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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
MFS - The Other News
Afternoon Posting.
Imam: 'Terrorists are Real Men'.Imam says that Terrorists are the real men and that Americans are not. Further, he says that General Petraus "will be defeated and sent straight to hell."
"The Netherlands subsidizes mosque Ground Zero '!Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party has tabled parliamentary questions in response to a message on the website daily standaard.nl Netherlands that the Netherlands participates in the construction of a mosque a stone's throw from Ground Zero in New York by the financing of $ 1,000,000 Dutch taxpayers' money.The following questions have been asked to the minister.
Video: CAIR Rep on CNN to Discuss Opposition to U.S. Mosques.
HT:Barenaked Islam .video: Glenn Beck on holding Muslim Day on 9/12.It's like holding Japanese day on Dec 8 1946.
Pavel The Osminog? Paul the eight-armed Cassandra might find work in Russia.At least if the head of Russia's National Association of Bookmakers has his way.
Turkey foreign minister meets with Hamas leader.The Hamas website said they also spoke of how to break Israel's Gaza blockade.How about kicking Turkey out of Nato to celebrate their love for Hamas?
*Geert Wilders* message to Muslims."Muslims Debate asked Mr. Geert Wilders why he became anti-Islam and what is his message to the Muslims?"As a Dutch, a European and a Western politician, my responsibility is primarily to the Dutch people, to the Europeans and the West. However, since the liberation of the Muslims from Islam, will benefit all of us, I wholeheartedly support Muslims who love freedom. My message to them is clear: "Fatalism is no option; 'Inch' Allah' is a curse;Submission is a disgrace.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Mel Gibson Punched Oksana Twice, Choked Her & Then Threatened To Murder Her & Family, She Tells Authorities."The Truth is out there?"
Evangelical extremism.There was an ad on the telly this morning for Jack Van Impe, an evangelical preacher who has been around for decades. In the ad, he asserts that biblical prophecy essentially points to President Barack Obama as the Antichrist, intent on reaching fame through a peace plan for the Middle East.Evangelical Extremism or truth?
President Obama to push Congress on pay-fairness bill.Anything go's to get voters and ruin America's economy?
HT:JIDF.Why are Prominent "anti-Jihadists" Gushing Over anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, anti-Christian Bigot?
Altered BP photo comes into question."I guess if you're doing fake crisis response, you might as well fake a photo of the crisis response center." The photo doctoring comes as BP has promised transparency in a bid to regain the public's trust.
Baby tale not black and white.A white baby girl with a mop of blonde hair and blue eyes has been born to black parents living in London. How is this possible?
Lesbian student settles missed prom lawsuit.A teenage lesbian who sued her school district over its ban of same-sex prom dates has accepted an offer to settle the case.
Flotilla Myths: A Girl Tore Off Her Ear in Order to Donate Her Earring to the People of Gaza."Stories of 1001 arabian nights?"
Race Card Fraud.Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.This year's target is the Tea Party.
Mysterious Cameron Foundation Awards Grant to Pro-Obama Community Organizers.Community organizing teaches us that if something is important, it is worth fighting for. Since the forces you are up against are likely to be ruthless and powerful, you need to decide what your ethical limits are then be willing to do what you need to do within those limits. This includes fighting fire with fire and compromise as needed.Sounds 1936 Hitler periode no?
It's Time to Tell the Truth About Killing Women in the Name of Allah, Most Merciful."Canada is on the verge of adding honor killings to its federal criminal code, affirming the practice of murdering girls and women who supposedly bring dishonor to a family as "barbaric cultural practices" and "heinous abuses."
Video: USDA ex-worker: Administration 'wasn't interested' in truth."I figured that if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him," she said.
HT:Israel Matzav.Sheer stupidity to ignore the religious in Muslim terrorism.To ignore it is like trying to deal with a train without noticing the locomotive.
Republican Election Commissioner Found Murdered in Monroe County!This was a Chicago style slaying if ever there was one. The people will want to know who is really responsible and why...
HT:Weasel Zippers.Utah: City Flies Mexican Flag, Prayers Delivered in Spanish During Fourth of July Parade, Shockingly, People Have a Problem With This…What do you expect with such a President?
HT:Weasel Zippers.Ayman al-Poopy Stained Forehead Says Arab Leader Worse Than da Joooos, Rips Jordan's King For Working With NY Times Columnist Thomas Friedman…
HT:Weasel Zippers.MSA & ACLU ask Boulder City Council to reconsider its new dress code.They object to anything that may prevent Muslims from wearing their traditional head coverings.Obamaproved!
U.S. and S. Korea to Conduct War Games Next Week.The exercises, to be conducted from Sunday to Wednesday, are to include an American aircraft carrier, the George Washington, as well as some 20 ships and submarines, 100 aircraft and 8,000 men and women from the American and Korean armed services.
NGOs against Russian diplomat's appointment to top UN post.Russia is one of the only countries in the world where methadone and needle exchanges are banned.
Floods test China's Three Gorges Dam.Rescuers search for survivors after flooding, landslides in Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces.
New Laser Weapon Blasts Spy Drones Out of the Sky.A U.S. defense company wants to take drone wars to a new level with a laser weapon capable of shooting down unmanned aircraft.
Russian prosecutors probe parasailing donkey.U.S. Democrats "No Comment".
Driving From Italy To China ... With No Driver.It's a modern-day version of Marco Polo's journey halfway around the world — but is anyone at the controls?
The secret grave of would-be Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg may have been discovered, it emerged today.Woodland dig for secret grave of failed assassin of Hitler ordered after after revelation in cemetery worker's will.
Mel Gibson Isn't Just an Angry Narcissist.His tirades are the distilled violence, cruelty, and bigotry of right-wing Catholic ideology.Every time Mel Gibson unburdens himself of a tirade against Jews or "n______s" or uncooperative females, there are commentators on hand to create a mystery where none exists.
"Millions" Of Home Routers Vulnerable To Web Hack.The upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas offers an annual parade of security researchers revealing new ways to break various elements of the Internet. But few of the talks have titles quite as alarming as one on this year's schedule: "How to Hack Millions of Routers."
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MFS - The Other News
Morning Posting.
Handicapping the 2010 Election: The Five Biggest Mysteries.Fifteen weeks until the election, political prophets are peddling the kind of glib certainty about the future normally found at an astrologer's convention.
Lat Am nations bid to join Mexico in Arizona case.Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru filed separate, nearly identical motions to join Mexico's legal brief supporting the lawsuit filed by U.S. civil rights and other advocacy groups.
Licence to practice not renewed for lawyers who defend human rights,Tibetans, pro-rights activists or Falun Gong.
Mexico arrests man with 18 monkeys around his waist.Ay Caramba !No "monkey business" here!
BP Considers New Plan to Permanently Seal Well.B.P. suffering from "Déjà vu"?
Mel Gibson saga:Oksana Signed, Then Rejected $15 Mil Deal."From Russia with calculator?"
Ocean Conservancy: "President Obama Starts a Sea Change for Our Ocean",more here.President signs an Executive Order establishing a National Ocean Policy and marine planning framework; takes an historic step for a healthy environment and economy.Oh my God more "Change"?
Billy Nungesser is brutally honest about poor Fed response to Gulf oil spill.The video Obama doesn't want you to see.
Documents show media plotting to kill stories about Rev. Jeremiah Wright.Gibson asked Obama why it had taken him so long – nearly a year since Wright's remarks became public – to dissociate himself from them. Stephanopoulos asked, "Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?"
Frequent Muslim Speaker to Kids in New York Schools Supports Hamas, Hezbollah.In an interview with PJM, Hassan Shibly claims his school talks are non-political despite evidence to the contrary.Shibly is not shy about stating that "Hezbollah is absolutely not a terrorist organization." Rather, he says the group is a "resistance movement" and "any war against them is illegitimate."
In sign of warming ties, Turkey FM reportedly meets Hamas chief.Davutoglu and Meshal discuss ways to break Israeli siege on Gaza, Palestinian reconciliation efforts, and Turkey's demands in aftermath of flotilla raid, according to Anatolia news agency.Ok Turkey -Hamas -Iran and Syria how much more they need before they kick Turkey out of NATO?
Cat saga stirs diplomatic world.South American ambassador to Israel deserts wife, takes away her money, 40 beloved cats.Hmmm "you got to choose between me or the cats"?
Spider-infested ship turned away from port.Thousands spill out as cargo is unloaded; vessel last docked in South Korea.
HT:Hotair Pundit.Video: Brown Berets harass American patriots protesting illegal immigration.
Only 15 states have majority that approve of Obama.Still that many who believe In his "Change"?
The Spot-and-Shoot Game: Israeli female soldiers kill by remote control.The female soldiers, located far away in an operations room, are responsible for aiming and firing remote-controlled machine-guns mounted on watch-towers every few hundred metres along an electronic fence that surrounds Gaza.Looks that kill?
Human rights attorney who claimed she was beaten by Egyptian officials has gone missing.In her July 8th video, a badly-bruised and clearly-injured Al-Imam appeared with her two young children. They sang a Christian hymn, asking Christ to hold their hands and strengthen them as they "suffer high waves of persecution." Shortly after the video aired, the Al-Tareq offices were vandalized and Al-Imam and her children disappeared.
Iran versus International Atomic Energy Association.Iran accused the IAEA of treating it on political grounds. It accused two inspectors of fabricating data and leaking it.
Sea floor methane gas leak confirmed:Are local Florida authorities part of oil spill media blackout?However, this leak may not be new. In the early stages of the 90 day-old disaster, oil industry expert Matt Simmons told NBC News that a major area of seepage was coming from an area about 7 miles from the well. Simmons called it the "elephant behind the mouse."
Turkish court indicts 196 over suspected coup plot.A Turkish court indicted 196 people on Monday, among them retired military commanders, over an alleged plot to overthrow the government which has its roots in political Islam, state-run Anatolian news agency said.
Kremlin Regains Grip On Oil-Rich Muslim Republics.With the old leadership being pushed out in both Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, the Kremlin is showing it is confident it can eliminate the last relics of the Yeltsin era, manage the Muslim populations in the country and bring the final pieces of Russia's mighty economic wealth under Kremlin control.
