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ARTIFICIAL TEARS (ahr tuh FISH uhl teerz) soothes irritation and discomfort caused by dry eyes.
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Boy, 9, dies after choking on a lollipop while playing at school
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ALLIANCE, Ohio — A 9-year-old Alliance boy apparently asphyxiated on a lollipop Friday afternoon while playing with friends in Rockhill Elementary School.
The boy, Bryce Skidmore, was in fourth grade at the school.
A 7-year-old girl spotted the lollipop stick in his mouth and pulled it out of his airway when the friends found him collapsed in the school gymnasium, the Stark County coroner's office said.
Efforts to resuscitate the boy failed.
The friends and Bryce became separated while playing after school.
An autopsy is planned today to confirm cause of death. The preliminary cause of death is choking.
Alliance City Schools posted a statement on its website extending its sympathy to the family and friends of the boy.
"We send our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the family of fourth-grade student, Bryce Skidmore," the statement said in part. "After school, Bryce collapsed in the Rockhill gymnasium and was transported to Alliance Community Hospital but could not be revived."
The district will have counselors available for students and staff on Tuesday; there is no school on Monday.
The Alliance Review newspaper reported that the boy's parents work for the school district.
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LCQ17: Development of cinemas in Hong Kong
Following is a question by the Hon Tang Ka-piu and a written reply by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, in the Legislative Council today (April 29):
The Chief Executive announced in his Policy Address this year that the Government would consider reserving space for cinemas in major cultural and entertainment development areas, and explore ways to facilitate cinema development through land sale and planning. I have learnt that there is general expectation among members of the film industry that such initiatives can reverse the continuous downward trend in the number of cinemas and rectify the uneven distribution of cinemas, thus facilitating the long term development of the film industry. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(1) whether it knows the number of cinemas and their total seating capacity in each of the past 10 years (set out the information in a table by District Council district);
(2) whether it will consider changing the existing classification under the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines to reclassify cinemas as "cultural facilities" instead of "retail facilities"; whether it will reserve sites for building cinemas when developing new towns, or include clauses requiring the grantees to build cinemas when putting up land for sale; if it will, of the details; if not, the reasons for that; and
(3) whether it will take specific measures to support the development of cinemas, e.g. (i) assisting the film industry in setting up cinemas in districts (e.g. North District and Tai Po) where there is a lack of such facilities, (ii) extending the validity period of the places of public entertainment licence (cinema/theatre), (iii) reducing the annual fees of such licences, and (iv) streamlining the procedure for licence renewal; if it will, of the details of the measures and the implementation timetable; if not, the reasons for that?
In the 2015 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announced that the Government would continue to promote the development of Hong Kong's film industry through a four-pronged strategy. The initiatives include encouraging more local film production; nurturing production talent; promoting film appreciation among students and young people to build up audiences; and showcasing and promoting the brand of "Hong Kong Films" in the Mainland, Taiwan and overseas markets, facilitating the participation of local films in international film festivals, and helping to drive Hong Kong's development as a film financing platform in Asia. As regards the support for the development of cinemas, the Government will consider reserving space for cinemas in major cultural and entertainment development areas, and will explore ways to facilitate cinema development through land sale and planning.
My reply to the question raised by the Hon Tang Ka-piu is as follows:
(1) We can only provide the number of cinemas and seats by District Council (DC) district as at end-2014, which is at Annex 1. The total number of cinemas and seats by year between 2005 and 2014 is at Annex 2.
(2) The Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines (HKPSG) stipulates the general guidelines for determining the scale, location and site requirements of various land uses, community facilities and infrastructures according to the population and other factors. The relevant guidelines aim to serve as general reference to ensure that, during the planning stage, the Government will reserve adequate land for social and economic development and provide appropriate public facilities to meet the needs of the public.
According to the prevailing HKPSG, cinemas operating on a commercial basis are categorised under retail activities, and they can be located within land-use zones planned for various permitted commercial uses, including retail use. Generally speaking, the provision of commercial and retail facilities should be market-led and the Government does not have planning standards for cinemas. The arts venues in the context of the HKPSG refer to the physical accommodation for the undertaking of arts activities but exclude commercial-oriented and profit making entertainment venues such as cinema.
When the Government plans for the major cultural and entertainment development areas, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) will work with the relevant bureaux and departments to explore the reservation of space for cinemas in these areas and study ways to facilitate cinema development through land sale conditions and/or planning. The CEDB is open to suggestions on the initiatives.
(3) As shown in Annex 1, there is no commercial cinema in certain DC districts. The location of commercial cinemas is a commercial matter decided by the operators concerned. It would not be appropriate for the Government to be involved in the locational matters. However, in view of the demand of cinema-goers in some districts, the CEDB will explore with relevant bureaux and departments the provision or upgrading of screening facilities in certain government premises to facilitate the conduct of film screening activities by various organisations in the community.
Issues relating to places of public entertainment licence (cinema/theatre) are under the policy purview of the Home Affairs Bureau. The Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (the Ordinance) aims to ensure public safety through the regulation of places for public entertainment activities. The arrangement of licence renewal at regular intervals is required under the Ordinance to ensure the compliance with relevant safety requirements by those premises. The current licence fee for cinemas under the Ordinance ranges from $13,775 to 24,785 per annum (depending on the number of persons to be accommodated). In the 2013-14 Budget Speech, the Financial Secretary pointed out the need to review fees and charges systematically for upholding the "user pays" principle. In this connection, the Government is now conducting a comprehensive review on the licence fees required under the Ordinance on the basis of the "user pays" principle, including the review on the fee structure and enhancement procedures. The fee review also covers the procedures of and charges for licence renewal.
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By Bill Roecker
Heres the score since October as of January 25:
1906 cow yellowfin over 200 pounds
10 giant yellowfin over 300 pounds
First One
Tim Ekstrom docked Royal Star October 22 with the seasons first 300-pound tuna aboard. The fish was weighed aboard the boat, at sea. Ernie Adams of LA caught the 306-pound monster off Bajas southern banks. He fished with a kite-lofted squid on a pair of Mustad 7691 hooks in the 9/0 size, said Ekstrom.
Adams used 50 yards of Izorline 130-pound mono as a topshot on 130-pound Izorline Spectra backing. He fished with a Penn 50S reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 760H rod. There were a total of seven tuna caught that weighed over 200 pounds, Ekstrom reported.
Tomorrow, January 27, the Royal Star will dock with a wonderful load of big tuna. One fish weighed 324 pounds on the boat.
Red Rooster III November 12
I was reeling in to untangle, said Howard Konishi of Bothell, WA, when he bit. I had a butt-hooked sardine for bait, and it was just spinning away out there. I was wrapped in a lot of lines, but the crew got me out of trouble.
He ran about 200 yards, away from the bow, and thats where I fought him for two hours, and thats where he came up. The crew helped me get the rod over the anchor, or I never would have got him.
Washingtonian Howard Konishi thanked the Rooster crew for their help getting his 306-pounder.
This is my first jackpot wince 1968, noted Konishi. His tuna weighed 306 pounds. He said it bit on a 5/0 Super Mutu hook, tied to 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Spectra backing on an Avet 50W reel and a home-built Calstar 7455 XXH rod. He also had a 216-pounder.
Royal Polaris November 25
That record number of 57 over 200 pounds included the one 301-pounder caught on sardines dangled under the kite. They were on the boats kite rig, used to take the whopper by Billy Ogden of Temecula. It was the third 300-pounder of the young season, and the jackpot winner.
He came out of the water and took the bait, said Ogden, and the fight was on. He went straight down. Then he went around the boat. He came up on the bow and they put four gaffs in him and brought him aboard.
Billy Ogden of Temecula saw his 300-pounder jump on a sardine kite bait.
I was hoping for one over 100 pounds, and I got three over 200 pounds, said Ogden. My best fish before this was a 60-pound bluefin. This is my first ten-day trip.
Ogden also had tuna of 216 and 224 pounds. Santiago said the boats kite rig had 7/0 Mustad hooks, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Spectra backing on a Tiagra 50 reel and a Calstar 6455 XXH rod.
Royal Star December 5
One of the fish weighed 308 pounds when hoisted on the boat scales at the fishing grounds, as were all of the Stars fish. It was caught by Mark Shimozaki and was not available for photos. Mark said he got it after an hour and a half fight, with a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra backing. He used a Penn 50 VSW reel and a Calstar 760H rod.
