simple as that."
So when did the notion of parent-as-bodyguard begin to prevail, and does it connect to the endless tug of war over where and how mothers should spend their time?
According to Peter Stearns' Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America, the idea that a bad parent stood behind every child accident—that there were no accidents, in fact—dates from about the 1920s. Nineteenth-century parenting manuals focused on health, not the risk of accidental calamity, Stearns writes. But, in 1922, people such as journalist and author Ida Tarbell were warning, "By analyzing some of the accidents to children, the mother's responsibility is clear enough. None but she could have prevented them." The timeline matches a small revelation I had when I read my kids the beloved All of a Kind Family books. The series, first published in 1951, is set on New York's Lower East Side in the 1910s. When the family's small son hurts his head badly after playing at a street construction site, his parents are naturally upset. But there's no self-flagellation. They don't berate themselves or even mention their own role, or lack thereof. The norm was so different that I had to stop myself from pointing it out to my kids, who don't really need me to reinforce the notion that it's parents who are at fault.
Why did this incarnation of parental responsibility, so ingrained now, come to life in the 1920s? When I asked my colleague Ann Hulbert this question, she reminded me of Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer's work about how childhood came to seem sacred at this time, because middle-class kids were no longer expected to labor in the cash economy. The turn of the century also marks the rise of the playground movement: Advocates tracked child death and injuries from street-car accidents and started agitating for safer play spaces. Ann also pointed me to a third historical factor: women's suffrage. The 1920s were a time of anxiety about women's roles and how they might infringe on the spheres of men. If mothers could be convinced that they had the power, and the duty, to save their children from all harm, then wouldn't they be more likely to stay at home with them?
I'm not sure how to weigh this question in historical terms, but surely the degree to which we've come to blame parents for accidents is part of what pulls women toward home and away from work when they have children. Or so I thought as I read and found myself arguing with A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life, a new book by Neil Gilbert, a UC Berkeley professor of social welfare. Gilbert's argument is that feminism and the unyielding demands of employers have propelled women away from taking care of their small children during the day and toward jobs that they don't necessarily like much. Gilbert thinks that "an intellectual elite of well-paid professional women" make paid work seem better than it is for many women, and household work more "servile, tedious, mind-numbing."
Given this tilting, he thinks, the government should help rebalance the ledger. If mothers are to be really free to exercise their preference, tax and employment policies should better support women who don't want to work when their children are young. This way, "women who want to combine a life of motherhood and employment could have it all—one step at a time." Gilbert's proposal is a "home-care allowance"—presumably cash from the government—for women with children up to the age of 5. Maybe this would be offered in tandem with universal preschool. Or maybe on its own.
Gilbert promises that his home-care allowance "would not mean a return to traditional family life as it was practiced a half century ago." From his perspective, that's a credible claim, because Gilbert thinks he's pushing back against great and powerful forces, the exigencies of the labor market and the call to equality from elite feminists, arrayed in favor of women working. But I'm not convinced. I see the benefits, for many families, of an arrangement in which one parent devotes himself or herself full time to childrearing until the kids are old enough for kindergarten. (Though let's admit that the "him" in that last sentence is largely aspirational.) But what's the evidence that feminists and the market have tilted the work/don't work seesaw to the extent that Gilbert thinks? Women of means aren't necessarily working in ever-greater numbers. The data is as yet inconclusive; the numbers may be falling or static rather than rising.
Let's not underestimate the countervailing domestic pressures that help nudge middle-class and wealthy women out of the work force when they have kids. (Mothers in lower-income families, of necessity, face a different calculus.) As Gilbert acknowledges, for women whose husbands make good money, employment can already seem to have marginal economic value, once they subtract the cost of child care. Another attraction is the real pleasure of the rhythm of more constant togetherness with your child and the dense stay-at-home web of activities and friendships that many mothers weave.
And finally, what about the specter of accidents, of a solo subway ride that's not a lark. What if you put your child on public transportation because you can't pick him up—and the ride ends not in the joy of self-reliance, but in tears or worse? The odds of real harm are low, and yet Ida Tarbell's finger points at us across the decades. Gilbert, however, ignores it. In building up professional, work-driven feminists as the ones who are calling the shots, he discounts both the personal guilt and the societal guilt (should something happen to your kid) that also sits heavily on the scale.
Even if Gilbert doesn't make the connection, evidence of maternal guilt is easy to discern in his research. In discussing child care, he points out how hard it is to find high-quality preschools and day care centers. For Gilbert, that's all the more reason for a government-funded home-care allowance. But for mothers who want to or have to work, mediocre child care is the gift of guilt that never stops giving, the equivalent of the subway ride that could go wrong. The day my son broke his leg on the playground after school, while a babysitter was with him, I ran out of my office so the ambulance taking him to the hospital could pick me up en route. I tried not to blame myself for not having been there, and maybe the accident would have happened just the same if I had been, but it wasn't easy. Maybe the government could swoop in evenhandedly, with good universal preschool and a home-care allowance, and soothe the anxieties on all sides. Or maybe these policy choices are never so straightforward.


