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Oh man, this game.
Its absolutely brilliant. I'll give the a quick rundown but please bear in mind that there is precious little more to the game than this;
– You and your merry team of professional assassins ('special forces') get dropped into Bolivia.
– You are assigned a task; kill everyone.
– You follow through on that task with the tools at your disposal; drones, vehicles, explosives etc.
That's all there is to it. The beauty of this game is its sheer simplicity. It doesn't layer on the context, there's no time allocated to establishing the characters and it certainly doesn't keep you on rails till you know what you're doing. Its just 'here are some guns, go murderise all the people'.
Now, the moralists among you may shout and scream that this is just another example of tyrannical American foreign policy. That the West feels it can just rock up in another country with a bag full of bombs and kill the fuck out of everyone. These people would be absolutely right. It is a military nut's wet dream where the source of the American drug scourge can be isolated to one particular region of the world that needs the shit kicking out of it by some burly dudes with massive biceps and even bigger guns.
In short; the story, the context and the characters are all total shit. To enjoy this game, you do have to filter out all that noise and focus on the core gameplay for which the best comparison I can think of is Metal Gear Solid 5. You are given a target area that contains a thing or person that either needs to be collected or destroyed and then you're left to use your imagination. Your two main approaches are running in like a cross between Rambo and Usain Bolt, firing wildly at anything that moves in the hope you'll hit something. Alternatively you can go in all stealthy like, sniping from distance, then sneaking up on the base before someone spots you and you have to run around firing wildly etc etc. Its a game where things go from fairly badass to embarrassingly unfortunate very quickly.
Wildlands is the rare kind of open world beast where the setting feels like as asset, rather than an obstacle. Before approaching a mission zone you will pray for an elevated position to begin the assault and Bolivia invariably provides. In the odd instance it doesn't, you have to be able to adapt. Do not, however, entertain the idea that the best way to assault a mountain top fortress would be to dive out of a helicopter and onto the roof. This will end in total, humiliating disaster.
The game provides a wonderful playground for potential fun. There is minimal handholding, just a great deal of challenge, incentive and reward. The point is that whilst this is by no means the most complex, involved or sophisticated game (the characters and plot are genuine 12 carat turd) the actual game is a refreshingly polished and exhaustive exercise in creating a joyous sandbox of possibilities.
6/10 – A very good game that is held back from a higher score by its one-dimensional characters and highly questionable storyline.


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The online registration system built by Wang for this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting has gone live, registering more than 1000 people so far.
Wang built the secure registration system using Cardinal Network's Jade and APEC Task Force IT director Jamie Tevendale says it is the first time APEC has used an online system for registration.
The system is integrated with software developed by Auckland-based Secure ID for the manipulation of digital photographs and print drivers to produce ID badges.
Secure ID director Ian Tozer says the ID badge production is also linked to a closed-circuit TV and video system to provide badges for visitors who turn up to meetings without having pre-registered.

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Obama Targets Medicare Advantage - Wall Street Journal - Yahoo! Buzz: "The health bills being pushed through Congress put important decisions in the hands of presidential appointees like Dr. Emanuel. They will decide what insurance plans cover, how much leeway your doctor will have, and what seniors get under Medicare. Dr. Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, has already been appointed to two key positions: health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget and a member of the Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research. He clearly will play a role guiding the White House's health initiative.
Read more at: http://www.defendyourhealthcare.us/"
The left wing radicals running our government have to GO. My Country has been knocked back to a low rated country, thanks to Obama's lack of leadership and his spineless Administration. He's spent us into oblivion. It appears that he sides with the terrorists. And, then there's the disaster of his ObamaCare! Let's never forget Bengazi. Let's do all we can to take America back.
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A common error I see:
"It was dark and also foggy."
I made this one up, but I see a lot of similar sentences, sentences that use both "and" and "also" together. In this case, please delete "also" because it is repetitive. Also watch out for "in addition." I often see this phrase in the same sentence as an "and." Some writers use both for emphasis, but most of the time it is redundant.
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Almost normal
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
At the heart of The Neighbor lies a question: How well can you know the person to whom you're married? We all harbor secrets, but some are deadlier than others. School teacher Sandra Jones, journalist Jason Jones, and their four year old daughter are living a "normal" life in South Boston. She works days, and he nights, and one of those nights, Jason comes home after midnight to discover that his little girl is sleeping but his wife's not there. After waiting several hours in hopes that Sandy will return, he phones the police. Sergeant D. D. Warren arrives on the scene, which contains precious little evidence, but as she examines the home, she discovers that everything is too "just right". Surprisingly, Jason remains calm and strikingly detached, and she propels his name to the top of her list of persons of interest list.