Singapore arrests British author for defamation.Singapore has arrested a British author as part of a criminal defamation investigation related to his book on the city-state's death penalty policy, police said Monday.
Raiding Iranian nuclear facilities: strategic considerations.A persuasive argument for the U.S. to approve an Israeli raid is that a successful raid would make feasible a U.S. withdrawal from its current wars without concern that Iran would fill the vacuum.
Three Gorges dam faces major flood test.China's massive Three Gorges dam faces the biggest test so far of its flood control as torrential rains swell the rivers that feed it."The levels of this flooding will be higher than the historic floods of 1954 and 1998," Wei Shanzhong, the head of the flood control and drought administration office for the Yangtze river, told China Central TV.
Israel appoints new UN ambassador.Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the weekend quietly appointed Israel's next ambassador to the United Nations, career diplomat Meron Reuben.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
MFS - The Other News
Afternoon Posting.
Update!Feds: Oil, gas leaking from cap on ruptured well.BP's broken well was leaking oil and gas again Monday for the first time since the company capped it last week, but the Obama administration's spill chief said it was no cause for alarm. The stopper was left in plac for now.
Affordable Care Act proves to be anything but for Florida residents with pre-existing conditions.Florida residents can expect to pay the highest premiums in the nation when compared to the nineteen other pre-existing insurance plans run by the Department of Health and Human Services. In addition, a $2500 deductible must be met before benefits.Obamaproved!
Gee, What Do You Think Attracted Obama to This Ice Cream Shop?Notice anything familiar about their logo?It's pretty much the same thing as the "black power" logo, except with a spoon!Obamaproved !Racism ?Nooooooooo
Al Qaeda's Second-in-Command Slams Gaza Blockade... by Egypt.Just wondering: does this mean -- officially -- that Al Qaeda is more tolerant of Israel than Barack Obama?
The Miracle Baby from Israel.The Israeli media is trumpeting a new modern miracle from a baby to be. "I saw something floating in the amniotic fluid and the baby grabbed and waved it, as if trying to tell us - take a look at that, something is wrong. ??
HT:Debbie Schlussel.Celebrate "Muslim Family Day" @ Six Flags on . . . September 12th?!Just a coincidence the day after September 11 th?
Video:Polish Porn Star Calls Mel Gibson 'Abusive'.A Polish porn filmmaker who claimed she had a steamy three-month affair with Hollywood star Mel Gibson said Sunday he was abusive towards her.
Video:PA TV Teaches Children to Be 'Combatants' against Israel.So much for your peace plan MR Obama!
Another Obama party tonight: 'A Broadway Celebration'.Fresh from a weekend vacation in Main, and in the midst of criticism for his frequent partying, President Obama will host a White House Broadway concert tonight. Labeled: "A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House". The event is part of a concert series hosted by Obama and the First Lady, that is scheduled to air tonight online and on PBS in October."I will not rest"
al Qaeda Hit Lists, Bomb-Making Tips Led to Shutdown of Blogging Site.Fox News reports a popular website that hosted more than 70,000 bloggers was shut down suddenly last week after the FBI informed its chief technology officer that the site contained hit lists, bomb-making documents and links to Al Qaeda materials, it was reported on Monday.
Gallup Polls Shows: Obama Should Start Planning for Life After the White House.How about playing golf?
Rush to introduce online privacy bill.Few details are known about Rush's bill, but a hearing is scheduled for Thursday. Privacy lobbyists said they expect to see some elements of Rush's subcommittee's previously passed data security bill. The legislation may also take aim at offline data collection practices, such as grocery store savings cards.
Must read!Does Obamacare mandate BMI screening?I conducted my examination by searching both documents for "bmi." This resulted in a large number of hits, but only two referred to "Body Mass Index." The majority were some form the word "submit," which says a lot about Obamacare in itself.
Therefore, it appears that the rumor is true as far as the claims that Obamacare will require an EHR for all Americans and that the EHR will be required to include a calculation for BMI.
Obama pushes America closer to the brink of rebellion.How can we "trust" Obama when he has back peddled, or crushed so many of his promises outright? We can't trust him!Yesterday, the Fed's shut down 73,000 blogs.Obama has displayed his lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution.By his recent actions it is apparent that he seeks Federal dictatorship over State Governments.
AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection.For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms.
HT:Hot Air.TARP audit claims Obama admin destroyed "tens of thousands" of jobs in dealer closures.
HT:Big peace.Elena Kagan's Work to Make Constitutions More Shariah-Compliant.During her years as Dean of Harvard Law School, from 2003-2009, she ran and greatly expanded the Islamic Legal Studies Program. In publications and conferences, her program tolerated – indeed promoted – the Saudi-influenced introduction of Shariah law into national Constitutions.Still not getting it?Harvard - Conspiracy ..... i think there's something way bigger then Watergate going on, right under our noses!
Mystery for White House: Where Did the Jobs Go?
Sen. Cornyn: 'I Think A Lot Of People Are Looking Back With More Fondness On President Bush's Administration.
The Russian Bear Awakens.Quick - name the number one oil producer in the world.Here's a hint - it is not Saudi Arabia.It is Russia.Did you know that Russia is rapidly becoming one of the top suppliers of oil to the United States?It's true.So is it smart for the U.S. to start becoming dependent on oil from Russia?No, probably not.
The Zionist Imam.Opposition to Israel is an offense against Allah.What should one think about a Muslim Imam who encourages Israeli settlers to go on building? A leader of Italian Muslims who doubts the Palestinians' right to any part of Israel? A pupil of the Grand Mufti of Cairo who declares that the Qur'an itself grants the whole Land of Israel to the Jews, so that any opposition to the Jewish state is an offense against Allah? Surprisingly, Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi, 49, is not on any Islamist hit list.
HT:Breitbart Tv.Video Proof: The NAACP Awards Racism,showing a federal appointee describing her racist behavior toward a white farmer in need of federal assistance. The NAACP has yet to renounce her behavior.
2 Pakistani Christians killed at courthouse.Gunmen killed two Pakistani Christian brothers accused of blasphemy against Islam as they left court on Monday, a government minister and police said.Islam a religion of peace ?
Iran files complaint against US, NATO over mosque attack.I've got news"Christians" don't commit suicide bombings".
BP oil cap may not have stopped leak.US government demands answers as engineers detect seepage and possible methane gas leak on seabed of Gulf of Mexico.Admiral Thad Allen, who is in charge of the US government's response to the disaster, has written to BP demanding answers to "undetermined anomalies at the well head".
BP oil spill: failed safety device on Deepwater Horizon rig was modified in China.Blow-out preventer was sent to Far East at BP's request rather than overhauled in US.
Secretary Clinton may be one of the highest-profile attendees at Tuesday's Kabul Conference, but Afghan women fear their opinions won't be heard—and they worry new deals with fighters will roll back their hard-fought rights.Off cource since when have the Islamic Taliban respected women?
HT:Weasel Zippers.Unreal: Aide to NYC Mayor Bloomberg Calls Sarah Palin a Racist For Opposing Ground Zero Mosque…Racism is just a word, devoid of any real meaning these days, that liberals throw out when someone says something they disagree with. Also, Islam is not a race…
A hidden world, growing beyond control.The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
Lost in Taxation.The IRS's vast new ObamaCare powers.The new duties include audits to determine who has the insurance "as required by law" and collecting penalties from Americans who don't. Companies that don't sponsor health plans will also be punished. This crackdown will "involve nearly every division and function of the IRS," Ms. Olson reports.Obamaproved.
Iranian nation "awakening" - Ahmadinejad."They do know that if the Iranian nation is awakened, it enjoys so many high values that will help it reach the highest peaks in the world," he said.
'Israel convinces US with Credible military plan on Iran'.Recent media reports suggests Jerusalem has increased diplomatic efforts to persuade White House that credible military option needed.
So much for détente: China aims 2,000 missiles at Taiwan despite warming relations.The analysis of the country's attack capabilities found the missiles – several hundred more than China is currently believed to have - could destroy 90 per cent of the island's infrastructure if launched this year.Why wouldn't they they know Obama is only good at golf and even on this has limits.
HT:Islamo -Nazism.Entire southern Israel taken over illegally by Bedouins.The bedouins lay claim to some 800,000 dunams, which is about 16 times the size of Tel-Aviv. There is almost no area in the Negev which is not claimed by this or that bedouin.
CNN Guest Compares Black Tea Party Protesters to Jewish Guards at Nazi Concentration Camps (Video).
Is NAACP blind to Farrakhan & Co.? The Nation of Islam is built on racism and lies.Neither King nor any reputable people doing serious work would have anything to do with the Nation of Islam. It was too racist and too much of an intellectual embarrassment.
New Law could Restore KGB-Era Powers In Russia.
Germany sets up hotline for would-be militant Islamists.The hotline service, aimed at helping Muslims who feel pressured into espousing extremist ideas, has been dubbed "HATIF," after the Arabic word for telephone.
China: Black oil slick covering 100 km2 of sea in Dalian,more here.More than 400 workers rushed to contain an oil spill into the sea yesterday from an oil leak caused by Friday's explosion of two crude oil pipelines in Dalian, Liaoning. In just one day, the leak expanded from 50 to 100 km2. The oil terminal at the Dalian Xingang harbour, China's main oil and gas hub, was shut down.
India:Karnataka: Jesuits promote development of Kurubas, tribal and shepherds. Kamal Kishore, a veterinarian and scientist who participated in drafting the document, commented on the work of the Jesuits: "As I went from village to village, it became apparent that here was a monumental work done . I believe that it must be the only example of its kind in India".
Horton Plains Slender Loris pictured for first time.One of the world's rarest primates driven to the brink of extinction by Britain's taste for tea has been photographed for the first time, scientists said.
Fossil hunters in Australia have discovered a cave filled with the 15-million-year-old remains of prehistoric marsupials.The rare haul of fossils includes 26 skulls from an extinct, sheep-sized marsupial with giant claws.