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It's been two years since "Amish: Out of Order" aired on the National Geographic Channel. Many of the visitors to this website are veterans, and have been regulars since the beginning. However, since "Amish: Out of Order" recently hit Netflix, there is a brand new wave of people stopping by to visit. This post is written for the new visitors.
To save you the time of scrolling down, here is a link to the one-year update I posted.
I now wish to give a brief two-year update on the family of Ex Amish that was kind enough to agree to give their time and life to this show. You all made a difference and each and every one of you had a pivotal role in being part of a powerful series that touched many people's life's.
After reading the post in the link above, here are the updates from year one to year two:
The Albert Y Family
Not much has changed here. Chris met an ex Amish girl, and they became engaged. Along with the engagement came a precious new arrival, now making Chris a daddy, and Albert a grandpa again.
Jonas S
I see Jonas around every once in a while. He is still in construction in and around Columbia, and is none the worse for wear since his car accident. Rumor has it that he has slowed down a bit.
The Lee Brothers
There are now four Lee brothers living in and around Columbia. Chris is in construction. Albert has risen in popularity in the cage, now putting up a record of 9 and 1, with another fight coming up August 22 at Whiskey Wild in Columbia, Mo.
Mose & Shana and Family
Not much has changed. A new puppy has been added to the family, but according to Mrs Gingerich, any little people are not in the immediate future. There goes Mose's desire for thirteen children.
Mose still works as a sales rep in the automotive industry in Columbia, Mo. He just passed his four-year mark there.
Outside the dealership, Mose is currently consulting for a show on HBO.
Ella, six years old, just started first grade. Anna chose Easter Sunday, of all days, to fall and break her arm. In typical Gingerich fashion, she barely whimpered, and one month to the day later, her cast was off, and her pins were out.
Anna & Ella playing with "Rupert"
I wish to answer a still oft asked question here before moving on. There are not any plans in the future for another season of "Amish: out of Order".
If plans change, or any new filming begins on any new projects, I'll keep you posted.
Abe S
Abe did the impossible. Not very many teenagers manage to leave the Amish, get a taste of the outside world for five years, and successfully manage to go back and remain. Abe broke the mold. With an Amish girlfriend of several years, rumor has it a wedding may be in the near future.
Esther M
Esther is one of the people who lives states away, so it is difficult to remain in close contact. However, her and her husband welcomed the arrival of a baby girl earlier this year. Her cup is brimming with a new business, husband, and baby to take care of.
Gracia Dove
Joe Keim
In May we had the ex Amish reunion in Columbia, Mo. Once again, it was a large turnout. Among the many ex Amish traveling from other states, was Joe Keim. We had the pleasure of sitting down and dining and catching up. Joe has truly found his place in life as a mentor and pastor for Amish and ex Amish alike.
The Lapp Brothers
In June the Lapp brothers and their families traveled to the mid western states giving seminars on different topics. It was good to catch up over some barbecue.
The Lapp Families
Michaela and her family are on the verge of welcoming their second child. She is a proud mom, and blessed in many ways.
Amos M
Amos made it within the Amish community for several months, but unlike Abe S, the outside world beckoned. He is currently living in northern Missouri, has his own construction business, with several ex Amish boys working for him.
Amos Recently became baptised in a church in the outside world.
Finally, I wish to say "WELCOME" to the new visitors.
"Amish: Out of Order" was done not for ratings or money, but rather done by a handful of ex Amish kids who only wanted to make a difference in the world. Pave the way for others coming along behind. Educate the world on who a secretive sect of people are that call themselves 'Amish". And finally, quite possibly touch someone's life in a positive manner.
Quote of the day:
A man should not be known for the good he has done in life, but rather, for the good he is still capable of doing, for it is never finished. Mose J Gingerich