Polaris Supreme December 5
Tom Rothery took his 24 Polaris Supreme anglers and chartermaster Nate Porter on a Dillon Beach Tuna Club 10-day trip that returned with 31 cow tuna December 5. The best one weighed 300.4 pounds.
Larry Stevens of Elk Grove got that super-cow, with a sardine rig under the fishing kite, on the boats kite rig. He said it fought hard for 40 minutes.
When a first-timer like Larry Stevens of El Grove bags a world-class tuna, anglers notice.
Im a rookie long ranger, he said. It was beginners luck. He hit in five minutes from my bait going in. I saw him boil. He went straight down. He took me up and down the side.
Shogun December 8
Norm Kagawa brought his Shogun home to Fishermans Landing December 8 after a fine 13-day Seeker/Soft Steel trip to the southern banks with 26 anglers. The mind-blowing fishing for cows remains unabated there, and the crew assisted the fishermen in putting 53 tuna over 200 pounds aboard, including the seasons best tuna so far, a 323-pounder caught by Pat Doyle of Gardnerville, NV.
I was shooting for a 200-pounder, said Doyle at the dock. I had no idea Id get this one.
A 323-pound yellowfin for Nevadan Pat Doyle reminded him of an 18-wheeler.
Pat said he fished a sardine on a 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hook, tied with an Erwin knot to 130-pound Soft Steel Ultra line and 130-pound Izorline Spectra backing on a Penn 50 SW reel and a Seeker CTSF 55 XXXH rod he wrapped himself. The fight lasted two hours and 15 minutes.
He fought like an 18-wheeler, remarked Doyle. He pulled off 700 yards of Spectra and he fought way out there. They had the backup rig ready for me. His second run was the big one.
Then he stopped, and came in toward the boat on the surface. Then he went down. He took me around the boat eight times. My best fish before this one was 153 pounds. I started fishing at the islands (Revillagigedos) six years ago, and Clarion was where I got the 153-pounder.
This is my boat, said Doyle proudly. I fish with these guys.
On The Double
Mike Keating docked his Spirit of Adventure at H&M Landing December 8 after
a charity trip with 12 anglers; most of whom got off the boat in Cabo and flew home.
First, they had a brief time on the big tuna grounds. Then the boat returned with the crew and a couple of holdover anglers and tried again. Keating said the total count of tuna over 200 pounds was 30.
He didnt know the last names of the two anglers who both pulled on the big fish, which weighed 324.6 pounds (largest so far this season) on the landings certified scales.
That fish came up with both hooks in it, said Keating. So Dennis and Jose both pulled on it. We also had a 286-pounder, a 285 and two tuna at 281 pounds, and we lost a fish at boatside that was easily another 300-pounder. We spent two days fishing the area.
Excel December 12
A shout went up when Dan Felgers (Thousand Oaks) giant was hung on the scales, which registered 301.1 pounds.
When I asked him how it fought, he said, It was my easiest big fish. It wasnt squirrelly like the smaller ones. It made a 100-yard run, and I knew it was big. It fought for an hour and came up on the bow, after it took me around the boat once. I released eight or ten fish this trip and I fished with a 4-ounce slip sinker.
I crimped everything, said Felger, who eschewed all knots. Ive been fishing long range for ten years, and my best before this fish was a 235-pounder. Not bad for an old guy, huh? Im 75 and a half. I got seven fish over 200 pounds including the big one. Im stoked.
Dan Felger a Thousand Oaks ten-year vet, got a 301-pounder with crimps, not knots.
Dan said he fished a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook, with a 130-pound Basil topshot on 130-pound Izorline Spectra. He said he used an Accurate 50W reel and a Calstar 755 XXH rod. His fish weighed 301, 241, 230 219, 210 and 204 pounds.
Jack Nilsen of Accurate was there to present Felger with a new Accurate reel of his choice for his 300-pounder, which turned out to be a new 50W. The trip produced a record catch of 79 tuna over 200 pounds.
New Shogun Record
Skipper Bruce Smith upped owner-skipper Norm Kagawas record of 53 tuna, tallied December 12, with a catch of 54 tuna over 200 pounds. Bruce weighed his catch December 21 after a 13-day trip (ten-day fly back) trip with 25 anglers. A 300-pounder, the boats first, rounded off the numbers.
Smith said, It was a wonderful way to end the 10-day season; on a high note! We had a record catch and nice weather, too.
To say this trip has been spectacular would be an understatement, he wrote December 16. The cow pasture has been good to us for another day. The weather has come up and we were a little worried that it would put the fish down, but once we got onto our school of the day, they bit just as well as if it were flat calm. In amongst the high casualty rate, we managed another 18 tuna with seven over 200. We have one more day to fish with only room for four more fish in the last hold. Yes, the Shogun is basically full of big, beautiful, yellowfin tuna.
Sam Navarro would like everyone in Temecula to know that all the boys got at least one cow. Michael Grant has become the "hot stick" on the boat, landing some of his fish in a blistering seven minutes!
The two biggest tuna were ineligible because they were kite-caught. Dave Shoemaker of Riverside pulled in a 303-pounder on the boats kite rig, with a Seeker 6364 XXXH rod, after it took a pair of baited sardines.
Double-dine Biter: The kite got Dave Shormaker's 303-pound giant yellowfin.
I saw him jump on the baits, said Dave. Hes my best fish, for sure.
Dave posed to the left of Eric McNeil of Temecula, at the right end of the lineup shot. McNeil had a 295.7-pounder he got with a sardine on an 8/0 Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Momoi line and 130-pound Spectra backing on an Avet 50 reel and a Tiburon rod.
300-Pound Sardine-Eater
A put-together trip with 30 anglers to Bajas southern banks returned with 20 tuna over 200 pounds.
We went trophy hunting, said Qualifier 105 skipper Brian Sims at Pt. Loma Sportfishing January 16, and the catching wasnt wide-open, but we had 17 personal bests (tuna caught) and the first super cow of 2006.
It was best for us early in the trip, continued Sims, and the bite was a pick, with excellent quality, though.
The super cow, a 320.2-pound yellowfin caught by Rick Newton of San Diego, won first place. Rick said he fished a sardine on a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook, with 100-pound Izorline and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Seeker 6463 XXH rod.
San Diegan Rick Newton's 320-pound super cow went down and then out.
He bit lightly, said Newton, and he fought like a good one, but not as big as he turned out to be. He went out, and then down. Brook (deckhand) was with me, helped at the end by Brian and Jesse.
This was my first long range trip, noted Newton, and I got my fish on the first day, on the first bite. Ive caught tuna in Panama and other places, and this is harder than catching em from a small boat, where you can chase the fish.
(Note: the following is extracted from Tim Ekstroms daily reports from the Royal Star, due to return January 27 to Fishermans landing.)
Skipper Tim Ekstroms Wind Formula 1-16-06
Ten knots of wind or less: Beautiful, ideal; say goodbye to plenty of cows.
Ten to fifteen knots of wind: Plenty workable, but more difficult to see surface signs and locate the fish; still good catching weather.
Fifteen to twenty two knots of wind: Seas become a significant obstacle while hook to land ratios on two hundred pound class fish plummet.
Twenty two to twenty five knots. A real challenge to overcome these conditions while targeting big fish. It is difficult enough to find them let alone land 'em.
Twenty five to thirty knots: Forget it. Time to go top off on bait or any other activity to make better use of available time.
The above scale relates specifically to offshore drift fishing for giant yellowfin just like we have been doing for the past three months. Of course with a few minor variations it can be modified to fit all types of fishing we do, but for now I am focusing on present conditions. What we had to work with yesterday was the bottom of the scale with a stiff thirty knot breeze at daylight combined with eight to fourteen foot seas. Needless to say our fishing results were scant with only a couple of one hundred forty pound class fish landed and one big boy lost following a futile, ultimate challenge battle.
The San Diego Union Tribune's outdoor reporter Ed Zieralski interviews skipper Tim Ekstrom.
Ekstrom 1-22-06
Wow! This was the day we have been waiting for with flat calm weather paving the way for another full day of fantastic opportunities at catching giant yellowfin tuna in the two hundred pound and larger class. At this stage of our voyage, we are far from needing a larger quantity of fish as we have plenty of volume in both our brine frozen and R.S.W. tanks.