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MFS - The Other News
Morning Posting.
Pope's Birmingham open air mass targeted by Muslim group.The sinister orders have appeared in an inflammatory article on a hardline website called the Islamic Standard – which also brands the Pontiff 'evil'.Islam bringing back the Crusades?
Oil expert Simmons insists 20 million people are entrapped in harms way.Simmons, former energy adviser to the second President Bush, explained that according to his reading of the data from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, capping of the so-called riser and the subsequent announcement by U.S. President Obama was "the biggest con job we've ever seen."
David Limbaugh: Obama's the "most" racial president.While President Obama has touted himself as a post-racial president, he has built a record demonstrating precisely the opposite. Is it Obama's bitterness, or is the incessant playing of the race card by him and many of his supporters merely calculated political exploitation -- or both? Let's look at a non-exhaustive list of examples since Obama took office.
Feds let BP keep Gulf oil cap closed despite seep.White House energy adviser Carol Browner told the CBS "Early Show" the seep was found less than two miles from the well site.
Michael Rubin: Turkey Beyond the Brink.Recently, American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Rubin addressed a luncheon on Capitol Hill and gave a master class on the devolution of the once-secular state of Turkey into the swamp of Islamism with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party.
HT:Sultan knish.About That Racist Tea Party Movement.The NAACP welcomed in a man who said, "White people are potential humans…they haven't evolved yet."A man who's wife you can see here together with Rev. Willie T. Barrow, known as "the Little Warrior and among them Mrs Obama.
Muslim bus drivers refuse to let guide dogs on board.Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their 'unclean' guide dogs.
One pensioner, a cancer sufferer, told how had twice been confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog, and had also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.Islam a religion of intolerance?
On March 1st, 1945, FDR addressed Congress and told them;"I learned more about the whole problem, the Moslem problem, the Jewish problem, by talking with Ibn Saud for five minutes than I could have learned in the exchange of two or three dozen letters."
Former New Yorker Samir Khan behind graphics of new Al Qaeda recruiting magazine Inspire: officials.
In 2007, he told the New York Times that he was a typical American kid until he turned 15 and went to a weeklong summer camp sponsored by the Islamic Organization of North America.
Video:Three Things About Islam You Should Know.
BP, US Government send conflicting signals over keeping Macondo well cap closed.For the past 3 months, the public has been mislead regarding everything from the amount oil spilling, to the real damage 1.8 million gallons of Corexit dispersant can cause.
The US fears oil may be seeping from the ocean floor near the stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well.The official in charge of the clean-up, Thad Allen, said if a substance leaking from the seabed was found to be methane this might mean oil was also leaking.More on this developing news:Government says leak detected 'a distance from' oil well
HT:Weasel Zippers.Official: Seep found near BP's blown-out oil well.This will go down as the most mismanaged environmental disaster in the history of the planet.A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP's busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
HT:Creeping Sharia.Growing number of Canadians adopting violent jihad is alarming.The Mountie in charge of investigating terrorist threats says he's alarmed at the growing number of Canadians adopting violent jihad.Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud said RCMP are aware of a number of Canadians who are currently training at Islamic terror camps.
Pat Condell Blasts Shari'ah."If you live in the United States, and especially if you've ever accused anyone of Islamophobia, I urge you to read this book: Muslim Mafia If you read only one book this year or only one book in your whole life, make it this one for your sake and for the sake of your children, especially the female ones."
Obama Deception Censored."The Obama Deception was getting more and more popular, and the establishment doesn't like the fact that it exposes the Left-Right paradigm and identifies Obama as a puppet," said Alex Jones.
Why Web host shut down 73,000 blogs a mystery. In an interview, a BurstNet spokesman declined to identify the law enforcement agency that ordered Blogetery shut down or provide the reason but did say that it had nothing to do with copyright violations.First They Came for the Bloggers…
Obama Gains Evangelical Allies on Immigration.The Rev. Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois. Three other evangelical pastors were in the audience, front and center. Their presence was a testament, in part, to the work of politically active Hispanic evangelical pastors, who have forged friendships with non-Hispanic pastors in recent years while working in coalitions to oppose abortion and same-sex marriage.
HT:The Daily Beast.Reboot America!Fourteen million out of work! Sixteen notable economists and historians have joined in a consensus statement for The Daily Beast demanding urgent action on unemployment and the faltering recovery.
'Leave your job or we will cut your head off your body...'Women have reported attacks and received letters warning of violence if they continue to work or even contact radio stations to request songs. Islam a religion of peace?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali vs. Avi Lewis: Video & Dennis Prager Analysis.
HT: Elder of Zion.Swastika's in Lebanon. Germany not amused.
PLO Official: 'The Nazis' and Zionists' Mutual Goal [Was] to Purge Germany of Jews and Deport Them to Arab Palestine'.The Zionists "Exaggerate the Persecution Stories and the Number [of Jews Victimized by the Nazis]"
Two Photos That Illustrate the Unfettered Lunacy of the Democrat Party.
Intellect and teleprompters trumped by ineffective leadership.Smooth talk and a cooperative media cannot prevent the growing climate that the Obama presidency is failing on many levels. The president says he's tired of the Washington blame game, yet no one is using it more than his White House operatives and him respectively.
Obama casts Republicans as party of the rich.Comrade
Gulf coast residents crossing their fingers while Obama shows no concern.For instance, it was reported that nearly all the cleanup workers who worked on the Valdez oil spill crew in Alaska in 1989 have subsequently died of some sort of toxic related illnesses. The average age reached by any of these workers was 51.
Israel Skewered by Medical Journal.The Lancet publishes a multi-article series on Palestinian health written by Israel boycotters that goes way beyond accepted medical norms.
California can't legalize marijuana.No matter what argument you use, the fact remains that the federal Controlled Substances Act makes it a felony to grow or sell cannabis.
HT:Astute Bloggers.Obamacare makes it illegal to "live off the grid".Let's say you wanted to buy some land in the country and build a log cabin and farm and hunt your land and live without hooking up to public electricity or water services.Live like our the pilgrims did, like our founders. Or like some hippies in a commune.Well, Obamacare makes it illegal.
HT:The Daily Beast.Nicole LaPorte reports on the lives of the seven kids Gibson had with his ex-wife, Robyn, who've been called the "holy terrors of Malibu."
As Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out.Facebook's approach to the deaths of its users has evolved over time. Early on it would immediately erase the profile of anyone it learned had died.Ms. Chin says Facebook now recognizes the importance of finding an appropriate way to preserve those pages as a place where the mourning process can be shared online.
Syria's niqab ban is part of a clash within Islam itself.Far from the heated debates of Europe, Syria has banned the niqab in classrooms, adding another layer to this complex story.The government appears to be moving against hardline religious ideas.
Video Preview of Church's "International Burn A Koran Day".
Lost Korean War battalion awaits US MIA decision.Trapped by two Chinese divisions, troops of the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment were left to die in far northern Korea, abandoned by the U.S. command in a Korean War episode viewed as one of the most troubling in American military history.
Holidays just got better: Acres of legroom and even Indian head massages... we check out Boeing's £100m Dreamliner.
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
MFS - The Other News
Afternoon Posting.
Suicide bomber kills at least 43 in attack on Sunni militia in Baghdad.Obama: If We Work Hard, Afghanistan Could Be a Success...Like Iraq!
Iran Aims For Stricter Dress Code.Iran's general prosecutor today pushed for stricter punishments for violations of the Islamic dress code in public, arguing that under the law "violators of public chastity should be punished by being sentenced to up to two months in jail or 74 lashes."How about the leaders wearing a necktie?"
Revealed: The Chanel burka-wearing vamp who goes clubbing with Kate Moss at centre of sensational court case.Sex in the
English Defence League (EDL) Jewish Division is on Facebook.
Ignoring the Hezbollah threat at Mexican border could be Obama's Last Misstep.Unless the border is secured, it's only a matter of time before a Hezbollah terrorist attack on US soil takes place.
HT:Amnon and Jonathan.Notification of Violation.Bureaux of correct speech and thinking.Officially Obamaproved!
Life's a picnic on Germany's autobahn.Three million attend giant banquet on stretches of road between Duisburg and Dortmund.A radio traffic report said: "Attention on the A40. There is a 60km (37 mile) closure between Duisburg and Dortmund due to the longest table in the world."
A vote for doing away with race-based politics.-- Racial definition from the U.S. Census Bureau."What explains the white surge to the GOP?" commentator Patrick Buchanan asks in a recent issue of the American Conservative magazine. Among the answers, he says, is "a growing perception that Obama is biased." Or, as Glenn Beck said last year on his Fox TV show: Obama has a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
22 Statistics That Prove That The Middle Class Is Being Systematically Wiped Out Of Existence In America.
Gurkha soldier removed from duty for beheading dead Taliban commander during battle.Perhaps he should have invited him for tea and cucumber sandwiches?
HT:JIDF.GERMANY: Neo-Nazis and Muslim Migrant Youth Share Common
C'mon new what's new about this it's a plague spreading all over the world !
There needs to be taken action or else within a very short time frame the holocaust will be revived!
Syrian minister bans burqas in schools.Higher education minister prohibits face veils, saying they negate academic values.Am i reading this right?
Firms cancel health coverage.With cost rising, small companies turning to state.The relentlessly rising cost of health insurance is prompting some small Massachusetts companies to drop coverage for their workers and encourage them to sign up for state-subsidized care instead, a trend that, some analysts say, could eventually weigh heavily on the state's already-stressed budget.Well that's Obama care for you!
HT:Breibart tv.Video:Changing Arguments, Obama Administration Now Calls Insurance Mandates 'Tax Increase.When selling his health care insurance mandates to the American people, President Obama adamantly dismissed the notion that they were tax increases. Now, faced with a constitutional challenge, the administration insists that the mandates are part of congresses constitutional right to impose taxes.
US Congressional members sign on to repeal Obamacare.
Some of the nation's largest employers have announced they will be forced to make cutbacks as a result of Obamacare's job-killing mandates.
• Two independent government entities … have confirmed that the new law fails to lower health-care costs and reduce the deficit.