As the story unfolds, the reader learns, bit by bit, about Sandra's secrets and those of her handsome husband. Their house is a virtual fortress, with heavy duty security features. The narrative switches among detective, husband, and wife, who present their perspectives while releasing nuggets of information, tiny clues that don't coalesce until the last quarter of the novel. Just when you think you know what's going on, something else pops up to disarrange your carefully constructed theory.
The Neighbor is no run-of-the mill crime story. Author Gardner is at the top of her game. All of the principle characters are hiding important truths, and the denouement is less than cut and dried. All along the way, such topical issues as child abuse, pedophilia, sexual exploitation, and internet crimes rear their ugly heads. The D.D. Warren knows, even after the case is closed, that something's not quite "right", but she can't pin down whatever that thing might be.
A highly recommended page turner.


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This local cafe serves delicious breakfast staples like eggs, breakfast meats, pancakes and buttermilk biscuits plus a savory breakfast casserole and scramblers. Lunch choices include burgers, bbq, salads and classic sandwiches with unique twists.
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Okay, we've been living May for several days already, but I still decided to publish this post of my April. So here we go, more bad quality pictures from my phone! ps. even though I already said a few months ago that I'll get a new phone soon I haven't. Now I have an idea which one I would like to buy, but let's see when I can afford that...
The month started with my birthday and it included the very first legal drinks while listening Apulanta with one of my closest friends. Awesome night I have to say!
Then some more partying with my classmates from whom I got that sparkling wine with cute balloons! With my family we ate well, the whole weekend with Easter and my birthday was full of everything tasty.
I also got my drivers license (almost exactly a month ago), and we did a few small just-driving-around trips. We visited Vuokatin vaara one morning and ate subway - actually I ate subway twice that month and both up there in Vuokatti. Normally I never eat stuff like that.
Some selfie, winter came back and having a good time with my best friend with a cup of tea (which was actually quite okay, even I do not like tea at all). Walking with horses in the night and laughing at our selves as no-one, except horse people, spends the May Day weekend like this.
So that was my April, how was yours?
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Tosi kiva blogi!ReplyDelete
Vaikka olikin kuvat puhelimella otettuja,
niin silti ovat hyviä :) Synttärionnea minultakin, hiukan myöhässä >.< Ja onnea myös tuosta ajoluvan/ajokortin saamisesta! :D
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Greek Mini - Set of 12 Resins (PRE-ORDER)
PLEASE NOTE: ATHENA has sold out, and a new run in in production. These will be done in late February and will ship as soon as we get the restock)
Discount price for entire Greek pantheon. This is ALL 12 of the Greek High Heavens boardgame minis, not including Medusa. This set includes:
- Apollo
- Artemis
- Ares
- Athena
- Asklepios
- Hades
- Hepaistos
- Hermes
- Herakles
- Kronos
- Poseidon
- Zeus
- Hand-cast in the USA. - Created for High Heavens, but compatible with other 28mm heroic scale games. - Please note that High Heavens minis are mythological creatures and are purposefully created to stand taller than a typical 28mm human mini. They have a base of 33mm in diameter and 6.5mm in height, and stand between 35mm and 45mm tall. - All minis come unassembled and unpainted. - WARNING, POTENTIAL CHOKING HAZARD DUE TO SMALL PARTS. NOT INTENDED FOR USE OF PERSONS 3 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.


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Wearing a safety belt reduces your chance of death or serious injury in a crash by 40%. This is the main reason why Malaysian start introduces a rule to make it compulsory for rear seat passengers to use seat belts but this currently only applicable to private transport. How about Express Bus as Chinese New Year is around the corner.
Actually I am thinking how far this method can help to reduce the rate of death. I hope during this festival season the will be less accident will happen especially involve the express bus. This is because I really feel accident involve express bus is worst as sometimes it can cause lots of people injured or death. This is true especially on the latest accident involve the bus express recently.
The campaign such as do a proper checking on your vehicle is needed. This is preventing some unnecessary failure on the vehicle beside the driver careless. Honestly sometimes I do have phobia taking express back to KUANTAN from PENANG.I just worry as sometimes the driver speed really fast and even able to overtake private vehicle which is speed about 110km/hr.
What can I do is just pray in my heart that I will reach safety to home.
So I hope all the express bus driver will drive carefully to ensure their passenger safely.