What we have been hoping for is a greater number of super jumbo yellowfin, fish in the 230# and larger class, as we would like to see every angler get that elusive opportunity at a bona fide fish of a lifetime. It just so happened that we found a spot of fish mid morning that impressed us immediately by producing a three hundred twenty four pound monster for long time Royal Star favorite and long range tackle specialist Gary Sato.
Regrettably, I must report that every fish we landed thereafter was considerably smaller, but, only two of the remaining fourteen fish boated that stop were under two hundred pounds. Two hundred seventy five, two forty eight, three from two hundred thirty three to two thirty eight, and the remaining seven others from two hundred eleven to two hundred twenty seven pounds made for a spectacular day on the water, ideal for this stage of our voyage."
Top Ten Tuna (Stats from Rich Holland)
Mark Gasich, 399.6 pounds, Polaris Supreme, Clarion Island, November 15, 1992
Dave Manella, 395.4 pounds, Royal Polaris, Clarion Island, Feb 19, 1993
Curt Wiesenhutter, 399.75 pounds, San Benedicto Island, April 1, 1977
Al Herzog, 380 pounds, Qualifier 105, San Benedicto Island, January 11, 1981
Corky Yokoe, 376.38 pounds, Royal Polaris, Clarion Island, January 5, 1996
Joe Simmons, 370 pounds, Clarion Island, Qualifier 105, June 1989
Dick McKenzie, 364.8 pounds, Royal Polaris, Clarion Island, April 20, 1982
Dick Minor, 363.9 pounds, Polaris Supreme, Roca Partida, January 1993
Roger Hawtree, 361.9 pounds, Royal Polaris, Clarion Island, January 12, 1992
Jim Nemlowill, 361.63 pounds, Red Rooster III, Socorro Island, December 6, 1981
(John Carbone, Doc Ski and John Klein all pulled on a 377-pounder aboard Q-105 at Clarion Island December 14, 1991.)


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Weblogs published by workplace conflict resolution expert and voting and elections mediator latest additions to the World Directory of ADR Blogs
The World Directory of ADR Blogs just keeps growing. Today's additions are:
Just in time for U.S. Election Day on November 7 comes Votelaw, a blog occupying the intersection of politics and law: redistricting, campaign finance, the right to vote, election law and administration, and politicians in trouble. Votelaw is published by Alabama attorney and mediator Edward Still, whose mediation practice includes not only employment, discrimination, civil rights, consumer, education, and land use cases but also voting and elections matters. (Edward will also be hosting the November 6 "Law Blog the Vote" edition of Blawg Review, the weekly review of the best in law blogging.)
The Work It Out Blog
The Work it Out Blog is published by Allan Revich, a Toronto-based mediator and negotiator specializing in union and management issues. This blog contains information and commentary about conflict management and negotiation, with an emphasis on workplace issues.
A warm welcome to both these blogs.
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My friend Geoff Sharp, incidentally, has written "The Mediator's Guide to the Blogosphere", a superb article posted at Mediate.com and their first one ever on blogging, which spells out some compelling reasons why mediators should get in on the blogging fun. Don't miss it.
(As always, if you wish to add your blog or someone else's to the World Directory of ADR Blogs, please let me know. It's a commercial-free site, and there is no cost to be listed. The Directory has information on submitting your blog and submission guidelines.)
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Can you believe we are already one third of the way through 2013! This year is flying by!
This is what's been happening this month at SCO:
BRW Fast Starters 2013
Last Wednesday night we travelled down to Melbourne to attend the 2013 BRW Fast Starters awards.
It was a great night out, we met a lot of interesting and talented people and we had a lot of fun!
The Fast Starters awards recognise the top 100 startup companies in Australia and this year SCO Recruitment came in 4th place!
This was a fantastic achievement and was an improvement over our ranking of 19th place last year! It was a privilege to be a part of such a great award.
To read more about us and the other Fast Starters, see
Perth Tender
SCO Recruitment has recently been successful in winning a tender for the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) in Perth, allowing us to provide labour hire to six of their member Councils.
The Councils are located in Perth's Eastern suburbs and include the Town of Bassendean, City of Bayswater, City of Belmont, Shire of Kalamunda, Shire of Mundaring and the City of Swan.
We have already received a number of orders through the contract and we are looking forward to building our relationships with these Councils over the coming months.
Employee of the Month
This is the part of our newsletter that our employees look forward to the most!
For the month of April, our employees of the month are:
Roy Byers
Ron is currently working out at Parramatta Council and his supervisors have been very happy with his performance.
Jennifer Ronquillo
Jennifer is working at one of our newer clients, Big Sister, and has been very reliable, punctual and always has a positive attitude.
Well done Roy and Jennifer and keep up the great work! We'll be sending you both a double pass to the movies!
Client of the Month
Our client of the month for April goes to…
for having no lost time as a result of injuries since trading
Thank you Portavin for your continued support, and congratulations on being our client of the month!
WH&S – Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 requires that Persons Conducting Business (PCBUs) take reasonable and practical steps to protect their workers from workplace hazards. This includes providing appropriate PPE and ensuring it is being used for tasks it is designed for.
Depending on your role, required PPE may include safety glasses, protective gloves, ear plugs and hi-vis clothing.
Selecting PPE
- When selecting PPE, fit and comfort should be a priority
- Improperly fitted PPE may in fact cause more harm than good
- All PPE must meet AS/NZ standards for your occupation
If you are in any doubt as to what PPE is required for your role, please contact your supervisor or SCO Account Manager.
This is another reminder that all timesheets are due each Monday by 10:00am.
Our employees work hard and we want to make sure they are getting paid on time for the hours they work each week.
If you have any issues or concerns regarding timesheets, give your SCO Account Manager a call. Alternatively you can contact our accounts team directly on 8738 0100.


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April 17, 2015
Book Notes - Sassafras Lowrey "Lost Boi"
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.
Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others.
Sassafras Lowrey's Lost Boi is an ingenious and compelling queer and punk reimagining of Peter Pan, cleverly told from the perspective of a young boi in service to Pan.
Michael Thomas Ford wrote of the book:
"Neverland has always been a place of dangers, and in this gritty reimagining, Sassafras Lowrey fearlessly leads us into the dark forests and murky lagoons of desire, longing, and self-discovery. A tale for bois and grrls who know that the greatest adventures happen when we dare to stray from the path."
Stream a playlist of these songs at Spotify.
In her own words, here is Sassafras Lowrey's Book Notes music playlist for her novel Lost Boi:
Creating a Lost Boi playlist is like making a mixed tape for a new lover—one part nervousness, one part excitement, and another a little part of yourself mixed in with songs you stay up all night listening to because the remind you of the other person so much. Lost Boi is a queer and punk retelling of the classic Peter Pan story, set in the Neverland squat and featuring a host of queer characters, from Leather Pirates and a gang of Femme Mermaids to the lost bois who are in service to Pan, the boi who will never grow up. The novel is told from the perspective of Tootles, Pan's best boi, as he grapples with desire, the arrival of Mommy Wendi, and the biggest enemy of all... Growing up.
Lost Boi Playlist:
"Pretty Little Head" (Eliza Rickman): The first time I heard this song, I was smitten and transported to the world of Lost Boi. The lyrics and sound captured the dark, sweet uncertainty of Pan and Wendi's romance, and the hope and possibility that existed when she first arrived in Neverland. "Where's your mother? Fall down dead. Dirty mind, dirty mouth, pretty little head. I wish you were here, I wish you'd make my bed..."
"What The Papers Didn't Say" (Tribe 8): This song is an anthem for the character of Pan. It's his big "fuck you" to heteronormative, grownup, assimilationist society. It's a "screw you "to the world of grownups, and a call-out for all the awful things they do to kids, especially to young queers. If the lost bois were going to a show, it definitely would be a punk show to hear a band like Tribe 8 perform!
"Night After Night" (The Sounds): Tootles narrates Lost Boi, and over the course of the novel readers witness his growing disillusionment with the life that he's built. We see him hunger for a different choice, and explore the associated consequences. This song makes me think of the nights that Tootles spends in his hammock, contemplating the life he's preparing to leave behind. It also reminds me of the mourning that takes place when Tootles must grapple with the ways his new life doesn't necessarily live up to his dreams.
"Out of Range" (Ani Difranco): You can't have a book set (in part) within 90s/early 00s dyke culture without including some Ani. This is definitely a Wendi song, as she leaves Pan and comes to terms with the prisons—literal and metaphorical—that she and her bois are destined for as part of growing up, and what it means to say goodbye to Pan and the home they have built together.