• Obamacare includes at least a dozen violations of President Obama's pledge to not raise taxes on middle-class families.
• The government has confirmed that the new law's massive Medicare cuts will fall squarely on the backs of seniors, millions of whom will be forced off their current Medicare coverage.
Now on July 18, 2010, 133 House of Representative have now signed on to work on repealing Obamacare.
Israeli doctors in Congo to aid burn victims get slammed for occupation.Israeli doctors working in Congo learn locals turned out to be good hosts - but working with Western volunteers is more complicated.
Médecins Sans Frontières a.k.a. Doctors Without Borders are they a political organisation or Doctors who pledged an oath to help patients?
Crops destroyed as Russia swelters in heatwave.Soaring temperatures across large swathes of Russia have destroyed nearly 10 million hectares of crops and prompted a state of emergency to be declared in 17 regions.
City Religious Sites To Receive Millions In Federal Security funds.According to Congressman Anthony Weiner, the Department of Homeland Security has awarded $5.8 million in grants to protect 80 yeshivas, museums and other cultural and religious institutions in the five boroughs, Westchester and on Long Island.
Ridding Ourselves of Obama.The problem is an ancient one. How to remove from office a king or, in a republic, an elected leader who has broken the law and/or is perceived to be a threat to both the present and future of the nation? In earlier eras, the solution was usually bloody.Because the tide is rising among Americans who would be rid of Barack Obama. I would never suggest or condone the sword, but surely one would think we the People might have recourse to the courts or Congress.
An active first family is on the move in Maine."Michelle Obama: Take Your Vacation in the Gulf, America -- If You Need Us, We'll Be in Maine".
Troubled Mel 'leaving the States' after selling his New York mansion at cut price.A source close to the family said: 'Oksana's allegations have united Mel and Robyn and this move is her idea.
Video: Chemist found Explosive Toxic Gulf SeaWater Samples Tests Methane or Corexit BP Oil Spill Horror.
Senior UN diplomat: Israel needs recognizable, capable envoy now more than ever.The next session of the UN General Assembly, which opens in September, will "almost certainly be unpleasant for Israel," a senior UN diplomat tells Haaretz.Hellooooo!
Video:Chaplin film "A Thief Catcher" to be shown for first time.
HT:Israel Matzav.A nice new shopping mall opened today in Gaza: Will the media report on it?Did all this stuff come true tunnels?
Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a 'world-killing' event.Thank God the devastating 2010 Deepwater Horizon Spill has finally been capped. While the media focuses our attention on cleanup of 219 million gallons of crude oil , the real doomsday trigger was that unleashed with the oil goes largely unnoticed.
Elena Kagan and Iftikhar Chaudhry: Another bad call by Kagan.Within days, under Elena Kagan's direction, the Harvard Law School Association awarded Chaudhry the prestigious "Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom" award, in-absentia. A year later, November 19, 2008, Elena Kagan presented the award to Chaudhry in person.So far so good – except that Chief Justice Chaudhry, that Kagan worked to re-establish with Harvard Law School's most prestigious award, is now imposing Shariah law on the rest of Pakistan's government.
Spain to consider banning burqas. Spanish government to join other European countries debating banning Islamic face veils in public spaces, government buildings.Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar a.k.a. El Cid would be so proud of you!
"No ice cream for you!" Mass. schools issuing "fat" reports.That's completely in line with the BMI index linked to the Obamaproved Healthcare.
North Korean Propaganda Boasts of Sinking South Korean Ship.A poster smuggled out of North Korea this week certainly appears to be boasting about the sinking of the Cheonan last March. It's quite timely because the North Koreans met with the UN earlier this week to again deny responsibility and demand their own investigation.
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Morning Posting.
Hey, SEIU Members--Here's a Little Secret You Won't Read in Your Local's Newsletter: 400,000 of You Will Be Fired By This Time Next Year.
Iran Passes Bill On Uranium Enrichment.The legislation also stipulates that Iran also must "retaliate" against the inspection of Iranian ships and against the refusal to give fuel to Iranian planes at international airports.Hmmm closing down the Persian gulf?
A Mosque Grows Near Brooklyn.The dubious financing of 'Cordoba House' deserves scrutiny.Rauf's ASMA website lists mainstream philanthropic donors, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York, three Rockefeller charities, the Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, three feminist-oriented groups, and six other funders. New York Muslims, however, are well aware that the Rauf scheme is also associated with financing and support from other doubtful individuals and entities in addition to Perdana, which is led by the notorious Jew-baiter Mahathir bin Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia.
Video:Jordanian Cleric Ghaleb Al-Rabab'a: Allah Will Not Let the Prophet Slayers Dwell in Jerusalem for Long.
Obama Changing "Freedom of Religion" to "Freedom of Worship".It represents an organized campaign to redefine and muddle our religious freedoms as popularly understood in the cultural narrative. And it reflects the Administration's disdain and lack of respect for religion.
Obama's Anti-Business Policies Are Our Economic Katrina.His gratuitous and overstated demonization of business is exactly the wrong approach.
Obama inherited his fiscal troubles from ... Obama.Presidents get too much credit when things go well and too much blame when things go badly. Take our current financial situation. Right now we are experiencing the largest deficit in U.S. history. In fact it is so large that this week the Fed indicated that we may never be able to pay it back.
14-year-old takes Rabbinate exams.Chief Rabbinate hopes to encourage gifted teen by allowing him to sit ordination exams, but rules his answers will not be checked or bear any weight towards future rabbinical degree.
Foreign Agents: What CAIR, Anna Chapman, and Rep. Mark Siljander Have in Common. The CAIR Observatory.org website (http://www.cairobervatory.org) documents that CAIR has received $6.6 million in cash and loans and $54.5 million in pledges from foreign principals based in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait; has met and coordinated with representatives of those foreign principals on more than 30 occasions; and has carried out over 70 political and propaganda operations on behalf of those same foreign principals.
Uzbek women accuse state of mass sterilizations.Rights groups say program designed to prevent overpopulation from fueling unrest.
This is no accident ,comrades!Will there even be elections in November?Hey, Democrats! Thinking of saving yourselves in November with an October Surprise? Fuhgetaboutit! You'll just make your defeat worse.
Women's Role in Holocaust May Exceed Old Notions.The researcher, Wendy Lower, an American historian now living in Munich, has drawn attention to the number of seemingly ordinary German women who willingly went out to the Nazi-occupied eastern territories as part of the war effort, to areas where genocide was openly occurring."Thousands would be a conservative estimate," Ms. Lower said in an interview in Jerusalem last week.
Turks complain to Roman Pope on vandalism in Karabakh church by Armenians."Respected Pope, a mosque in Karabakh that is considered as sacred by Turkish-Islamic world is being used as a cowshed. Is this the tolerance of Christian World?" I would say more tolerant then Islam there is no Christian Church in Mecca as far as i know?
Extreme Makeover: Gitmo Edition.New motto: Safe, human, legal, transparent, a.k.a. Obamaproved !
I hope Armenia will not take such a foolish step - Israeli expert.What do you think are the prospects of normalization of ties between Israel and Turkey in conditions of statements of the parties about readiness to it, but with the simultaneous preservation of principal differences on the assessment of these events?
Judge who seized Mel Gibson's guns is former cop & U.N. legal specialist who wrote book on Hitler.
Muslim Women Are On Fire—Both Actually and "Culturally".In Afghanistan, the women are setting themselves aflame, choosing an awful, fiery death rather than one more awful beating at the hands of a husband and a mother-in-law. Amazingly, when the mainstream media finally writes about this precise tragedy in Afghanistan, it still carefully manages not to use the words "Muslim" or "Islam."
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
MFS - The Other News
Afternoon Posting.
HT:Infidel Bloggers.Video: WILLFUL BLINDNESS: FBI special agent says, 'Barack Obama has so demoralized our intelligence community, they are virtually paralyzed.Even more unbelievable, in 2010, there no longer is mandatory counter-terrorism training at the FBI.
Turkish hackers steal personal details of tens of thousands of Israeli web surfers.In the wake the Gaza flotilla raid, hackers in Turkey have uncovered the e-mail addresses, passwords and personal details of tens of thousands of Israeli web users, an Israeli blogger has uncovered.
Hamas Moves to Enforce Water Pipe Ban in Gaza.In its latest attempt to try to impose a conservative Islamic way of life on Gaza, Hamas started this weekend to enforce a ban on smoking water pipes in public.Islam a religion of tolerance?
HT:Astute Bloggers.US CODE EXPLICITLY SUPPORTS ARIZONA'S IMMIGRATION LAW AND EXPOSES OBAMA AND HOLDER.
France vows to restore order after rioting in Grenoble,more on the robbery here.At least 50 cars were burnt and police were fired on."Everything that is European, we'll shoot" It will not be hard to correctly guess the ethnic and religious background of the rioters judging from this picture?
White House wanderers tour Acadia.Arriving in a small jet before the Obamas was the first dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog.A Dog gets his own Jet?Are you freaking kidding me?We all have to tighten our belt?Whatever !
Gurkha ordered back to UK after beheading dead Taliban fighter.He is understood to have removed the man's head from the area, leaving the rest of his body on the battlefield.
Biden's 2008 campaign fined $219K for violations.Election watchdogs have fined Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign more than $219,000 for sloppy bookkeeping and accepting excessive contributions, including a discounted flight on a private jet.At least he didn't get donations from the Palestinians like Hussein?
Peres is a liar, he made me cry, says Turkey PM's wife.Emine Erdogan tells PA paper that she is not usually prone to responding on political matters, but 'Peres pushed me to my limits, as he constantly lies.'So far the Comedy Channel?
Abbas says Israel must accept foreign border force.Let me guess?UN troops under command of a Turkish Diplomat called Huseyin Dirioz?When will Israel understand that Obama is implementing Gen Petraeus plan to put troops in Israel?
Victoria's Secret? Their store's had a bed bug invasion in New York (just like Abercrombie & Fitch).
Introducing The Obama Bumper Sticker Removal Kit.BS removal.com!