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Thanksgiving Kit, Big Hugs, Tiki
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thanksgiving Accents
Posted by Tiki at 10:24 PM
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Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 2 post on Nov. 05, 2011. Thanks again.
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Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the DigiFree category today [06 Nov 02:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
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Love your freebie thank you
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Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hot Water Pipes
The Town of Ephesus had a aqueduct that carried fresh water from the mountains which was heated and piped to provide hot water and heat to the town. There was also water to constantly flush the public toilets. All this over 2000 years ago.
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I left a job in the healthcare industry the week before Thanksgiving. This may rank up there with the woman here in Portland who bet her investment firm's entire portfolio on Bear Stearns the Friday before they ceased to exist, but hindsight is not here yet to spoil the show. So, let's party!
I had been suffering from a massive career ennui and missing the thrill of marcom in the high-tech world when a couple of project opportunities dropped in my lap, so I picked'em up and ran. I gave notice to the healthcare guys back in October and departed on Friday, November 21. It has been quite a whirlwind and I'm feeling much more enlivened, even though what I'm doing could be summed up as touting high-tech toys for business.
The pace is much faster and I prefer the activity. I've dropped a few pounds off my middle-aged frame and I'm enjoying Kris and the girls more, as I should.
Why throw all of this out here? Not sure, but I think it's a sort of articulation and admission of something or other. I think this blog (and the other) have helped me in the transition from s/w product mgr in slow motion back to a strategic, active, writing role. Also, I feel like I've been neglecting the coconuts, so to speak, since I've been slamming busy the past two weeks with the new gigs.
I hope to sail this week, but I'm beginning to understand why there's an off-season to this sport in the higher latitudes.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Casting off the Mooring Lines
Posted by The O'Sheas at 4:27 AM
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Change is good. Always. :)
- December 7, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I have visited your beautiful and stylish website..And I can suggest,
Lets exchange the links between our websites.. I couldn't find contact page, that's why I'm writing here:
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Please put mine, and tell me your link, my e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com, I'll put it immediately...
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- December 10, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- Greg and Kris said...
My what a lovely bit of spam. Thanks Jenny-Mceselko-Peacy Combson.
- December 10, 2008 at 7:38 AM
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My blog of everything artistic, be it drawings, comics, videos, etc...
Friday, September 27, 2013
The Crying Traveller: Nakh and Kalana Meets Kitakaze
Temperature getting cold...
Contractions getting worse...
I knew I shouldn't have travelled. I knew I should've stayed home.
But I had to feed my babies in me. There's no other way...
Of all the ill luck...
Someone...oww...please help me...
"Oh my God! Sir, are you alright?!"
I turned to look. A giant! Oh my God, a barbaric giant!
"Oh please," I begged, "Please don't hurt my babies! Please...~!"
"It's alright. He's my mate. He's not going to hurt you."
I turned to the other soothing voice that spoke to me. It was a Mundockian human, beautiful and slender, and had eyes like freshly made chocolates. Concern and worry was written all over his face. I calmed down.
"Sir, are you alright? Anything broken? What happened?"
"I...fell...My babies..." I couldn't speak anymore. The contractions are making my inside twist and turn in knots and my left arm and leg feels like it had shattered to a million pieces.
The human placed his palm on my bulging belly, widened his eyes and turned to his giant mate, "He's in labour, Nakh. He has to give birth soon."
"When are you due?" the giant called Nakh asked me.
"That's 2 months away!" the human exclaimed. "We have to get help. The Mawasha-s can help!"
"Those Forest Nymph?" Nakh wrinkled his nose in disbelief. "Kalana, he's an Outsider breed. No one, not even my clan, would ever have anything to do with an Outsider!"
If looks could kill, the look the human named Kalana gave his mate would have caused the giant to die a thousand deaths.
"Alright, alright," Nakh sighed in defeat. "But don't say I didn't warn you."
"Give me Ellokh. You carry him," Kalana said as he held out his hand to Nakh who I realized was carrying a bundle in his arms. When the giant reached down to pass it to him and cradled me in his arms, I realized it was their child. It had all the features of a baby but it was the size of a 2 year old. My God, how did they even managed? I don't even want to know.
"We'll get you to help soon," Nakh said, reassuring me everything is going to alright.
"What is your name?" Kalana asked.
This is, I suppose, the beginning of a very surreal friendship...
This is the beginning of the RP of both and I, that started our long-standing friendship in the first place, since he wanted his OC to be part of the Crying Traveller universe
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I saw this cute one from Katie Kelly and I simply had to try it out.