"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" (X-ray Spex): This song probably doesn't need much of an explanation. Sexually and politically, this song would be right at home on a playlist that Wendi, Siren, Kelpie or any of the mermaids would blast at full volume. Some people might think little girls should be seen and not heard… But not any of the grrrls in Lost Boi!
"Here's To Never Growing Up" (Avril Lavigne): It's little bit cheesy, but I just couldn't resist. This feels like such an example of the way that Peter Pan mythology infuses pop-culture. I think all the characters in Lost Boi (with the possible exception of John Michael) would hate this song, but I really love it. I listened to it on loop for a couple of weeks while editing the novel last summer.
"Best Cock On The Block" (Bitch and Animal): This was such a boi dyke, genderqueer and trans guy anthem in the early 2000's, and it really encapsulates the life of the lost bois before Mommy Wendi arrives in Neverland. Graphic, vulgar and in-your-face, this song is just like Pan's lost bois—figuring out what it means to be gender freaks, exploring intense sexuality, and trying to "make their way in a man's world."
"I'm not Waiting" (Sleater Kinney): I went to hear Sleater-Kinney on their reunion tour through NYC, and in the weeks leading up to the show I went back and listened to all the Sleater Kinney albums I hadn't played in years. This was also as I was preparing for Lost Boi's release, and when I heard this song again, it made me think about Wendi and her powerful commitment to who she is and what she wanted for herself, her bois, and in her relationships with both Pan and Tootles. There comes a time in the novel where Wendi must take her future into her own hands, and she isn't going to wait for anyone to make it happen.
"Rebel Girl" (Bikini Kill): You can't create a playlist for a book with kickass femme characters and not include this riot grrrrl anthem. Siren and her gang of femme mermaids are so unapologetic in their femininity and their queerness, I imagine them having a dance party in the middle of The Lagoon blasting an old mixtape. This is a song I can also see Wendi listening to in her bedroom at The Darling's Home for Girls before running away to Neverland, imagining the kind of fierce femmes that were out in the world.
"Burning Bridges" (Chris Pureka): Once, in my late teens and totally heartbroken, I almost tattooed the lyrics "rats in the walls" up my ribcage in homage to this song. I think of it as the ultimate heartbreak song in how it beautifully captures the moments when you know everything has just fallen apart. This song reminds me of Wendi and this particular moment in Lost Boi, when she is sitting on a broken futon in the middle of the Neverland squat and she realizes that Pan will never be able to give her everything she needs and wants. It's that moment she knows the magic is over.
"Brother" (The Organ): This song speaks to the relationships that exist between Nibbs, Tootles, Slightly, and all of the lost bois. It's a song that invokes strong sentiments and intensity that come with brotherhood, the solidarity that holds the lost bois together. I imagine this song playing in the background as the lost bois are running through the city at night, dumpster diving and getting into trouble.
"No Good No More" ( Eleni Mandell): In Lost Boi, Wendi meets Pan while she's living in The Darling's Home For Girls. Wendi gets good grades, acts in school plays, and always does what is expected of her…until she meets Pan and realizes there is more to life than being good all the time. In running away, Wendi is liberated from the expectation of growing up, and meets all kinds of grrrls who have taken control of their sexualities and their lives. This song reminds me of the moment in the novel when, after Wendi runs away, she begins to revel in her power, her queer femininity, and her ability to break the rules.
"Stand and Deliver" (Amy Ray): This is a tough but tender love song that makes me think a lot about the complicated romance between Tootles and Wendi. It's about brokenness and strength, and it makes me think about Tootles intense devotion to Mommy Wendi: "I can't face another day without the one who breaks my heart and gets to touch the tender parts..."
Sassafras Lowrey and Lost Boi links:
Daily Xtra profile of the author
The Feminist Wire interview with the author
also at Largehearted Boy:
Book Notes (2015 - ) (authors create music playlists for their book)
Book Notes (2012 - 2014) (authors create music playlists for their book)
Book Notes (2005 - 2011) (authors create music playlists for their book)
my 11 favorite Book Notes playlist essays
100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly comics highlights)
Daily Downloads (free and legal daily mp3 downloads)
guest book reviews
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
Shorties (daily music, literature, and pop culture links)
Soundtracked (composers and directors discuss their film's soundtracks)
weekly music release lists
Word Bookstores Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)


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- Hard boil the eggs. (I did 6 instead of 4 because we love eggs!)
- Thinly slice shallots and garlic.
- Slice pork belly into 1"x2" pieces.
- Mix together fish sauce, agave nectar, pepper, and salt.
- Saute shallots and garlic in dutch oven.
- Add pork belly and sear meat.
- Stir in seasoning and saute for a minute or two.
- Add coconut water and eggs.
- Cover and braise for 2 hours stirring occassionally.
- Eat with rice and veggies.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
EATS: Thit Kho - Vietnamese Braised Pork Belly and Eggs
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I want to eat this right now. Admittedly I am on another tortuous elimination diet for my stupid arthritis, but I would want to eat this anyway. Looks great!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! Hope you are able to find out what you can and cannot eat soon and feel better!Delete
Oh my gosh that looks so good! Yummy... So you're bringing dinner on Tuesday night?? ;-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Susan! Hehe... it's more than half gone! :)Delete
With a traditionalist culinary genius Vietnamese mother, I grew up on that stuff. Total comfort food. It is one of the biggest losses of my vegetarian life that I will never eat it again.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hehe... may have to request some vegetarian dish recipes from you!Delete
wow, this looks amazing, I'm so hungry after reading this. Yum.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Puddleduck! I wish there was more leftovers, too!Delete


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Used Trucks For Sale: Five Tips For Spotting A Lemon
Looking at used trucks for sale is a great opportunity for business. Whether youre looking at becoming an owner operator or you need a used truck for your business, there are many reasons to look into making this type of investment. The only problem is that looking at used trucks for sale does take some knowledge of the vehicles in order to make a wise decision. It isnt exactly like buying a used car, but there are five things you can look at that will help you pick out the good used trucks for sale from all the lemons.
Analyze the trucks oil. Commercial trucks should have their oil analyzed regularly, so ask to see the trucks log of oil checks. This will give you an idea of whether the truck has been maintained and also if there are any signs of contamination in the oil. You only want to consider used trucks for sale that have a record of having been taken care of.
Look at the service records. Good used trucks for sale will also have well-maintained service records that will indicate that they have been taken care of. You can look at the repair history of the vehicle to see if it has any patterns of issues. All used trucks for sale should have a repair history, so be wary of one that does not.
Have a trained commercial truck mechanic look it over. Unless youre in the business of used trucks, you probably dont know much about their engines, even if you know a decent amount about car engines. Have a commercial mechanic look at all the major parts and ensure that they are in good working order.
Look for rust, especially structural rust. With commercial trucks, there are two kinds of rust. Structural rust is not something that can be fixed easily, and surface rust certainly doesnt look good.
Examine the suspension. Another major part of the truck is the suspension, so its important to check it out and make sure not only that its in good working order, but also that the parts are easy to get when its time for a fix. The worst thing is having a truck that needs to stay off the road because youve got to way two weeks for a part to come in.
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MONTIGNY faïence
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Pair of Montigny faience oil lamps from the late XIXth century mounted for electricity. This pair of lamps with coves, are decorated with painted peonies in impressionist style. Bases and tanks are in gilt embossed bronze.
During the second half of XIXth century, a new art movement appears: Impressionism. This artistic trend was named after Impression Soleil Levant by Claude MONET (1872). This movement deals with ephemeral visions of nature: sunrise, quiet lake or flowers fulfillment. Pallet is light, bright; outlines disappear and leaves place for the artist touch.
In 1872, Louis-Eugène SCHOPIN creates ceramics factory at Montigny-sur-Loing. Montigny faience shapes are fluid, graceful and innovative. He collaborates with painters to create a new range inspired by Impressionism. SCHOPIN use a thick touch and a bright pallet with harmonious tones such as the Impressionist. Montigny faience keeps a naturalistic and realistic interpretation in their decoration.
Flowers and foliage are predilection theme of impressionist ceramicist. Artist uses generous and shapely form of the object to enhance its composition.