Appeasement of Iran: Obama leading the United States down a slippery slope."Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Repeat It"
Another reason to bounce Turkey from NATO: Giving Syria advanced weaponry.The Syrian campaign is backed by Heron (Eitan) spy drones Israel sold Turkey, made accessible on the personal say-so of Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan.Turkey therefore becomes the first NATO member to make advanced Western military technology available for the use of a strong ally of radical Iran and an active sponsor of terrorists. Turkey the Islamic "Trojan Horse"!
Iroquois passport dispute raises sovereignty issue.The rights of Native nations to govern themselves independently has long been recognized by federal treaties, but the extent of that recognition beyond U.S borders is under challenge in a post-Sept. 11 world.
Lloyd Marcus' own words: 'it's the media stupid,' said by an unhyphenated black American patriot."As I stated, I know the caliber of the patriots who attend the tea parties. If anyone displayed a truly racist sign or made a racist comment, that person would be verbally attacked by the crowd.Again, I say charges that the movement is racist are absurd.
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Oprah and other notable Dems not invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding.Have you received your invitation yet to Chelsea Clinton's wedding in two weeks? You weren't invited, you say? Don't feel bad. Neither was Oprah Winfrey or Ted Turner.That's life first they use you then they dump you when no longer usefull.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and a Question of Eugenics.Does Ginsburg see eugenic culling as a compelling state interest?"There was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."
Obama's war on jobs.Although Obama "almost certainly" means well, the effects of his policies are what count. Overall the effect is similar to what would happen if President Obama had declared war on the national economy.
Abbas clarifies terms for direct Mideast talks.More below in the "Morning Posting"
Iran Guards warn U.S. of "fallout" over bomb attack.The United States will face "fallout" from a deadly rebel bomb attack in southeast Iran, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander was quoted as saying on Saturday by a semi-official Iranian news agency.
Obama vacation brings rest, relaxation and rebuke.The Republican National Convention launched a website blasting what it considers Obama's "leisure activities or missteps" during the oil disaster, like playing golf, attending concerts and vacationing in Asheville, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and now Maine.
Obama BP spill Timeline !
Theories on Ancient Wooden Ship Found at Ground Zero.This is not the first time a wooden cargo vessel has been discovered in New York -- an 18th-century cargo ship was uncovered beneath 175 Water Street in 1982 -- but archaeologists are marveling over the longevity of the ship's timbers, preserved in a "cocoon of ooze" beneath the World Trade Center.
LA judge strips Mel Gibson of his lethal weapons.A Los Angeles judge has ordered Mel Gibson to hand over his lethal weapons -- on the same day a photo was released of what Gibson's gal pal claims is her with busted front teeth courtesy of Gibson.
Wesley Snipes loses his appeal against three-year jail term for dodging $15m in taxes.
Prisoners 'poisoned' by bad egg mayo sandwiches set for £500,000 compensation windfall.More than 300 prisoners at Britain's biggest jail - which holds 1,665 - went down with food poisoning in September last year.
Glenn Beck Sits Down With Martin Luther King Jr's Niece: Let's Set The Record Straight On The Civil Rights Movement.
Video:Huge fire after China oil explosion.A massive fire caused by an explosion at oil pipelines at a busy port in northern China has finally been extinguished after burning for 15 hours.
Dutch teenage sailor gets green light from mother.The mother of a 14-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world has given up her opposition to her daughter's planned trip.Idiots come in all shapes and ages!
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In my line of work I deal with what seems to be the oddest request from diners sometimes. I had a gluten free woman the other day for lunch and we stopped the whole kitchen to make her the dish she had to have because none of the existing things without gluten were "satisfying" enough for her. While she ate this gluten free dish, she helped herself to a full baguette worth of bread. This stuff is happening more and more often as well. If you don't like garlic, just say that...... don't tell your server you are allergic to it. It is bad karma.
I remember a day when people who were vegetarians were just that. Now I see an increase of vegans, pescatarians (we eat things like tillapia still) and raw food something or others, and it is hard for me to keep them all straight. Then I see a whole line of people who don't eat pork, because they are dirty animals, but will eat chicken (have you seen how meat birds are raised) it doesn't make any sense. The same people who hate on veal, when in all reality veal is more sustainable then a full size cow. We aren't using them to breed anyway. Younger steer means it lived less, which in turn means it consumed less, releasing less gas into our atmosphere in waste, and was easier, and cheaper to harvest and transport.
If you have health or religious eating restrictions that is fine. If you feel very firmly that we shouldn't be killing off animals for food, while I couldn't disagree more, that is fine as well. If you don't eat meat for sustainability reasons that is also fine. The problem is those people are so grossly misinformed I can't help but get pissed. I know a pescatarian- a person who doesn't eat meat, but does eat fish, who thinks that meat is too un-sustainable to consume. The same person though consumes some of the most unsustainable fish available. Farmed salmon, tillapia, halibut, farmed prawns, dredge scallops, etc. All of which are the least sustainable things that come from water, not even the ocean mind you, but water.
Vegans are another one that is tough for me. I have tried multiple times to get a solid vegan dish on the menu, and regardless of what it is, I can never sell it. So vegans proudly walk into restaurants all over, during the crunch of service and demand a special meal. I don't really have a problem doing this, I have a problem with the time frame though. With even an hour of heads up I have the opportunity to really get creative, time to cook a real starch, marinate, etc. On the spot I only have a few things I can do, and I never feel as good about them as I would like. If you are a vegan- call ahead. This time of year I have so much cool stuff in my walk-in that I want to show off to you, if you just give me a few minutes I can really serve you an amazing dish, that is a great reflection of the restaurant and my own style. Due to the changing seasons, and peak business, I don't always have the same things available to create for you, so it is hard for me to say: here is the stand by vegan dish. Instead it turns into-here is the standard vegan dish, unless it is after ten, during breakfast, figs are out of season, and you are looking at 15 other tickets hanging.
The other thing I have always wondered is where most vegetarians and or vegans draw the line. Where is close to meat too close for comfort. Liquid smoke is a smoke flavorant that is made by collecting smoke extracts from smoke houses. Smoke houses usually smoke bacon, on an industrial scale at least, so does the fact that your barbecue sauce smoke flavorant that was yielded by air permeating around a slab of pork belly make you not eat anything with liquid smoke. And if you do, then a simple stock is just the exact same thing, but instead of flavor being transferred by air it is transferred by water. Stock is just a meat infusion. It doesn't contain any meat per se. So in my head if you eat liquid smoke, then you should eat stock, and if you eat both of those then why not eat a steak. If you are a vegan what about honey. It is an animal by product so you would think no, but I have know some who do. If you are a vegetarian because you don't eat meat for sustainability issues, and you were gifted the nicest pork chop around. Raised by a guy who treated the animal well, harvested with decency, and then cooked perfectly- would you eat it? If you only eat raw foods (an idea that could put me out of a job) then do you eat cured things, or what about things that have been cooked by citrus or vinegar. Is it the application of heat that makes something not raw, or can it be a combination of salt and time as it has been for thousands of years? Where did you come up with your own boundaries, and when. Are you just a vegetarian for a few months, or for a while in college, or have you done your own research and made your own decision, not just the decision that was trendy. Did someone tell you once that "eating animals is bad....mmmkay" and you bought it. I am all for eating more vegetables I am even all for eating proteins in smaller sizes. I am really hardcore about eating more sustainable proteins, but also am not naive enough to believe everything out there. I have read everything I can get my hands on, on both sides of the argument and have had to form my own opinion. The things I take away from that are different then what you take away from them. Even if you love eating meat, it is worth your time to do some investigation. As a consumer you need to be aware of the scams that are out there. Free range on a chicken egg doesn't mean that they get to run around happily on a small farm somewhere. Organic labels on all meat can be a load of bull, natural can mean they weren't fed antibiotics "excessively" but it still can mean they were treated and harvested in a horrible manner. Becoming a vegetarian is a life changing choice, do some research and become one for your own reasons, not someone else. And if you are in a spot where you are saying to a server that you are "allergic" to something when really you don't like it, just be honest about it. The increase in food allergies is worrisome to all good chefs and cooks. Kids and adults with tree nut allergies are a serious thing. People who have a serious reaction to gluten, can still be getting side effects from its consumption a month later, and we take that very seriously. That is way different then someone saying they are allergic to corn because they don't like it. Every time that happens, it softens the seriousness of the underlying real allergy issues. That isn't fair to the people who cook food, and can be tragic to those who consume it.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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Lovely greeting card from my friend's Zazzle Shop - Waving Flames. I hope you enjoy!! This sure is an intense pink eye ... so very different from her usual mandalas and kaleidoscopes! Pink, gold, magenta against black - so lovely!!
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Interest in Taiwan's presidential election among Chinese citizens could go well beyond the actions of a man from Xinjiang who paddled from Xiamen, China, to Kinmen last week to "help" with the elections — at least if cyberspace is any indication.
Data mining conducted last week on various Chinese social media platforms seems to indicate great interest in the first presidential debate on Dec. 3 between Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜).
On the Baidu platform alone, more than 880,000 Chinese-language searches for "uncut television debate for the 2012 Taiwan Area leadership election" were recorded, with several variants also producing a high number of returns. Two combinations had more than 1 million searches.
Furthermore, Sina, the Global Times, Xinhua news agency, China Central Television (CCTV), Tencent, Phoenix, Kaidi and many local portals all contained news on the debate, although there were complaints online that some posts and video links had been deleted.
Searches for "Taiwan Area/TV debate," meanwhile, featured some revealing tweets from Tencent and Netease.
One, written under the handle Sipai, read: "When I was a child, I used to get real excited when I heard all that jazz about taking Taiwan back. After watching the debate video, I'm thinking when the heck is Taiwan going to take us back."
In another post, user Li Fangjun wrote: "While watching this debate over the lunch break I suddenly thought about what two colleagues said last week during a drive. According to them, if it was not for the Cultural Revolution and its extirpation of thousand-year-old traditions, the obstacles today's China faces in its transition toward modernity would be even worse — almost unimaginable. Is it true that a beautiful future can only be drawn on a blank sheet of paper? Are Chinese people only fit for despotism and totalitarianism? Just take a look at Taiwan."