If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be? Here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, etc).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press Play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
1) Opening credits: Brown Eyes-Andy Davis
2) Waking Up: When Christmas Comes to Town-Polar Express Soundtrack
3) First Day at School: That's Where It It-Carrie Underwood
4) Fight Song: Forever and For Always-Shania Twain
5) Breaking Up: Never Had It So Good-Jessica Andrews
6) Happiness: Landslide-Dixie Chicks
7) Life's Okay: Yesterday-Leona Lewis
8) Mental Breakdown: I Don't Feel Like Lovin' You Today-Gretchen Wilson
9) Driving: Cover Me-Mae
10) Flashback: The Ocean-Mae
11) Getting Back Together: Wake Up Call-Maroon 5
12) Wedding: When You Say Nothing At All-Alison Krauss
13) Birth of a Child: Flora's Secret-Enya
14) Final Battle: Something Like That-Tim McGraw
15) Death Scene: I Keep Looking-Sara Evans
16) Funeral Song: Storm-Lifehouse
17) End Credits: Unbreakable Heart-Jessica Andrews
Hmmm...spookily enough, a lot of these fit. I am more of a pacifist, so my fight song is about right. I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today is definitely how I feel when I am having a breakdown. It does not bode well for the man I am getting back together with if our song is Wake Up Call, though. The wedding and birth of a child were sweet.


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Tagged! I hope people have been keeping up with this feminism tag because there's some great writing involved here. The latest:
At Blogpourri, Sujatha writes about her grand-aunt, married at the age of seven to a 42 year old man who promptly abandoned her. She went on to live a life that so many women today would love to have.
At Writing Life, Jawahara writes that she is not afraid of labels. Feminism is a part of her identity, not the definition and it has set her free to be all that she can.
I want more. But in the meantime, check out Charukesi's post about the grand old ladies in her family. It's not only an excellent blog but a look at her posts on gender issues is well worth your time.
More Tags!
DG brings the Mad Momma's answer to a separate tag on feminism – Five Things Feminism has given her.
This was in response to Chatterbox who wrote about what feminism has done for her.
She was tagged in turn by Annie whose thoughts can be read here.
And this of course was inspired by Aishwarya who had so much to say, she was reluctant to say it all – but I'm glad she did.
She got tagged by Belledame – her take on things, touches on the greater civil rights issue.
And it came to her via Feministe here.
Who was prodded into it by Shakespeare's Sister who was talking about American feminism.
And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the post that started it all.
Don't you love the interconnected series of tubes and tunnels that is the interweb? I do!


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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
CPSIA - The Blame Game
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In the attached letter dated February 3, 2009, Representatives Waxman and Rush and Senators Rockefeller and Pryor call on President Obama to seek the replacement of Commissioner Nancy Nord as Acting Chairman of the CPSC. The argument presented in the February 3 Letter is that under the current administration of the agency, the CPSC has failed to give guidance, correct "misinformation" and otherwise smoothly implement the CPSIA. The authors of the letter place the blame squarely on the Acting Chairman, noting "[the agency's] new authority and powers to better execute its mission" under the CPSIA. Unfortunately, the February 3 Letter misconstrues the law itself and the powers granted to the CPSC. The fault for the stalemate on implementation of the CPSIA lies with the law itself.
The urgent need for better "guidance" is a recurrent theme in discussions of the role of the CPSC under the CPSIA. Various parties and consumer groups contend that the CPSC has the "discretion" to act to relieve the "confusion" and "misunderstandings" under the CPSIA and that with their "guidance", the issues relating to the lead limits could be resolved. The failure to issue that guidance in a form and at a speed suited to the CPSIA effectiveness dates has been deemed administrative "dysfunction". Is this true?
Section 101(a)(2) "Total Lead" Limits are Very Clear. Under Section 101(a)(2) of the CPSIA, new lead limits were established, notably 600 parts per million "total lead content by weight for any part of the [children's] product" effective as of February 10, 2009. The General Counsel of the CPSC issued an opinion letter on September 12, 2008 stating that these standards apply to all products in commerce on and after the effective date (including existing inventory and resale merchandise). Considerable criticism has been lavished on this new standard for its sweeping application to a wide range of products known to be safe. Much of the problem derives from the definition of "children's product" (15 USC 2052(a)(16)) which now extends to all products "designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger", even though children over six years of age are generally recognized as not being at risk from lead poisoning. The standard thus becomes a litmus test divorced from conceptions of risk.