These creations of Montigny have a "fausse barbotine en relief" ("fake barbotine in relief"). This technic consists to paint these flowers on a raw and smooth surface; in painting on canvas style. Sevres factory creates this technic at the XIXth century. To protect the decor, they put a tin coat. It gives a lot of brilliance.
This mix of faience art and "barbotine" painting is called impressionnist ceramic. Thanks to this material, decorative and pictorial innovation, Louis-Eugene SCHOPIN receives a silver medal to the World Exhibition in 1878, a golden medal to the Amsterdam World Exhibition and a second at the International Work Exhibition in 1885.
This pair of lamps is original and innovative, for the first time in the Art History an artistic movement such as Impressionism, is mixed with ceramic technic.


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At 330 AM on Nov. 14, Toronto firefighters were told to extinguish a fire at Occupy Toronto. After determining that it was a First Nation's Sacred Flame, the fire fighters decided to protect the fire from city officials. This was a tremendous show of respect to the First Nations people and a powerful contrast to the unfortunate events that transpired last week at Occupy Vancouver.
If you want to see a very positive interaction under difficult circumstances, check out the video here.
For another take on the story, check out what CTV had to say.
CP24- Fire crews allow Occupy Toronto fire to burn
Monday, November 14, 2011
Toronto Firefighters choose to protect First Nation's sacred fire
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I just wanted to say thank to all those firemen who help provide fire protection in Toronto!! Thanks!!
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Unless you are quite wealthy, chances are that you don't have a few thousand pounds/dollars going spare for cosmetic surgery. This leaves many people the question of how to raise money for surgery. Should you consider remortgaging your home or take out a loan, either with family/friends or with a finance company? Or is it better to wait and save up the money for plastic surgery?
This is obviously a serious question. You should give financing the same level of consideration as you did when deciding to invest in aesthetic surgery. The common-sense answer would probably be to wait until you have saved the money, rather than go for plastic surgery financing.
However, answers are rarely that simple.
It may be that the surgery you want help financing is of the bariatric (weight loss surgery) variety. If you require gastric bypass surgery or lap band surgery, for instance, then waiting may not be realistic. If the surgery can increase your health and wellness, then there is an argument that every minute counts.
With the purely aesthetic surgery procedures, again, if it is possible that the surgery would make a huge difference to your quality of life, there's no reason to dismiss the idea of getting a loan, out of hand.
One thing you must do is consider how able you will realistically be able to afford the repayments on your financing agreement.
It is essential that you consider the worst-case scenario. If the worst happened, and your plastic surgery had complications that resulted in you being unable to work for an extended period, how would you repay your plastic surgery financing? It is definitely advisable to take out a payment protection plan of some kind. It will naturally involve a little more cost, but if the worst happened, worrying about money would at least not be an issue!
DO read the small print. It is so easy to get sucked in by hearing about 0% interest-free periods that we often neglect to consider what the rate of interest will be after a year. It is sometimes the case that finance companies offer 0% for a year, and then after that, the rate will be 25% APR, which spread over a period of 4 years can mean you are actually paying double the price.
Once the interest-free period is over, it is sometimes the case that you will have to pay an early settlement fee. In short, it can be a better idea to take out the plastic surgery financing agreement without the 0% interest, and instead get an agreement that has a lower rate of interest overall, unless you can definitely pay off the loan before the interest kicks in.
Many plastic surgeries do in-house financing, and these schemes can be quite reasonable. Their main concern, after all, is with the surgery, and enabling you to afford it, as this is their real source of income.
There are also quite a few "bad credit" and "no credit" financing companies, which can be an option for tenants or people with a bad credit history, who wish to get plastic surgery. It goes without saying that the terms of the financing agreement will be a lot less favorable if you have a poor credit-rating. So if you are thinking of going down this road, be sure to understand exactly what you are getting into.
If you are looking for bad credit financing, it is also important to be aware that there are a number of companies that on the surface appear to be a loan company, but who are in fact a broker. In effect, what they do is, for a fee of around $80, search around for a loan for your plastic surgery. The fee still applies regardless of whether they manage to arrange the loan for you, and each time they apply on your behalf it is likely that your credit rating will be reduced further.
I have no real interest in providing a guide to the many plastic surgery financing companies, but I am aware that a great number of our visitors do search for this information, so I will offer a link to one of the more reputable surgery financing and medical loan companies:
If you are based in the US, My Medical Loan is a good option for plastic surgery financing. Unfortunately, they are unable to help with your surgery financing if you are not a US resident, but if you are, they can lend you the money whether you plan to get surgery at home or abroad.
Other nationalities will find there are similar schemes in their country, but please do shop around for the best deal!


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Follow all major NFL and college football line moves from the past 24 hours on our Daily Line Move Log.
255 Chiefs/256 Vikings- A combination of sharp and public money came in on the Vikings -3.5. Now up to -4. Not many believers in the Chiefs. With one win on the season, they face a do or die situation. If they're not dead already.
257 Texans/258 Jaguars- With Blake Bortles sporting an injured shoulder, bookmakers went from the Jags -1.5 to pick em on the game. Bortles practiced today and is expected to play on Sunday.
261 Washington/262 Jets- Jets -5.5 is pretty much gone. Now up to -6. The public is pretty split, sharps pushed it up to this point.
275 Giants/276 Eagles- Are wiseguys suddenly believing in the Eagles? The public is split on the game, but some sharp money pushed the Eagles from -4 to -4.5.
College Football
133 Georgia State/134 Ball State- Some sharp money has shown on Georgia State +16 and +15.5. Ball State now -14.5 or -15.
181 Tulsa/182 East Carolina- Some sharp money came in on ECU -10.5. Now up to -11.5.
183 UTSA/184 Southern Miss- Public money on Southern Miss pushes USM from -9.5 to -10.


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Giselle Roberts uses diaries and letters to tell documentary stories about women of the American South.
She is co-editor (with Melissa Walker, Converse College, South Carolina) of the Women's Diaries and Letters of the South series by the University of South Carolina Press.
Giselle is author of The Confederate Belle (University of Missouri Press, 2003), and editor of The Correspondence of Sarah Morgan and Francis Warrington Dawson (University of Georgia Press, 2004) and A New Southern Woman: The Correspondence of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1871-1883 (University of South Carolina Press, 2012).
Her articles on Sarah Morgan Dawson have appeared in Lives Full of Struggle and Triumph: Southern Women, Their Institutions, and Their Communities (University Press of Florida, 2003), and the South Carolina and Louisiana editions of Southern Women Lives and Times (University of Georgia Press, 2010 and 2016).
She has published over 60 book reviews in scholarly journals including the Journal of American History, Journal of Southern History, Journal of Women's History, South Carolina Historical Magazine, and Civil War Book Review.
Giselle and Melissa Walker are currently editing a documentary edition on women in the Progressive Era.


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10 worst Food combinations that should be avoided
Ever wondered that why after having some meals your stomach gets upset, ever wondered why sometimes your favorite dish gave you indigestion, ever wondered that why inspite of having a meal cooked at home using the freshest of ingredients makes you feel sick?, well if you answered yes for any of the questions asked above then you probably are a victim of consuming certain ingredients that result in a chemical reaction which doesn't suit our digestion.
There are certain foods that when combined they result in a very unhealthy concoction of chemicals which disrupt a healthy digestive cycle, and not all of us are aware of this fact and even if we know about certain bad food combinations I'm sure we are not aware of all of them.
In today's article we are highlighting some food combinations which are worst for your health, and some might even shock you as it just might turn out to be your favorite combination, so here's an answer to why you often suffer from unhealthy digestion.
1. Banana Smoothies with Milk
Milk-based banana smoothies are indigestion's best (or worst) friend. The combination of milk with bananas is listed in Ayurveda practices as being the top offender when it comes to creating a feeling of heaviness in the body and can make your mind feel sluggish. Instead, try dairy-free options like nut or rice milk, or add a dash of cardamom and nutmeg to your dairy-based banana smoothie to help stimulate digestion.
2. Fruit After Dinner
A bowl of fresh melon or orange segments after dinner may be the smart choice calories-wise, but isn't so great if you're sensitive to digestive issues. The simple sugars found in fruit digest quickly. When you reach for fruit after a meal rich in starch or protein like lamb or pizza for dinner that tends to stick around much longer, the sugars from the fruit will stick around too and begin to ferment.
3. Fruit and yogurt.
Combining fruit and dairy products can lead to a world of suffering. Dairy foods can be congestive, blocking sinuses, encouraging colds and worsening symptoms of allergies. When combined with fruit these symptoms can become even worse. A better option is a natural Greek yogurt with no additional fruits.