On Sina weibo, a hybrid of Facebook and Twitter, the hash tag "Taiwan presidential election" brought 154,000 results, with one tweet, whose authorship could not be ascertained, rebroadcast several thousand times.
Titled "What the Taiwan Presidential Election Tells Me," the entry read: "1. Chinese people are actually able to be democratic and it's got nothing to do with race; 2. Elections are actually supposed to be debated and to depend on getting the approval of the people and it's got nothing to do with 'getting represented'; 3. Electoral platforms are actually supposed to be broadcast to the people first and they've got nothing to do with grand theories; 4. Democracy actually requires multiparty competition and it's got nothing to do with one-party rule; 5. The people actually are able to choose and it's got nothing to do with supporting or gratitude to the leadership; 6. The powerful are actually to be held accountable and criticized and it's got nothing to do with their greatness and unfailing wisdom."
According to one US analyst who could not be named in this article, some Chinese Internet users have written that they want Taiwan "to stay Chinese" not because of territorial sovereignty, but because Taiwan stands "as a shining example for China's democratic future."
The comments above, which appear to have become more common since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, could indicate that views toward Taiwan and its democracy have grown rapidly more pluralistic as social media have liberalized, the analyst said.
While it might be that some in China have always held this opinion and were merely censored before, the analyst said that opinion had discernibly grown as exposure to the facts and realities in Taiwan have increased.
The Chinese government, which maintains a tight grip on media, has allowed coverage of the presidential election to be discussed and covered on social media to an unprecedented, if not altogether complete, degree.
As of Friday night, Sina weibo, one of the most popular microblogging platforms in China, with more than 250 million registered users, had not blocked the search term "Taiwan Presidential Election." This indicates that the terms are not on the platform's list of blacklisted keywords, such as "human rights" and "Liu Xiaobo" (劉曉波).
Of course, the Chinese government could be acting strategically in the hope that an open approach will boost approval for Ma and soften Taiwanese impression of the Chinese government, the analyst said, adding that whether that tactic backfired and encouraged more Chinese to demand democracy appeared to be less of a concern for now.


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Five and a half years ago, my brother, our friend and I embarked on our first road trip together. We drove eight hours to San Francisco. We stayed at a friend's apartment on the first floor. We chose this time in particular so we could be in the city for New Year's Eve/Day.
My brother and our friend went out clubbing while my friend we were staying with and I went to Tank Hill. We took three cars to fit everyone in our group. We were all very close in those tiny cars, but we made it. Everything was all and well. We enjoyed our time together. It was a lot of fun.
Little did we know that eighteen miles away at the Fruitvale Station, some people were wrongfully taken off the Bart due to some fighting that went on while on the Bart. All I know about the event was what I saw in the Sundance Independent film "Fruitvale". What I saw was some other guy started the fight. And this particular group of friends got the entire blame for it. And the rest of the story you just have to see for yourself.
My brother had the opportunity to work at Sundance in 2012 and this year. He said that the people whose lives the film is based off were there at the screening. They said that the film was accurate and "it was like reliving it all over again." Which tells you a little about how well the independent film was made.
Today was the last day the film was showing in the theatre closest to me. You might be able to see the film in a theatre near you. See the film in theatres if you can. If it isn't available in a theatre near you, watch it on dvd.
Michael B. Jordan, Melanie Diaz, and Octavia Spencer all did an outstanding performance on screen. Michael played the role of Oscar, the guy trying to make a living for his girlfriend and daughter. Melanie played the role of his girlfriend. Octavia played the role of Oscar's mother. All really difficult roles to play, but all three achieved it.
There is a scene at the hospital where Oscar's mom, keeps the boys waiting with her in check while maintaining positive vibes. The whole scene is tense. It takes a very strong woman to keep her head up until the verdict is known.
The actors who played the policemen involved also had a hard role to play. To play someone who is so despised for their part at Fruitvale Station, can be a lot to bare. You really hated them.
At the beginning and the end of the film, they played lived footage from the event. It really brought all the emotions home. As someone who was close-by, but did not experience the event like the real people who did, I feel emotionally connected to the incident. I cannot imagine how much emotional pain has taken place because of someone's mistake. But I know that the family can get by each day a little easier knowing that their story is out there and people are watching it and joining their side.


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I was ever so excited, I gave it a look over and realised the pen holder was ripped so I decided to cut it off. The rings are perfect, close together when shut, a lot better then when I got my Finsbury. So I began filling it up and getting it ready to use,
Wednesday, September 17
Ranger Filofax as a wallet/purse
Well it came
Basically I'm using it for a purse and card holder shopping lists and finance, also mobile and key holder. Well at first everything was going ok until I found a lady on YouTube RhomanysRealm Where she was talking about a Pennybridge Filofax, well you will never believe what I did, at 11 o'clock last night I went on eBay and saw one for £23 so I ordered it and it should be with me in a couple of days I've gone for the compact.Now I'm all excited again LOL.
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There are some very distinct red, yellow, green, and blue blobs on the runner's brain. Naturally, without any idea of what you're looking at you decide it's a good thing to have a rainbow brain. After all, Lucky Charms, Gay Pride Flags, and the Care Bears have rainbows, so a runner's brain with rainbows is definitely a good thing.
The image that you're seeing is from an Electroencephalography (EEG). Put simply, the subject wears a clear shower cap with funny looking suction cups and is asked to perform some kind of task. The brain's responses are recorded based the electrical activity produced. The image of the two brains is from one of Dr. Charles H. Hillman's research experiments at the Neurocognitive Kinesiology Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Fascinating stuff, right?
So, recntly while driving down the interstate I was listening to Radiolab. As described on their website, "Radiolab is a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience." It's a thought-provoking hour of radio. This particular episode, After Life, is about the never-ending, mostly unanswerable question, "When someone is officially dead?"
If the electrical output of imagination produces almost an identical electrical output as actually performing an activity should we be thinking about running a lot more? Assuming we want to get better, that is. The study sheds light on the actual effectiveness of gymnast, divers, and other athletes that do a few mental performance runs before they step-up to actually attempt it their event. Lets apply this to running. If anything, it can't hurt. For the next few runs take a few minutes to warm-up your brain by imagining yourself running. Run the route, run with your form, and take note of how you feel before, during, and after. Send me an email with your results, Include: Imagination. as the email's subject line. I'll keep your name, and email completely anonymous when I publish the results. We'll end the project on March 6th. Get your friends, family, and co-workers involved, too.


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We have had a busy couple of weeks here folks! We have been doing craft fairs and working on the designs for The Oscars & The Golden Globes!
Well, along with all of this, we actually had an interview with Ann Nyberg from WTNH News Channel 8 and Network Connecticut!
She interviewed us for her website. It was amazing! She is so incredibly nice! Seriously, such a sweetheart! She even bought a necklace and wore it on the 6:00 news last Thursday! AH!
Here is a picture of her in our house with the necklace on :)
Ah, doesn't she look great in it!
She did a fabulous piece on us on her website, Network Connecticut. Go there and tell me what you think!!!
Along with talking with Ann, another WTNH newscaster, Kristen Cusato, has been in touch with us and we are donating an item for raffle at her event coming up this Thursday for The Walk for Alzheimer's. Kristen, so graciously, took a photo with the necklace we will be donating. Take a look!
Don't both women look so pretty! They are both so nice and I am so happy we were able to work with them.
Kristen's event will be held at Bar in New Haven this coming Thursday. If anyone is interested in attending, please find more information here. All proceeds go to a great cause, and you could even win this necklace in the raffle!!!!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Kristen Cusato & Ann Nyberg, Wearing Jewels for Hope!
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Wow how awesome is that!! You are quite busy indeed. Love the jewelry, will have to visit the sight!ReplyDelete
That's great! It seems things are going well for you. It's good to be busy!ReplyDelete
That is GREAT! Your jewelry is fabulous. I'm very happy for you ;)ReplyDelete
Congrats that's a great way to get your product seen and give back at the same time. Best of luck to you.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the Media Coverage! I am a sucker for charity and am always donating something!ReplyDelete
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
So here's a story. Riding to work in the morning there's a section of road with a pervasive smell of bad coffee - you know, the smell from a percolator left to stew for an hour or so. I really couldn't work out what cafe the smell came from, and I couldn't believe anyone would voluntarily walk in to a place like that. Then, the other night I rode down Nestle's Avenue and found this, the Nestle's instant coffee factory glorious Art Deco building. I say no more.
For the curious I've added it to London Daily Photo Map
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I am back so I hope starting today I can update my blog daily again, this week my son Nikolas had his SAT Exams and I know he did well because he is a very bright child but poor immune system, I feel really bad for him he got sick again Wednesday and had to pick him up at school at ten in the morning after taking his exam because he threw up and he did not go to school Thursday and yesterday but am I such a bad mommy that he did not go to school because he was sick but we went to Busch Gardens and Yeah my brother did went back here in Tampa but they went back to Fort Walton Beach today because he has to go to work tonight, he is in the United States Military so we got in for free at Busch Gardens.
Here are some of our fun pictures:
I ♥ my kids.
Looking at the map on where to go next.
Encounter the swift-flowing white water of the Congo River Rapids. Spin through a geyser, face an ominous waterfall, and other thrilling obstacles in a 12-person raft.
We got SOAKING WET
The name SheiKra evokes the power and speed of an African hawk as it twists and plunges - giving riders a 70 mph, adrenaline-pumping experience like no other. At 200 feet, SheiKra takes the crown as Florida's tallest roller coaster.Floorless SheiKra: Nothing above you but air. Nothing below you but earth. And like nothing you've ever experienced
Trying to eat Euryd
Nikolas was scared of it but I love the colors.
Playing ball to win prize for Ethan
Surrounded by ladies.
The prize he picked.
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
So Peaceful
The park closes at 7PM and so after a 5 hours tiring and fun day at Busch Gardens we ate dinner at Crazy Buffet.