The CPSIA Provides Limited Exceptions to the "Total Lead" Standards. The CPSIA provides that the Commission may by rule grant exceptions to the "total lead" limits, but carefully limits the ability of the CPSC to take such action. Outrage over toy recalls in 2007 led to a noose-like definition of what the CPSC could and could not do to ease the application of the Section 101(a) lead limits. By essentially blaming the CPSC for the 2007 recalls in its design of the CPSIA, Congress left the agency with few options but to follow the new lead limits strictly – regardless of the messy details.
The following text defines the discretion allowed to the CPSC under Section 101(b)(1) of the CPSIA in very narrow and specific terms:
"(1) CERTAIN PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS. – The Commission may, by regulation, exclude a specific product or material from the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Commission, after notice and a hearing, determines on the basis of the best available, objective, peer-reviewed, scientific evidence that lead in such product or material will neither –
(A) result in the absorption of any lead into the human body, taking into account normal and reasonable foreseeable use and abuse of such product by a child . . . nor
(B) have any other adverse impact on public health or safety."
Notably, the CPSIA goes on to state in Section 101(e):
"(e) PENDING RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE NO EFFECT. -- The pendency of a rulemaking proceeding to consider –
(1) A delay in the effective date of a limit or an alternate limit under this section related to technological feasibility,
(2) An exception for certain products or materials or inaccessibility guidance under subsection (b) of this section, or
(3) Any other request for modification of or exemption from any regulation, rule, standard, or ban under this Act or any other Act enforced by the Commission,
shall not delay the effect of any provision or limit under this section nor shall it stay general enforcement of the requirements of this section."
Thus, the CPSC must take the following steps to grant ANY relief from the new "total lead" standards:
a. Issue regulations to exclude specific products or materials.
b. Must hold public hearings before issuing those exclusionary regulations. [The CPSC currently takes the position that solicitation of public comments satisfies this requirement.]
c. Must base ANY exemptions on the (i) best available, (ii) objective, (iii) peer-reviewed, AND (iv) scientific evidence that lead in such product will not result in the absorption of ANY lead into the human body, or have ANY other adverse impact on public health or safety.
These high standards and demanding requirements make it exceptionally difficult for the CPSC to grant quick or meaningful relief from intentionally over-broad hazard definitions. Because of the limited discretion granted the Commission under the new law, relatively few children's products will ultimately be exempted, while many others will continue to be impacted even though an objective review would show that they present no quantifiable risk of injury. Notably, there is nothing in Section 101(e) that permits the agency to exempt thrift stores for "good faith" compliance. There is likewise no "good faith" exemption for our company either. The standards are ABSOLUTE and are UNRELATED TO RISK OF INJURY.
In addition, the CPSC's arduous task of creating these regulations, regardless of how long it takes or how necessary (or obvious) the regulations are, will NOT delay the impact or implementation of the Section 101(a) limits. Thus, there may be extended periods of time, like now, when bad law prevails despite everyone's desire to fix it. This is apparently by design.
So What Does This Mean? The law, plainly and unambiguously, does not allow the CPSC to override the new "total lead" standards. The CPSC has no discretion to consider risk in granting exemptions. With the bar for exemptions raised so high, the CPSC cannot give any guidance other than that companies must meet the standards for any product within the definition of a "children's product". Blaming Chairman Nord or the agency for following the law itself is not fair and is not right. It is highly likely that the problems facing the agency under Nord will also dog the agency under the next Chairman. The problem is with the law itself.
The language of the CPSIA was drafted specifically to prevent the CPSC from doing its job. The law creates a bright line standard for "total lead" which the CPSC is basically prohibited from adjusting. The "prohibition" imposed on the CPSC is essentially administrative in nature, preventing a speedy or unfettered reconsideration or modification of the standards. In its new law, Congress made clear that it was not open to feedback from the agency on what the standards should be and left no room for regulators overrule the CPSIA by administrative action.
To criticize the CPSC for their "slow progress" is cynical and misleading. Let's not beat around the bush – there was no intention to allow the CPSC to do its work as a safety administrator under the CPSIA and to make the kind of decisions that Congress created it to make. To contend today that the CPSC should be doing or even could be doing this work more efficiently, is to distract the public from closely examining a defective and poorly-conceived law. The CPSIA doesn't work – and blaming the CPSC or Chairman Nord for the mess won't absolve Congress of its responsibility for the damage the CPSIA is wreaking.