4. Cereal and Milk
For many of you reading this, it will seem rather shocking as cereal and milk is a staple of many of our diets across the world. Synonymous with breakfast in fact, but both contain fast digesting carbs that put the body under stress, both can cause blood sugar spikes that will leave you tired when they eventually lower again, making you crave more junk food.
5. Burger and Fries
Why? A convenient meal is usually an unhealthy one to say the least. Over cooked food with high levels of fat, preservatives and other chemicals can form a charcoal-type substance. This then combines with the sugar in potato fries, creating cytokines which can cause inflammation and speed up the aging process, tread carefully by next time to get the urge for a big mac!
6 White bread and jam
Simple carbohydrates spike blood sugar the most,Put two or more together—think white bread and jam or soda and French fries—and you've got a recipe for disaster. Your blood sugar goes up fast, and your body has to work very hard to bring it down by releasing insulin from the pancreas, Once that inevitable drop happens, your energy and mood can bottom out, leaving you tired and irritated.
In the long term, this process can eventually wear the pancreas down and create insulin resistance and diabetes.
Read: Food you should consume when you are sick
7. Burger with beer.
Both are processed by the liver, and your body naturally prioritizes breaking down the alcohol first, since it recognizes alcohol as a toxin, This leaves fat floating in your blood stream, where it can then be stored in fat tissue. Moreover, you'll feel especially gross afterward. Fat causes food to digest more slowly, which is why a high-fat meal can leave you feeling stuffed and bloated long after you eat it.
8. Cheese and meat omelet.
In general protein/protein combinations are not recommended. One single concentrated protein per meal is easier to digest and won't require as much energy. Go for veggie omelet instead.
9. Cold drinks during or after meal.
Avoid cold drinks during or directly after a meal. The cold diminishing digestive powers and causes a host of digestive problems, allergies, and colds. (The same goes for ice cream and frozen yogurt.)
10. Sour curd with meal
Eating of Sour curd should be avoided as it irritates the throat and causes common cold and headache. Arthritis patients should avoid curd as it may add pains to your joints. Curd should not be consumed alone. Substances like sugar, jaggery, rock salt and should always be added to it.
Thus these were the food combinations one must always avoid in order to maintain healthy digestion. We are sure that some of the combinations must have shocked you, we'll be glad if we are able to help you make healthy food choices, do leave your feedback in comments.


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(WTVM) - Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced Monday that a team from the Alabama Emergency Management Agency is now in New York assisting with the ongoing recovery from superstorm Sandy.
The Alabama EMA team will be initially deployed to the joint field office in Queens.
They will fill roles that are very similar to the roles they filled in Alabama in the wake of the deadly April 2011 tornadoes. Team members are expected to return to Alabama on November 27.
A Red Cross member from Muscogee County left Sunday to assist in New York.
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My name is Evelyn Fritz. I was born in Brooklyn N.Y. and have lived in Puerto Rico, Guatemala and currently reside with my husband and daughters in the Washington DC area.
My love for art began at a very young age and by the late 1980's I was doing freelance art work and giving art instruction to children and adults.
Although I have enjoyed working with different mediums throughout the years I favor acrylics because of their diversity.


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Bigfoot footage to prove existence of Sasquatch creature? (Video)By Alex Jusi Madlangbayan on Oct 3, 2013 in United States, Weird, World •
A Bigfoot footage is set to prove its existence, according to a claim by a team of researchers headed by Dr. Melba Ketchum on Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
The latest Bigfoot high definition video was recorded by Ketchum's group in a wooden Kentucky area.
Bigfoot is a legendary tall and hairy creature which is being traced by the $500,000 Sasquatch Genome Project of Ketchum's team. During the five year existence of the group, they have gathered over a hundred pieces of evidence including DNA samples.
Ketchum described Bigfoot as "a type of people, they're a human-hybrid, we believe. And all of the DNA evidence points to that. And they can elude us, so if you get [footage] at all, it can be fleeting." She reiterates that her group is determined to prove that the creature really exist.
The following HD video, presented to the press by Ketchum, shows a hairy creature that resembles Bigfoot.
Will Ketchum and her team of researchers be able to prove Bigfoot's existence? Or will their efforts just go down the drain just like earlier images and videos presented?
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Hillary Says She Wants More Questions About Abortion. Here Are 10 She Won't Answer
By David Harsanyi
The Federalist
April 18, 2016
During the last Democratic Party debate, Hillary Clinton demanded to know why the media wasn't asking her about abortion. "We've not had one question about a woman's right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care. Not one question," she plaintively pointed out. Hilary Weaver at New York translated Hillary's plea to mean: "Why the hell aren't we talking about the fact that a bunch of conservative dudes want to police my body?"
Well, that's not a question. That's a political platitude with a question mark at the end. It's also an inane way of framing a complex debate that, in its fairest reading, pits questions about life against privacy concerns. But Weaver is right. It's exactly what Hillary would like to talk about. Because Democrats don't want to answer questions about the science or the moral implications of abortion, they want to talk about a bunch of conservative dudes.
This, quite notably, is one of the only important decisions in everyday American life that Democrats believe government should stay out of.
So, since Clinton's interested, why not start with the fundamental question: When does life begin? Is it whenever the mom decides life begins, or is it when science decides, or when courts decide, or when the kid is having her first birthday party?
If this question is above your pay grade, why are you willing to bet the lives of around 10,000 viable babies every year on a guess? Should government not err on the side of protecting life?
This issue was broached by "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson when he asked Hillary: "Do you support a federal limit on abortion at any stage of pregnancy?" At the time, Clinton answered that she did not support any federal limitations on abortion. So, in other words, not at any stage. Period.
Yet in a later interview with Chuck Todd, she claimed that there "can be restrictions in the very end of the third trimester, but they have to take into account the life and health of the mother." This was widely interpreted as Clinton walking back the initial position. But I'm convinced it was just a Clintonian prevarication. Question: Yes, there "can be" limitations, but do you, Hillary Clinton, candidate for the presidency of the United States in 2016, believe there should be any limitations on abortion?
Almost No Abortions Are for a Mother's Life
Hillary also told CBS she thought "that the kind of late-term abortions that take place are because of medical necessity. And, therefore, I would hate to see the government interfering with that decision."
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She's Next- The BBC Takeover Continues (MP3)
You already know that you lost your women to BBC, but now the big Black cock takeover has hit even closer to home...even d4ddy's girl is a Black cock slut!
The Black New World Order: The Need to Breed MP3
The latest installment to My Black New World Order series focuses on breeding and how it will be used to advance the objectives of the BNWO. I utilize the terminology I set forth in the first two installments of this series, The Role of the White Man & The Role of the White Woman. It may be helpful to purchase & listen to those MP3s before this one, if you have not already.
BBC Brainwashing For White Faggots MP3
Something a little different for you BBC addicted whitebois. Turning your white faggot brain to mush with this intense 12 minute long BBC brainwash/mindwashing session!! Just try to resist your Black cock urges after this....
The Black New World Order: Crime And Punishment (MP3)
The Black New World Order is finally here and this means that whites have very specific roles to fulfill within this new power structure. This MP3 details how the Black New World Order handles crime and punishment among whites.
The eradication of whitebois through the ever growing supremacy of big Black dick is inevitable. But what will become of this race of undesirable beta males? Is this, in fact, the end of whitebois?
Faggot for Big Black Dick (MP3)
Nothing brings out your inner fag like some big juicy Black dick. You know it and I know it...so why don't you just come clean and admit to the world that you're a faggot for Black dick? Stop hiding behind the idea of a "f*rced bi" fetish and admit to yourself that you are a white fag for big Black cock!
The White Sissy Cuck In The Corner MP3
Good white sissy cucks sit obediently in the corner while their wives get fucked by Superior Black dick. Now be a good little cuck and sit right there...it'll be your turn soon enough. ;)
The Black New World Order: Role of the White Man (MP3)
The Black New World Order is finally here and this means that white men and white women will have very specific roles to fulfill within this new power structure. This MP3 outlines the new (and far more natural) role of the white man within the newly instated Black New World Order.
The Black New World Order: Role of the White Woman (MP3)
The Black New World Order is finally here and this means that white men and white women will have very specific roles to fulfill within this new power structure. This MP3 outlines the new (and far more natural) role of the white woman within the newly instated Black New World Order.