So Peaceful
The park closes at 7PM and so after a 5 hours tiring and fun day at Busch Gardens we ate dinner at Crazy Buffet.
I really need to start my diet and going to the gym. I cannot hide my belly bulges anymore.
My kuya is teasing me how big it is. argh!
Oh well! What can I do if I love to eat


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So happy to be the first to say "Happy Valentine Day and to those you love and love you". Actually, I hope I am the second one to say it and someone else close to you has already done so. Everyday should be Valentine day but just a smile and doing something nice for someone you don't know is even better. Now, on to the freebies.
Well, it is almost 4am, so better go to bed, eh????? Check back later for more
The Graphic Fairy has a cute Valentine fairy.
Cuddlebug Cuties has 2 freebies. One is here and the other one click here
- Free Vintage Digital Stamps has cute one here
- Kadoodle bug designs has a heart key girl
- Ink Something 2/The Crafting Secretary has a cute kitty here
- Anji' s Antics has several tulips, love it.
- Design Z by DeDe word sentiment. Beautiful saying.
- TLC has wonderful freebie
- Cathy Zielske's Blog has wonderful photo flags with video to show how to use them. Cool.
- Snoopy's homemade fun has a Valentine for you
- Ginger's House word sentiment has me laughing I hope you do too.
- Little scrap of heaven has a cutting file of hearts
- Tiffany Doodles has a Thur. freebie of a key to my heart.
- The 3am Teacher has cute valentine freebies, papers, and frames. Love it!
- Creature comfort has a printable valentine if like me you made them for others but forgot your DH or someone else. Very interesting blog, check it out
- Dees-Deelights has bouquet for valentine/or can do for other days, also beautiful paper. Check it out.
- Judy at a touch of class has a beautiful card for anyone who loves roses or see above when you need a card ASAP
- The Latest Find's has cute sentiments and papers
- Tubecorner has really cute bears in love
- Doodles from Lori is an old blog but there are freebies you can still download.
- Shoregirls Creations has some cute, cute freebies
- Word Art Wednesday has sentiments
- Sliekje has some Easter digis.
- Inside the a Black Apple has the nth hour valentine. So cool
Well, it is almost 4am, so better go to bed, eh????? Check back later for more
The Graphic Fairy has a cute Valentine fairy.
Cuddlebug Cuties has 2 freebies. One is here and the other one click here


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We were lucky enough to be able to see this amazing crochet coral reef during a visit to Manchester Museum. Its part of Coral Something Rich and Strange. I left wanting to make my own but I am not sure my tiny terraced house would have space for a coral reef. I have found some links in case anyone else feels inspired. Unfortunately I have been too busy to make any yet but if you do please share your pictures as I would love to see how they come out! Patterns here and here, some more photos and ideas here.
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Museum Day
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Den Making
A lovely fresh wintery morning was spent building and playing in dens. I loved dens as a child and made many in my garden. Our garden is so small that the children's den making has to occur out and about!
Friday, 3 January 2014
The pitter patter of tiny feet ;)
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When biological recording first started, its principal objective was to map the distribution of plants and animals. Atlases became very important and impressed a message that submitting data to a recording scheme was about creating dots on maps. That view continues because we have substantially failed to show what else records can be used for.
The situation is changing and Birdtrack has set the pace with its real-time chart that shows how individual species are occurring in comparison to previous years. This is an approach that is really only possible when schemes get records as they are created. It depends upon high levels of memory on the server and as such is probably beyond the options available to smaller recording schemes. The HRS is moving in that direction as one of the larger schemes, but as we are self-funded the costs are starting to rise and we will need to see what we can do to cover them.
Meanwhile, Stuart is hard at work developing our new site and including lots of nice new features that will bring us a bit closer to the real-time Birdtrack approach. We are a little way off that format but he has got a system working that allows analysis of previous years' data. Hopefully, this package will be rolled out in the not too distant future, but in the meantime here are some examples of the current state of play.
At the moment there are just short of 1 million records on the database. I have just passed over approximately 18,000 records that we have for 2017. Those will be incorporated into the database and the background tables updated in the not too distant future. I've got about another week's work sorting out other data that has been submitted in the past few months, so I suspect the total will be nearer 25,000 when all data are assembled.
Note: the blue histogram represents all records (all taxa) for dates between 2001 and 2016. The subsequent graph expresses the sixteen year average phenology and the red line is the phenology for 2016 as a proportion of all records receved for the week in question. Thus the proportions for species that occur during the winter go up as the numbers of species recorded declines.
|Episyrphus balteatus
|Eristalis pertinax
|Eristalis tenax
|Rhingia campestris


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As always, lots to type up and talk about. Nothing terribly interesting, but that's my life. The most difficult part is to remember everything I want to talk about and try to keep my wacked-out brain in the right track and not go off on random tangents and then forget what I wanted to say. So, first things first. Here's some pics of our **NEW & IMPROVED** front deck. Paul took some vacation time to get some things done around the house and this is by far the prettiest thing. He cleaned the old crusty boards and re-stained them. Tell us what ya'll think! (He's getting pretty damn handy.)
The garden is nearly officially torn up. I've got my pepper plants left and my bean plants that I direct seeded a while ago. I've been getting some great ideas from this blog: http://inmykitchengarden.blogspot.com. She's funny and keeps you entertained. I learned how to get seeds for next year's crop so could save money that way. I wanted to do it, just wasn't sure how. Duh, I know! Just dry em out and see what happens! Ordered and received my seeds so I'm pumped to get those seedlings started. Unfortunately, I have no dirt, so maybe Paul will get that for me tomorrow morning. He's back at work, but doesn't have to go in until 1 pm and is going to Lowe's anyway. I pulled up the rest of the tomato plants and the zucchini, then tilled til I couldn't til no more. Then Paul got me some good 'ol 10-10-10 fertilizer to get into the soil and let it recoup a bit while the seeds are growing inside. I'll take pics once they start to sprout. The stuff I decided on is the following (from gurneys.com if you're interested):
We're planning on expanding the garden next year and I'll be extra watchful for those stupid squash bugs. I'm hoping since I've decimated their environment, they've moved on to greener pastures and won't attack my winter squash I'm planning. I'm trying to talk Paul into selling the house and buying 100 acres then we could retire and live off the land. Okay, not really, but it would be interesting if nothing else. I'll take a pic and post it of what's left of the garden so far. Hopefully, the frost will hold off and we can get some fall yummies.
This weekend was my brother's 40th b-day and we had a surprise party for him. Okay, the biggest surprise was that he figured us out. Not really even a surprise there. But I think he was hoping mom was here, but wasn't entirely sure, so he really was happy to see her. The party went really well, I didn't personally get any pictures, but if I get them from anyone else, I'll post for you.
For graduate school stuff, our team is the first to get organized with a name, Baker Street Irregulars. If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, you'll get it. I thought it would be appropriate, and everyone liked it. So, our team for this Crime Scene House Practical is awesome. We got the one and only police officer and nurse. We're so cool. Basically, they give us a scene and we have 4 hours to collect evidence, take photos, etc. Then the rest of the year to analyze the evidence, then in July we go before a mock grand jury and present it. Sounds simple, but there's a ton involved! I did get my safety glasses and lab coat in the mail so I'm set for Sat.'s class. We start on GC-MS. Woohoo! Finally, getting my hands dirty!
I wasn't going to say much about it since I don't really have a shot in hell, but I figure why not? I'm totally happy that I even got a phone call. I applied for a job with the KCPD crime lab and actually got both a phone interview and subsequent "one-on-one" interview. That's in quotes because that's what the guy on the phone told me when we set it up. Turns out it was really a "four-on-one" interview. Let me tell ya, think you're nervous talking to one person? Try it with four. Not any easier. I think I did okay but my lack of experience will hurt me. They liked me, but there's four others interviewing for it this week. They will make the decision sometime in the next month, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm just grateful that I actually got the opportunity to interview! This tells me the following: Since I have sent my resume to them before and got not a whimper back, my graduate school MUST be doing something. It's presence on my CV got me a call back. That means the thousands of dollars I'm now in debt may not be in vain. So, after I get through my last year where I actually get more hands-on experience, I may be in pretty decent shape to get a job. I'm hopeful anyway! Now, I also know more what to expect in these situations. I also got fingerprinted and as they did not arrest me on the spot, I figure I must have no warrants out for my arrest. Always good to know. I'll let you know when they tell me what their decision is!
I think that's all for now and I'll try to post some pics of the garden later this week. I do have two lab reports and some other little homework to do before Fri., so may not get a chance. Talk to ya soon!
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|Youth Today: Aging Out or Aging In?
By Karen Pittman, January/February 1996
|Youth Today: All Planning, No Programming
By Karen Pittman, March/April 1996
|Youth Today: The Problem that Won't Go Away
By Karen Pittman, May/June 1996
It's back. Henry Foster's appointment as unpaid advisor to the Clinton-backed National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy ensures that pregnancy is, once again, a national topic. Should it be? Yes. But will this round of attention have lasting impact on the problem? The reality quotient — the relationship between proposed solutions and basic facts — remains depressingly low.
|Youth Today: Generators or Batteries?
By Karen Pittman, July/August 1996
If we are a profession, what do we profess? And what are the implications for training? These were the questions asked of the 150 youth workers gathered in South Africa in late March to discuss a national youth work policy. Equality, opportunities, empowerment, self-determination were the answers to the first question. Youth work, they concluded, is about living with youth and modeling a way of life — influencing young people, demanding greatness, building relationships, modeling principles, creating opportunities, encouraging and allowing leadership and empowerment. Of equal importance, it is about creating places, spaces and opportunities for young people to practice and reap the benefits of that way of life.
|Youth Today: Just Let Them Do It!