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as stated in first line it is a wireless printer (no cables) second at the bottom i said that I have 2 other computers working fine with the printer. But I really appreciate your response..
Thank you I ordered reinstallation disks from DELL aand will give it a try soon
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theres A possibility that your Printer Or printer Cable Is at fault here.
If you,ve tried the printer On two Different computers And Coming up with The same error/problem. i personnaly would put the printer as suspect.
try it another Computer, if it fails 3 times, think about the Printer Being at fault Rather than the computers your trying to Install Them To :)
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#1: Designing your essay
Preparing your entry for an essay competition isn't an occasion for you to display your artistic proficiency. Using page border designs, drop cap, word art, a colourful cover page or font colours other than black should be avoided.
Instead, write a plain essay unblemished with fanciful colours and designs.
#2: Omitting to justify your texts
Ever seen an essay with the right margin appearing zigzag?
That's what it means when a work isn't justified. Such essays are difficult to read.
To fix this problem, just highlight the essay in MS Word with "Ctrl + A" and then justify with "Ctrl + J".
#3: Using fanciful font types
This one makes my blood boil – that some entrants find it fanciful to use fonts like Algerian, Bradley Hand ITC, Freestyle Script, etc.
Using any of these impedes readability. If you burden the panel of judges to change the font type for you before your essay can be read, it's fairly likely they won't find it impressive.
The simple rule of thumb is to stick to Times New Roman, unless the essay contest guidelines require otherwise.
#4: Using inapt font sizes
This also pisses me off – that some writers use font sizes that are so big that only three words sit on a line … or so small that you can't read without a microscope.
This also impedes readability.
The way out is to stick to font size 12 unless the organizers specify something else.
#5: Using single line spacing
The emphasis here – like for the last point – is on readability. I often encounter writers using single line spacing.
So unless it's otherwise stated, the recommended line spacing is 2.0. You can set this by highlighting your work and pressing "Ctrl + 2".
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(by Andrew Kendall)
Two days after the May 11 General Elections in Guyana, and Georgetown has not been its usual bustling self.
On Wednesday it was almost like a public holiday – bar the fact that banks, schools and most businesses were open for business. Well, officially, open. Because, if one were to step into any random public school, in the city, you might have more likely than not confronted the sight of staff looking at their hands. Students have been absent in droves.
The same can be said of the University of Guyana, just out of town. Administrative staff and lecturers are present, but students are, mostly absent.
It has almost been a three-day holiday.
The city seems to be on semi-lockdown. One might imagine this hive of inactivity is simply a manifestation of the anxiety many feel as the wait for the results of the elections. But , no. Instead, the sound of silence in the city seems indicative of both the anxiety for results and a fear of the reaction. Regent Street, today and yesterday, was unusually desolate.
Today Insight asked a store-owner seen locking up his store this midday why he's closed.
"I ain't know what gon' happen. People might riot so I just locking up until things calm down. I just come in to collect some stuff."
And his words seem to be representative of pervasive fears. Legitimate fears? That's another question.
From his response you would expect that there are signs of explicit unrest around, and yet, there has been none … so far.
And elsewhere the same sentiments abound among employers, employees, and schools (public and private). Students admit to parents being fearful of sending them down to town with the potential of unrest.
Even before the elections on Monday the country seemed geared towards the possibility of unrest. It's why the Tuesday 12 CAPE Examinations were rescheduled to mid-June. Better to be safe than sorry that we've jeopardised these students exam. But what were they in jeopardy from to begin with?
Wednesday, the 13th, CXC English Literature and CAPE Performing Arts and Management of Business were written. Various students from schools around town confessed parents' to an unwillingness to send them to the city.
Elsewhere, in other regions, life appears to be going on. Reports from Region 3, 5 and 6 indicate a return to normalcy. But in region 4, where the largest bloc of voters in Guyana hails from, it seems everyone is full of tension. Either from the lack of definitive results 48 hours after polls have closed or a quiet, piqued, nervousness as others wonders what comes after.
Georgetown, like a representation of the anxiety of the entire city, remains taut with tension. Like a tightly wound rubberband, the tension is potent.
One might suspect that this stasis in and around the city will remain until election results are officially announced.
Until then, Georgetown is stuck in a time-loop – everyone playing what amounts to a tiresome waiting game.