Using Your White Wife For Reparations #BHM (HD 720)
While I prefer to take My reparations from the wallets of white men, I take My reparations from the flesh of white women. In this case, the woman in question is your young tattooed, big boobed wife. You didn't know that I had been collecting My reparations from your wife's pussy, did you? Well, now you do. In this FIFTY minute clip, you get the opportunity to watch Me break your wife down from a feisty, giggling girl to a wanton slut bucking on the end of My cock and . She tries to resist a little, even telling Me "no" (lolz), but I have to remind her that there is no "No" for her now. Silly girl! I proceed to have My way with her entire body...from clothespins on her nipples to using My riding crop on her bare pussy. But that's not enough...I'm itching for more and your white wife owes Me, so I stuff a metal dental gag into her pretty little pale mouth and a metal impaler into her pink cunt, then I break out My violet wand...shocking her all over while she moans and grinds on the impaler. (She really drools all over herself with that dental gag in her mouth, so unladylike of her!) Once I've had My fill of tormenting her with all that electricity, its time for some forced orgasms. How many? I don't know, I didn't count. But I know its more than you've ever given her! LOL
Only NOW is your wife ready to be introduced to My cock. First, I need to see how her cock sucking skills are coming along. I need her to be a competent cocksucker in case I ever need to put her out on the corner, so those skills gotta stay sharp. Then I need to check out her pussy....is it tight? How many fingers can she take? Can she take a ? Let's see!! Your wife's pussy seems pretty good so far , so now I'm gonna have to fuck her. No problems there as she gives it up to Me so easily, just like she's supposed to. :) She knows she's Black owned and she loves it. Since your wife was such a good slut, I decide to finish her off with some more forced orgasms with My and My vibrator. (By the way, your wife sure has a huge clit! Nice, I like that.)
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Welcome to the Treasury! Located deep beneath the Light of the Storm Church, in the kingdom of Stormsurge, it contains all the histories of Pentallia. Pentallia is a world of magic, assassins, soldiers, and ordinary citizens striving to live their lives as best they can. There are many kingdoms, and some fallen ones, lost during past wars and battles.
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Modeling may seem like a piece of cake, but a little training and experience can make the world of difference. Let's face it, you have nothing to lose – taking modeling classes will help you learn the ropes and acquire skills needed to become a successful model, or just help boost your confidence in general by taking public speaking classes.
Performance skills are aspects such as:
- focus
- projection
- musicality
- timing
- emphasis
- walk
All of these aspects are connected to the way in which a model interprets the movements
These skills can be taught in class through the medium of the simple dance combination with modeling. If models understand from the outset that dancing combinations of movements is the process through which they learn how to model, then their performance skills are less likely to be elements that are added on once the movements have been learnt.
The focus on one's self through physical fitness to raise self awareness, gain self confidence by learning public speaking skills and improve self image.
There is a place for everyone in the world. It is potential to follow your dream, to dream big and to stay encouraged. JC will take the challenge in our community to uplift and mentor individuals for their future success.
JC accepts models from all walks of life. Individuals of all race, physical appearance, cultural background and experience levels are accepted.
The only requirement we enforce is a strong passion for the modeling and dancing, and a commitment to pursue your dream.
Positive attitude is essential. JS teaches that success comes to those who are committed to the task at hand. Few other disciplines you study will so strongly help you develop motivation and commitment.
JC introduces some key skills and suggestions for how to develop these skills with students.
Dance is an art to communicates ideas through movement of your body in an expressive way. Students need to learn how to strengthen their body whilst developing a wide-ranging movements through dancing. The importance of an effective warm up before dancing is to prepare the body for physical exertion, which cannot be emphasized enough.


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If you are dealing with a lot of stress in your life, then you know all too well how important taking a break is. Failing to take a breather from all of the stress that you have in your life can result in health issues. The last thing that you want to do is make yourself so stressed out that you have permanent health related consequences. Going out on the town with friends is a great way to leave your worries behind. Below are some of the reasons why a party bus rental Toronto can be beneficial for you and your guests.
Have Plenty of Room
When renting a party bus, you will not have to worry about having enough room for all of your friends. If you are going to be going out with a large group of people, then a simple limo rental will not be much help. A party bus will allow you to pack all of your friends onboard with ease. Before renting a party bus, you will have to take the time to get a head count on how many people will be joining you. By doing this, you will be able to get the right rental with ease.
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In most cases, when a person goes out for a night on the town, they will consume alcohol. If you are unable to find a designated driver, you will be putting yourself at risk of a DUI if you try to drive home. Rather than facing the negative consequences that are involved in getting a DUI conviction, you will need to rent a party bus instead. In most cases, party buses will come with a full bar. This means that you will be able to party the night away and get home safely with no problem.
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If the thought of jumping from bar to bar does not appeal to you, then getting a party bus is a great option. By renting a party bus, you will be able to eat and drink in style without having to get off of this mode of transport. Before renting a party bus, you will need to take some time to figure out what type of amenities that it has to offer. Paying more for a party bus with a full bar, food and a DJ will be well worth it.
In order to get the right party bus rented, you will need to take some time to do your homework.


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Ruby to eat! Drinking Pomegranate juice to lose weight-a "Super food" project
Appearance looks bright to drops of red pomegranate, often as medicinal of plant one of, also has many ancient medical books are had records had red pomegranate of health effect, not only nutrition value rich, uses also is widely, from external skin maintenance, and anti-aging to body of resistance chronic diseases, and drop cholesterol,, effect are is good, also so red pomegranate also was called "can eat of Ruby", is precious of food.
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Pomegranate health benefits excellent oxidation resistance and increases satiety, and prevention of chronic disease. (Images/taken from Wikipedia)
Polyphenols can delay aging
Has two major antioxidants in pomegranate, pomegranate polyphenols and anthocyanins, as well as vitamins c, B6, e, folic acid, and vitamin c content is higher than that on Apple 200%, has also become the choice of beauty care products natural ingredients making antioxidant skin care products.
Rich in flavonoids of pomegranate, and induced in the human body caused by disease or aging free radicals and therefore can reduce the risk of arteriosclerosis, cancer, in addition to clear the body of free radicals can also help delay aging, make people look younger, can keep a careful and beautiful skin.
Drinking Pomegranate juice to prevent cardiovascular disease
Last published in "United States journal of clinical nutrition" reports that drinking Pomegranate juice every day for two weeks to slow the oxidation of the body is 40%; can also reduce the deposition of oxidized cholesterol in the body. To reduce cholesterol, blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease effects are also very remarkable.
Drinking Pomegranate juice before meals to increase satiety
United Kingdom Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (Queen Margaret University) study published earlier this year said that for 3 weeks before dinner drink 1 glass of Pomegranate juice, can effectively reduce the consumption of meals, increase satiety, for people who want to control weight and diet, is a great boon.
-Pomegranate juice
Ingredients: Pomegranate juice 20c.c., orange juice, 20c.c., lemon, 10c.c., sugar in moderation.
Practice: put sugar into the Cup, then order the Pomegranate juice, orange juice, lemon juice and slowly into the Cup, stir, and finally put on the cup of orange slices.
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By Ben Blanchard
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Tsai Chin-sheng's voice rises with emotion when asked whether he feels Taiwanese or Chinese. Then he utters the response that Beijing fears most.
"Of course I'm pure Taiwanese. I'm not Chinese. We are not a province of China. We are our own country," Tsai said in thickly accented Mandarin through teeth stained red from chewing betel nut, a popular stimulant.
"We have democracy and human rights here. What the hell does China have to offer?" added Tsai, an enthusiastic supporter of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which hopes to unseat the China-friendly Nationalists in presidential elections on January 14.
"Maybe the Chinese tourists who come here now can learn a thing or two from us and apply it when they go home," said the businessman, a resident of southern Taiwan's balmy port city of Kaohsiung, a DPP stronghold and pro-independence hotbed.
China claims Taiwan as its own, to be taken back by force if necessary, though the two have been ruled separately since defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island in 1949 at the end of a civil war with the Communists.
Decades of dictatorship and repression followed by a gusty uptaking of democracy have engendered not only pride at Taiwan's generally smooth transition to rule by the ballot box, but also a growing feeling of distance and difference from China.
Many Taiwanese look with nervousness, if not fear, at China, where the ruling Communist Party remains unmoved by calls for political liberalization.