By Karen Pittman, September/October 1996
Participation. It's a basic idea at the heart of the democratic ideal. One that we are at risk of analyzing to death. It's not on a par with the youth violence craze, but youth participation may be the new growth industry in the field. Meetings to discuss definitions. Retreats to discuss need. Conferences to convene young people and adults to discuss practices and problems. Training for adults, youth and trainers. Is it really that hard?
|Youth Today: The Education Dilemna
By Karen Pittman, November/December 1996
Vindicated. Academic competence really is not enough. Japanese students have it. Yet Japanese business and civic leaders are looking for more.
|Youth Today: Beyond the Clubhouse Doors
By Karen Pittman, January 1997
Youth — Community — Civic. Development — Engagement — Involvement — Renewal. These are words that increasingly find their way into similar phrases as professionals from different disciplines arrive at the same conclusion: To succeed in their primary work (educating youth, strengthening communities, engaging citizens) they have to take on some of the goals and approaches of the other fields.
|Youth Today: Opportunity Knocks
By Karen Pittman, March/April 1997
Voluntary action. Organizations, associations, corporations across the country are being called upon to make significant, new commitments toward ensuring that more children and youth in the United States have a caring adult, a healthy start, safe places to learn and grow, education for marketable skills and opportunities to give back through services. LensCrafters will give one million eye exams to low-income citizens, many of them children and youth. Kimberly Clark, in partnership with Kaboom, has committed to build playgrounds.
|Community Development and Youth Development: The Potential for Convergence
This paper, which builds on a presentation made at a INTRODUCTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT December 1996 Wingspread conference, is accompanied by case studies of three community development corporations that have significant youth programming and involvement.
|Community Development and Youth Development: Promises and Challenges of Convergence
This paper is a persuasive overview of theoretical and practical evidence of youth and community development as convergent goals or strategies prepared by Michele Cahill, Director of the Youth Development Institute of the Fund for the City of New York. Accompanying this piece is a case study of Youth Development, Inc., a youth-serving organization that has now established a CDC.


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My first update and I'm already making changes to my list, lol. I've decided not to participate in the Picnic Basket CAL afterall. I think I'm going to replace it with my Celtic Cables Craftsy Class. The yarn for that is already in my stash and summer vacation seems like a good time to start the class.
There was not much knitting/crocheting this week. I managed to add a few rows to both my projects but that's about it. Summer vacation has been busier than expected. It should let up a bit after this week.
This week's photos:
Wrapped in Warmth
I was able to get through my UFOs basket and picked two projects to complete this quarter. There's no pattern for the orange project. It's going to be a bag, I'm just making it up as I go along. When it was started the goal was to use up the Orange yarn.
The next UFO up is the Stolen Moments wrap. The yarn is Fishermans Wool by Lion Brand. I dyed the yarn with Kool Aid a few years ago.
This week's goal is to spend at least 20 minutes a day knitting or crocheting. It's the only way I'm ever going to get any of these projects finished.


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I've just been approved to have my University studies paid for over the next 12 months up to a total of $3000!
My company commits a lot of money to staff development and training, with a lot of training options available to us, mainly internal. On a case by case basis they also fund external study like mine.
I'm studying for a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Marketing. I've chosen to study through Open Universities, as it's more flexible for my work schedule and as its fee based there are no HECS or FBT impacts for me, so my $3000 goes much further. I'm looking to do one subject per study period, so 4 in total over the coming year.
I can use the $3000 for:
- Tuition fees (subjects are $710 per subject in my course)
- Registration and application fees
- Reasonable residential costs for workshops or residential summer school (if applicable)
- Payment for essential course books
The reimbursements are paid on a study period basis with 50% of costs at the commencement of each study period and the following 50% at the successful completion of each unit. If I fail, I have to cover the cost myself, (and rightly so really).
There are a few catches though:
- It's very specific study criteria, (so you can't head off on an aromatherapy course!)
- If I voluntarily withdraw from a course, I'm not eligible for a reimbursement of any outstanding costs. The company may also claw back any funds that had been given out to me within the last 12 months.
- If I leave the company either during or up to 12 months after completion of a paid course, I will be required to reimburse my company for any money paid to me within the last 12 months of service. (So I need to intend to hang around for a while!)
- The assiatance is reviewed every 12 months and is not guaranteed ongoing.
That said, it's a chance to get a University degree for free, a reason to stay at home on the weekends and not spend money, an opportunity to get valuable, relevant training under my belt, and make myself a more attractive candidate for the future.
It's worth checking out your companies HR site or employee benefits policy to see what's available to you where you are.
It may not be a cash in your wallet, but over the longer term something like this can be far more valuable. You can lose a job, but you can't have skills and knowledge taken away from you.


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Winter is Moving In
It is cold here! NY has been super chilly lately which means warmer clothes and staying inside as much as possible. I've been coping with the chill by wearing faux fur everything and layering everything I own.
I have been trying to dress up a bit more now that the holiday season is here, so I got these spiked loafers from UNIF. The spikes keep them goth enough but the basic style is still pretty classic and versatile.
Mike and I also got a PS4 to keep us occupied indoors. This shot is of one of the mini games that works with the camera, it fills the room with cute lil robots!


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Delinquint Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess is pretty much a must see for anyone reading this. It has everything you need from a movie.
Naked girls with kick-ass tattoos:
Very strange insults:
Random lesbianism:
Crazy butterfly go-go dancers:
Then the Yakuza show up (of course) and start making ridiculous demands:
What!? Sever ties with Midori? That's the last straw. Time for an all-out sword fight, girls against boys.
But even in the middle of the fight, there's still time for more lesbianism:
The girls win, of course, but then they all get shipped off to prison (for more girl-on-girl, no doubt.)
They really don't make 'em like they used to.
Monday, May 15, 2006
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We played with kittens in the barn.
The girls followed their cousin's examples of covering themselves in dirt- awesome. . ./
We used Clay and Stephanie's swing set.
Ross took us on a tour of the ranch in the golf cart.
Emma played with the fishing game Grandma bought.
We also had Joe show us pictures on his laptop and ended the night with a full fledged TURKEY DINNER!! We love turkey. We love Judy! It was awesome. All the cousins came out and Emma LOVED having so many people to boss around :)
It was a fun day and even though everything we did was pretty relaxing, I was more than ready for bedtime when the last of the cousins trickled out for the night. It was a good day!


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Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes About DarknessQuotes about: Darkness
The agnostic does not simply say, "l do not know." He goes another step, and he says, with great emphasis, that you do not know. He insists that you are trading on the ignorance of others, and on the fear of others. He is not satisfied with saying that you do not know, -- he demonstrates that you do not know, and he drives you from the field of fact -- he drives you from the realm of reason -- he drives you from the light, into the darkness of conjecture -- into the world of dreams and shadows, and he compels you to say, at last, that your faith has no foundation in fact.
My heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain . . . to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men. And then I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still.
Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean, whose waves touched all the shores of thought; within which were all the tides and waves of destiny and will; over which swept all the storms of fate, ambition and revenge; upon which fell the gloom and darkness of despair and death and all the sunlight of content and love, and within which was the inverted sky lit with the eternal stars -- an intellectual ocean -- toward which all rivers ran, and from which now the isles and continents of thought receive their dew and rain.
The idea of immortality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed in the human heart, with its countless waves of hope and fear, beating against the shores and rocks of time and fate, was not born of any book, nor of any creed, nor of any religion. It was born of human affection, and it will continue to ebb and flow beneath the mists and clouds of doubt and darkness as long as love kisses the lips of death. It is the rainbow -- Hope shining upon the tears of grief.
Robert Green Ingersoll
- Born: August 11, 1833
- Died: July 21, 1899
- Occupation: Lawyer
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A corporate culture has to be nurtured and has to be put into action. On paper, it's useless.
(PRWEB) September 13, 2013
A company's culture is extremely important to a business for many reasons, says Australian business mentor Gollan in his latest bulletin titled How to Create a Magnetic Company Culture.
He insists: "Creating and nurturing a positive company culture involves a whole lot more than giving lip-service to your company's values. It's not just putting together a corporate culture document and handing it out to employees.
"A corporate culture has to be nurtured and has to be put into action. On paper, it's useless.
"In practice, a great corporate culture can make all the difference in the world."
The reason a company culture is so important is because it:
1. Is behind all decisions that company makes
When all levels of staff in a company understands the organisation's core values
then the decisions they make are more likely to be in line with it.
2. Can boost productivity
Employees who are happy and enthusiastic tend to work harder and care more about their work.
3. Makes people want to come to work
Work culture these days is more about work integration than work/life balance, says business mentor Gollan. Employees want to enjoy what they are being paid to do and that means being enthusiastic about how they spend their working lives. Passion and integrity are big these days when it comes to work.
4. Can help a business retain great staff
A company with a large employee turnover doesn't do much for the morale of the remaining employees. It's important for businesses to be able to retain good staff and the way to do that is to offer more than just good pay and extended vacations. One which allows its staff to be creative, autonomous and to feel valued will do far better in terms of staff retention.
5. Can influence employee inter-relationships and customer service
If employees are respected they're more likely to act in a way that will earn them respect from their peers, bosses and customers. If they feel valued then they are more likely to value their colleagues likewise and work better in a team setting. The aforementioned respect and value should then translate more easily to the way in which they deal with customers.
There are many companies around today – both big Fortune 500 operations and smaller family-run business – which can be described as having a great company culture (both in theory and practice). Some of those include:
Facebook COO Cheryl Sandberg claims Netflix's company culture presentation is the "most important document ever to come out of the Valley." Some of those include:
- increasing employee freedom
- disregarding the number of hours worked in favour of achievements
- allowing the employee to work out how to achieve company outcomes
- top rates of pay for their sector
- promotions when deserved
Tony Hsieh, CEO of online shoe retailer Zappos, insists his company's corporate culture is his number one priority. He's actually quoted as saying: "If we get the culture right, then most of the other stuff, like delivering great customer service or building a long-term enduring brand will just happen naturally on its own."
Some of the company's 'family core values' include:
- Delivering amazing company service (Zappos boast that 75 per cent of their sales are to repeat customers)
- Workers being encouraged to spend up to 20 per cent of their time away from their desks
- Offering trainees $4,000 to leave within the first four weeks. Those who stay become even more committed, they insist.
Business expert Gollan is an expert in many facets of business sales growth, marketing and culture. See more of what he believes and coaches in here.