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Week: 16
Language: HTML 5
IDE(s): TextWrangler
Technically, HTML isn't a programming language but a markup language. But version 5 has some interesting features so I'm learning something here.
Boy, did I wade into a crap storm.
It's been quite a while since I've poked around with HTML and I was interested in the multimedia support that was being built into the HTML 5 specification. Like a lot of us, I've had to struggle with browser plug-ins like Flash, Silverlight and once even RealPlayer. All just to watch a video or play an animation or listen to a sound file.
That's just for a desktop computer, by the way. Once you get into mobile devices, it gets even worse. Either the plug-ins aren't available (and you are blocked from whole chunks of the Internet) or they chew up your battery life like crazy.
But what if we didn't have to deal with that? What if we could just play this stuff in our browsers with no extra software required? That's one of the problems that HTML 5 was designed to solve and that's also how the W3C ran into a buzz saw of nerd rage.
Let me explain. Every Web browser has something called a DOM or Document Object Model. You can think of it as an abstract model of a Web page that, in theory, lets Web developers write code that works across different platforms without having to create different versions for multiple operating systems or browsers.
Please note the phrase 'in theory'.
A DOM is supposed to be a standard so, of course, every browser vendor came up with their own version. Sure, the basic elements were supported by everybody but they just couldn't resist putting their own special little features to differentiate themselves from the competition. So before you knew it, Web developers were having to write different code for different platforms.
If you've ever gone to a Web page and got a message that you needed a different browser or if the same page doesn't work the same way in two different browsers (if it works in either), then you know exactly what I'm talking about.
ANYWAY, it's gotten better. Kind of.
The W3C created a new DOM element for HTML 5, called HTMLMediaElement, which gives the DOM the ability to present content like audio and video which would have previously required a plug-in.
But the advantage of the plug-ins (for content providers, anyway) was that they allowed restrictions on how that content was consumed using DRM or Digital Rights Management.
Now nerds (and other people — I count myself as a nerd) are not big fans of DRM. "Information wants to be free" and all that. People who create content (or just own it) occasionally want to get paid.
So when the W3C came out with something called Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) that extend the functionality of HTMLMediaElement to play protected content, a large portion of the nerd universe exploded in white-hot rage-gasm. (Remember, I'm a nerd. I can use that word.)
The Free Culture Foundation posted an indignant online editorial entitled "Don't let the myths fool you: the W3C's plan for DRM in HTML5 is a betrayal to all Web users."
(I left the emphasis in to portray just how irritated they were.)
Let's take a look at the relevant part of the documentation:
This specification does not define a content protection or Digital Rights Management system. Rather, it defines a common API that may be used to discover, select and interact with such systems as well as with simpler content encryption systems. Implementation of Digital Rights Management is not required for compliance with this specification: only the simple clear key system is required to be implemented as a common baseline.
The common API supports a simple set of content encryption capabilities, leaving application functions such as authentication and authorization to page authors. This is achieved by requiring content protection system-specific messaging to be mediated by the page rather than assuming out-of-band communication between the encryption system and a license or other server.
Now I'm just a Simple Country Lawyer, but it seems like this is saying that while DRM is not built in to HTML 5, EME is designed to let content providers still use DRM.
So if you were looking to get rid of browser plug-ins, then good news for you. If you were looking to get rid of protected content on the Web, you're out of luck.
I used MAMP for my Web server and built a quick and dirty little Web page that includes an audio file. HTML 5 makes this much easier than it once was, since you can let the Web server and browser figure out between themselves how to present the content. Here's the code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>52 Weeks of Code - Week 16 - HTML 5</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="description" content="The head tag contains the title and meta tags - important to the search engines, and information for the browser to properly display the page.">

My first HTML 5 webpage

Here is the sound of someone saying 'hello'

Just click on the play control.