Taiwan's free-wheeling press covers the island's politics in a critical way unthinkable for China's stodgy state-controlled media, and giving ink to Chinese dissidents and unrest in the mainland that would never make it past Beijing's censors.
This open debate helps reinforce the deep unwillingness in Taiwan to be absorbed politically by China, and the popular feeling that the island is very different from the mainland and this is something to be cherished and protected.
The sentiment is felt particularly keenly in Kaohsiung, one of the main heartlands of Taiwanese cultural identity and where, in 1979, rights activists held a landmark rally which helped spark Taiwan's eventual democratic transition.
"We can talk to China but it must be on the basis of equality, as nation-to-nation," said Hsiao Chuang, a supporter of opposition presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, out pressing the flesh on a trendy Kaohsiung shopping street.
"Ma Ying-jeou stinks. He wants to sell us out to China," he added, referring to the current president, who signed a series of landmark economic deals with China after taking office in 2008, sparking a rapprochement between the two sides.
China has recently hinted those deals could be at risk if the DPP does not adopt a more positive policy toward Beijing.
The party has sought a more moderate line. It no longer openly backs independence which earned Chen Shui-bian, president from 2000 to 2008, such enmity from China.
But some DPP supporters in Kaohsiung don't seem to have got that message, or at least don't believe the softer stance.
"I will vote for them because they will make us independent," said taxi driver Chen Wen-ling. "Native Taiwanese have to vote for the DPP. It is our duty."
Most Taiwanese, though, say they would rather maintain the status quo of de facto independence as the "Republic of China" than declare formal independence and risk a Chinese attack.
But they show little enthusiasm to join up with their ethnic kin across the narrow Taiwan Strait, even if ancestrally many can trace their origins to the province of Fujian, which faces Taiwan and shares the same main dialect.
Even among Nationalist Party supporters, there is little willingness to accept that they are Chinese, apart from culturally or historically.
The Nationalists, who once tried suppressing Taiwan's own cultural identity, are also now trying to portray themselves as Taiwanese, hoping to win the voters' hearts.
Though friendly to China, Ma has resisted any efforts at opening political dialogue with Beijing or committing himself to making a decision on Taiwan's future status.
He has been successful at identifying himself with Taiwan, learning to speak the island's predominant Hokkien dialect and portraying himself as a "new Taiwanese," despite not being born on the island, a source of suspicion for some.
In Kaohsiung though, most Ma supporters keep a low profile.
One exception is Yang Yu-mei, who runs a shop selling clothing decorated with Republic of China flags and displaying several pictures of her meeting Ma. Brushes with DPP supporters, whom she says sometimes kick the flags outside her store, have not dampened her ardor.
She is so keen on the Nationalists that her mobile phone ringtone is former president Chiang Ching-kuo, who fostered Taiwan's transition to democracy in the 1980s, leading a crowd shouting "Long Live the Republic of China!"
Still, even she is lukewarm on getting any closer to China.
"The current status quo is best. We don't want war with China," said Yang.
"I am a citizen of the Republic of China who lives on Taiwan," she added. "We can say and do what we want here without the fear of anyone looking over our shoulder, and that is very important."
China has hoped that with closer economic links, and with the series of trade agreements signed by Ma, the island will start to feel more positive about Beijing.
While Taiwan's airlines, hotels and major corporations have certainly benefited, many ordinary people say they have felt little impact.
The media has lapped up stories of mainland tourists being too noisy, jumping queues and generally behaving badly. It's something that plays well in the pro-independence south.
"I've seen no benefit from them being here," complained Huang Hsiao-yan, a cook at one of Kaohsiung's heaving night markets. "The mainland tourists buy only fruit or trinkets. They don't eat here. I don't like them at all."
The once heavily industrialized Kaohsiung has lost many of its companies and factories to China, drawn away by a massive population and low manufacturing costs.
The effect can be seen on the city's sleek new subway network, where it is easy to find a seat even at rush hour. Many would-be commuters have long since decamped to China to work.
"Business has not been good in Kaohsiung for many years now. Everyone has gone to China," complained bar owner Landy Hsu.
"The only Chinese tourists we see around here are men asking us if we have any women, if you know what I mean," piped up her friend and colleague Melody Chin.
When it comes to China, the crucial aspect for many in Taiwan is they want the right to decide their own future.
"You can't choose your relatives, but you can choose whether to spend time with them," said Kaohsiung gallery curator Jemmy Chu, overseeing an exhibition on 100 years since the fall of China's last emperor and establishment of the Republic of China.
One day, perhaps, China could have a democratic revolution too, he added.
"At the moment China is like a bad grandmother who you would not want to have anything to do with. That could change. People complain about China but the Taiwanese have short memories. We were once exactly like them and we were able to change."
(Editing by Brian Rhoads and Jonathan Thatcher)


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By Money Observer
The reputation of ethical investing has taken a bit of a battering over the years. From poor rates of financial return to companies professing to be ethical and not delivering on their promise to improve society or their business practices; the 'investing for good' investment philosophy has not quite lived up to its billing.
By Every Investor
Ensure money managers use your money to make ethical investments. If you don't already know, this is 'Good Money Week'. It's an opportunity for you to ensure that those you trust with your money are looking after it capably and using it in ways that benefit society and protect the environment. At ShareAction, the movement for Responsible Investment, we hear often from people asking how they can ensure that they're "investing their values." Here are five things you can do during Good Money Week to ensure your money makes a better future:
By Co-operative News
What organisations do with their money is being increasingly caught on the public radar, bringing ethical issues to the forefront. From dodgy tax decisions to questionable investments, businesses are being highlighted more and more for what they do with their customers' money. Ethics and values are at the core of co-operatives and mutuals, meaning they can offer more examples of sensible investments and long-term decisions. This luxury comes from not being held accountable for a fast buck by shareholders – and it's one that should be celebrated more widely.
By Blue & Green Tomorrow
Good Money Week is well underway, with events being held across the country to promote and celebrate sustainable and ethical finance opportunities. The annual awareness-raising event is truly for everyone – not just traditional investors and finance professionals but for all customers and users of financial products.
By Financial News
The chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association has warned that the "majority of assets are not being run with adequate attention to environmental, social and governance [factors]".Simon Howard speaks to Financial News during Good Money Week — a UKSIF campaign to raise awareness of sustainable investment — about stranded assets, why ESG should not be detrimental to returns and why he hopes UKSIF won't be around in 15 years' time.
By The Scotsman
Ethical investment is for savers large or small, says Murdo Macdonald. It was that great 20th century philosopher Bob Dylan who reminded us: "Money doesn't talk – money swears!" Of course, he wasn't the first person to warn of the dangers of money: Jesus warned his hearers, 2000 years earlier, that "you cannot serve both God and money" (Luke 16: 13). So, if money is so toxic, what is "Good money Week" (GMW) (19-25th Oct 2014) all about?
By Vigeo
In 2013/2014, the European SRI retail fund market has continued to grow: assets under management (AUM) are now € 127bn (€108bn last year) within 957 funds (922 in 2013), The five largest asset increases have been recorded in France (€7.6 bn), UK (€3.1 bn), Spain (€1.7bn), Switzerland (€1.2 bn) and Sweden (€1.1 bn), The market share of SRI funds increased in all markets, recording remarkable increases in the Netherlands (17.8% of the national AUM), Belgium (7.5%), France (4%), Switzerland (3.8%) and Germany (3.1%).
By Money Observer
Although almost two-thirds of UK investors want to invest ethically in the next few years, TD Direct Investing claims not enough information is readily available for them to make an informed decision. A survey of investors by the investment platform found that 64 per cent plan to invest ethically in the near to mid future, but 57 per cent need more information about the performance of ethical stocks before they commit, and 42 per cent find it difficult to find information about specific funds.
By FT Adviser
Most people state categorically that they want their money to be invested in line with ethical principles, but failures in reporting from advisers, banks and providers means many do not understand that their own savings and pensions contained ethical options, research has found.
By Blue & Green Tomorrow
The majority of the British public believes that the government and other institutions must cut the jargon and do more to effectively communicate financial information, according to a new poll. Commissioned by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) to coincide with Good Money Week, the poll reveals 45% of people admit to having been confused when receiving financial information. Some 77% of respondents said they did not know how sustainable investment works, while 55% and 27% respectively were unsure what a credit union or ISA is.