<audio controls src="sounds/hello.mp3">

It's very easy to embed sounds in HTML 5. Just use the code:

<audio controls src="hello.mp3">
I snagged the sound file from here. Here's what it looks like in Google Chrome:


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RED(WIRE) digital music mag to launch Monday
U2, Bob Dylan give songs to AIDS-relief initiativeNEW YORK -- Some of the biggest names in music are contributing exclusive songs to RED(WIRE), a new digital music magazine launching Monday, on World AIDS Day. U2, Coldplay, the Killers, Dixie Chicks, John Legend, R.E.M. and Bob Dylan are on board for the initiative, all proceeds from which will benefit HIV-infected people in Africa. MSN will host a kickoff party Monday.
For $5, users will receive a new issue of RED(WIRE) every Wednesday, featuring an exclusive song from a major artist, a song from an artist (RED) aims to showcase, a multimedia piece that could encompass video or photography and a look at how proceeds are benefiting Africans in need. The material will be downloaded to a custom player and loaded automatically into iTunes.
Users can send two free issues to friends and will be rewarded if they join RED(WIRE).
"Artists are already saying, 'I want to give you a track for those people who brought friends in,'" (RED)WIRE founder Don MacKinnon said. "That's the biggest idea: using social networking to actually change the world in a unique way."
U2's track was recorded just last Wednesday, while the Killers, Elton John and the Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant have teamed for the Christmas song "Joseph," which MacKinnon describes as "like a power ballad." This is the third year in a row the Killers have penned a holiday song and donated proceeds to (RED).
Also coming is the first new Dixie Chicks song since the group's Grammy sweep in 2007, "Lucky One," and Elvis Costello and the Police jamming on "Watching the Detectives" and "Walking on the Moon," taped during Costello's new Sundance Channel show "Spectacle." Additional (RED)WIRE offerings will be announced during the coming weeks.
MacKinnon is particularly enthused about the creative directions open to (RED)WIRE, especially with such high-profile artist participation.
"I had a meeting with Jay-Z, and he wants to talk about artists to be featured in that spotlight slot," he said. "Big artists may curate an issue. The whole goal was to create a creative platform. When somebody says, 'I do all this photography, and I want to put it in as an extra,' that's when I go, 'This is going to be really cool.'"
For more information, visit redwire.com.


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RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- Bring your lawn chair or picnic blanket and enjoy an evening of free live theater as Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is performed from 7-8:15 p.m. July 15 on the back lawn of the River Edge Public Library.
In the event of rain, the performance will be inside the library at 685 Elm Ave.
The performance is by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's touring company for early career actors, the Next Stage Ensemble. Written in 1601 or 1602, "Twelfth Night" is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies.
Shipwrecked on an island far from home, Viola disguises herself as a man and seeks employ in the home of a powerful and love-struck Duke. Mistaken identities, misplaced love and music make this play perfect for a fun summer evening.
The event is co-sponsored by Friends of the River Edge Public Library and the River Edge Cultural Center.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
One side of the shelf is full!
I've gotten through N and filled up one side of the shelf. I've also updated the shelf labels. Hopefully I can finish next week?? I have the majority done already, and that was the goal. I've been able to do some more weeding as I've gone through, so that is great. Next up is my paper!
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School celebrates top marks in inspection report
Pupils and staff at a Swansea primary school are celebrating after receiving top marks in an inspection report.
Inspectors from Estyn have praised teaching, leadership and pupil achievement at Brynhyfryd Primary School.
They say nearly all the children who attend make exceptional progress in speaking and listening as they progress through school.
Achievements in mathematics, reading, writing and Welsh were also highlighted.
Nearly all of the 487 pupils feel happy in school and most have a positive attitude to keeping healthy and safe.
According to Estyn the youngsters show respect, care and concern for others and many take an active role in school life.
The quality of teaching was found to be consistently good across all age groups and headteacher Kathryn Richards was found to have a clear vision for the school.
The report states: "Staff and governors share this vision of establishing a learning organisation that has an ethos that respects every child and encourages high quality teaching and learning.
"The school has a positive, caring and supportive ethos that celebrates diversity and promotes respect between pupils and staff respectively."
Inspectors said there was effective support for pupils with additional learning needs and praised the range of successful partnerships the school has developed, including the role played by parents.
Following their visit earlier this year they ranked the school's overall performance as good and said the prospects for improvement were also good.
Mike White, chairman of the governors, said: "We are obviously very pleased with the report which reflects the excellent work that is on-going at Brynhyfryd.
"Miss Richards and all the staff and pupils can take great pride in this inspection. We would also thank parents and the wider community for the important role they continue to play in making the school the success it is today.
"The challenge now is to build on this, but as the report notes we are very well placed to go from strength to strength."


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Police officials across Virginia appear to have been busy this past week, busy issuing tickets that is. Virginia State Police say they issued 770 summonses and arrests during a two-day push aimed at encouraging safer driving practices.
The two-day effort coincided with Project Motorcycle Enforcement Accident Reduction and took place on June 24 and 25. Virginia State Police say they coordinated their efforts with local police departments in Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach. Many of the officers were motorcycle units who were responsible for patrolling more than 2,650 miles of Virginia roadway.
The VSP and local agencies patrolled areas that were known for being either heavily trafficked or prone to dangerous auto accidents. Officers worked to cut down on incidents of speeding, reckless driving and other dangerous behavior that have been shown to contribute to accidents.
Of the nearly 800 citations and arrests, almost three-quarters were speed-related. Another 38 offenses were for reckless driving, 22 for seatbelt violations and the rest for miscellaneous reasons.
The hope is that law enforcement campaigns like this one help remind drivers of the importance of following even the most basic traffic safety regulations. Though things like speeding may seem commonplace and thus not a major concern, the reality is that speeding causes a huge share of all deadly car accidents.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding is a contributing factor in around 30 percent of all deadly car crashes. More than 10,000 lives are lost across the country each year due to speeding. Beyond lives lost, the NHTSA says that speeding results in costs, both direct medical expenses and indirect costs, of more than $28 billion each and every year.
What is most frustrating about the harm caused by speeding is that, unlike road conditions, bad weather or faulty equipment, speeding is deliberate. Drivers fully understand that they are breaking the law and that what they are doing carries risk, yet many simply push this danger out of their minds. More than 75 percent of all licensed drivers admit to speeding on a regular basis, yet many fail to see how this decision can easily prove deadly.
Our advice for everyone as the busy July Fourth weekend approaches is to slow down. Take your time and realize that driving faster than allowed will likely save you little if any time. Arriving to your destination safe and sound is far better than shaving a few seconds off your commute.


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LOS ANGELES — The second victim in the War Machine felony assault case involving adult star Christy Mack has been identified as former reality TV contestant Corey Thomas, TMZ reported Wednesday.
Thomas, a web designer, was one of the stars of VH1's "Megan Wants a Millionaire" in 2009. He reportedly was with Mack at her Las Vegas home in the early hours of Friday morning, when War Machine showed up unannounced and allegedly unleashed the beatings. Thomas suffered a broken nose and two black eyes, according to reports.
He also is said to have been bitten by War Machine, aka Jon Koppenhaver, the professional fighter who on Wednesday remained on the run with seven warrants out for his arrest.
Thomas' co-star on "Megan Wants a Millionaire," Ryan Jenkins, hanged himself in 2009 days after being wanted for questioning for the death of his wife.
Mack remains hospitalized in Las Vegas with severe injuries that include 18 broken bones in her face and a ruptured liver. There is a $20K reward for information leading to War Machine's capture.
Reality TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter late Tuesday claimed he was closing in on War Machine after making contact with him.
A fundraiser for Mack's medical expenses has been launched at GiveForward.com.
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I've always lived in a city. I've never been a "country boy." But I remember going to my grandparents' house when I was younger. They lived on the edge of town, and until the town got bigger and basically engulfed their little homestead, one of the unique features of their home (at least to my elementary-aged brain at the time) was that they burned their trash. They didn't put it out on the curb and wait for someone to come pick it up. They had a burn pile and a burn barrel – whatever junk they had they set fire to. There might be remnants left over afterwards, and it wasn't the safest process in the world, but it was what they were used to. See, it was different at my house. We lived in the city, so whenever the trashcan got full, we emptied it into the bigger trashcan outside. Once a week, someone in our family would lug our trash out to the curb and leave it for the trashmen to pick up and take away. When it was my turn to take the trash out, I didn't give it much thought. All that junk that had been accumulating got picked up by someone else and taken away, and I didn't have to worry about it anymore.
When you read through the Bible, the book of Leviticus can become one of the tedious books to read through. Some people skip it altogether; others just skim the highlights. Leviticus contains many of the laws and rules and regulations God had for His people, and quite honestly, it can be a fairly boring read. However, in the middle of the list of rules about court cases, bodily fluids, skin conditions, sexual behaviors, and priestly wardrobes, God "commands" His people to participate in a powerful demonstration of His love and grace. Once a year, the high priest of the nation of Israel was required to confess the sins of God's people and to make atonement (make amends) for them. There were a couple of animals that had to be slaughtered and sacrificed in a certain way, and there were some places where the high priest had to sprinkle animals' blood. But there was one particular animal that wasn't slaughtered; its carcass wasn't barbecued. And yet, it was a vital part of the process of God forgiving and forgetting the sins of His people.
"He [the high priest] is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites – all their sins – and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness." – Leviticus 16:21-22
The goat "carried" the sins of the people away. All the mistakes, all the failures, all the shortcomings, all the guilt – gone. They dumped their "trash" – they dumped their sin – on the goat, and the goat took it away…and they didn't have to carry that junk around anymore. They didn't have to worry about it ever again. That is what grace is all about. And you know what? That is what Jesus did on the cross. That is what He continues to do for those of us who have given our lives to Him. He takes all of our mistakes, all of our failures, all of our shortcomings, all of our guilt and gets rid of it. And we don't have to think about it or worry about it anymore – we just get to live in the freedom of forgiveness and grace.
I don't think much about my trash. I put it on the curb and someone else takes it away. I should probably be more grateful about the local trash collection service than I have been. They get rid of a lot of my junk on a regular basis. But when it comes to the "trash" of my past mistakes, when it comes to the "trash" of my bad choices, when it comes to the "trash" of my sin, I am so grateful that I get to give all that to Jesus. He takes it away through His blood and gets rid of it by His grace, and I don't have to deal with it or think about it ever again…and that's awesome!
"As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." – Psalm 103:12


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MLS Number: 26052
List Price: $169,900
Street #: 2208
Address: Hwy 84 W
Bedrooms: 3
Full Baths: 4
Half Baths: 0
Type/Style: Historical
Subdivision: None
City: LAUREL
Area: Laurel City
Elementary School: MASON
Middle School: Laurel Middle School
High School: LAUREL
Lot Size: 2.77 MOL
Apx SqFt: 2993
Apx Year Built: 1945
Exterior Finish: Brick Veneer
Foundation: Combination
Heating System: Central Gas
Air Conditioning: Central Electric
Water: Public
Garage/Carport: Triple Attached Carport
Fence: None
Interior Features: Draperies, Extra Storage, Security System, Ceiling Fan(s), Formal Dining Room, Wood Burning Fireplace, Large Master Bedroom, Hardwood Floors
Exterior Features: Level Lot, Play Area, Garden Space
Public Remarks: A little imagination and effort could return this stately home to its former glory! A rare find with golf course views! This 3 bedroom, each with own bath, offers original hardwood floors under carpet, a large den and a large office with full bath, a well positioned kitchen with a beautiful butcher block island. Huge yard with 1 bed 1 bath guest house. There are a myriad of possibilities!