Final Thoughts. There are many aspects of the February 3 Letter that I disagree with but I want to close with a simple message: We are not confused about this law or its implications. Those who oppose this dangerous and misguided law understand it all too well. The CPSIA impairs our ability to make or sell safe products that our customers, our valued consumers, depend upon. If we don't stick up for our right to make these safe and responsible items, our customers, our employees and associates and our country will SUFFER. There is nothing wrong with more effective safety legislation in principle. The CPSIA is not the right approach. It doesn't work and can't be made to work.
Let's stop arguing and fix this law. Congress, the CPSC and the business community can unite to make children safer. Now is the time to act.
Richard Woldenberg
Learning Resources, Inc.
Follow my blog at www.learningresources.com/CPSIA or at www.twitter.com/rwoldenberg
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I'm a mompreneur (all handmade, U.S., no toxic glues, hire moms / military wives in Washington, etc.) who would like to see 2009 known as the "Year of The Recall of Incredibly STUPID LEGISLATION."
This issue has prompted me out of comfort zones - to make 2 videos on You Tube (Power2Parents). I liken it to the crisis in Whoville and I believe that NO MEASURE, short of getting our legislators (read servants) to repeal the ENTIRE law is sufficient. They should be made to start COMPLETELY over - by the WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
There's only one problem...as I wrote on my blog, it seems to me that people these days are like stunned cattle, headed for slaughter...
In a response to a reader's comment I received to my anti-class-action blog post (http://tristansepinion.blogspot.com/2009/01/cpsia-class-action-lawsuit-my-vote-is.html), I wrote:
"Our job, as citizens, is not limited to getting out and voting. Our freedoms come at a price and if that means getting together on the streets across America, banding together in solidarity and refusing to comply to tyrannical, self-destructive and ill-conceived laws in OUR country, that's a price I'm most willing to pay – YOU?!
If so, let's rather spend our time figuring out how to get the crowds out onto the streets! That oughta draw the media's attention!!
We have a choice – we can spend energies on lawsuits OR on practicing good citizenship – getting the bums thrown out – holding Waxman accountable for his failure to hear and exercise the will of the people – ensuring our government is truly one OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people.
Staging protests and rejecting compliance in far-reaching solidarity is one way to make a powerful statement.
We DO NOT have to scramble around like rats in a cage doing what we're told by dictators – if this is what our democracy has come to, I say it's darned worth our time and sacrifice to see to it that THIS is what we focus on changing.
What I see is a nation stunned – like cattle headed for slaughter.
Most are working to comply, not protest. This is what is chilling. I think those of us who have enough backbone to break the ranks of sheep-dom ought to stand in solidarity and take action – galvanize the masses onto the streets and let THAT take the media by storm. Let THAT take Waxman from listening to special interests (like this toxic coalition that started this nightmare!) to OUR interests.
Waxman is only as powerful as we permit him to be. If the WHOLE of America's shopkeepers refuse to comply, there is NO WAY the government can throw us ALL in jail, etc.
So what are we? Men or Mice? What are we afraid of - who says we can't all band together and refuse to comply? Is it the magnitude of this idea? Is it the work it entails? Is it just the kind of fear we have accumulated over time, as we have not been provoked to do more than vote in many, many years?
There are times in history where people must rise up and decide, together, what they want for America. As parents, it's time to decide what WE want for our children - it is in OUR hands, not in the hands of politicians or attorneys. I, personally, believe this is one of those times and I believe we have the authority and power to make change without electing it (or the hope of it)!"
Obviously, what most deeply concerns me is that many people seem to lack an understanding of how to participate as citizens, much less work in solidarity anymore. This is OUR country and these are OUR children - when a law that replaces "Mother Approved" with "Big Brother Approved" isn't enough to make all parents see red and march in the streets and a knee-jerk reflex, then... I am...at a loss.
So – Rick - my question is - how do we educate the masses, bring people together in solidarity and inspire the PEOPLE to rise up and hold the politicians accountable (no more blame game – no more wool over the sheep's eyes!)? I am one woman – one mom – one voice – with a mean pen and not enough contacts, apparently, to get what I believe is needed on this one – a movement of solidarity going.
Ultimately, lawsuits won't cut it. Politicians won't cut it. WE the PEOPLE need to be brought together- to be educated enough, angry enough and ultimately willing to pay the price of defending what is OURS to define as the 'best interest' of our children and their future in this country.
I think I've officially snapped! ;-)
Thanks for your informative posts,
Tristan Benz
Maiden America
- February 4, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Why is there never any mention of the lack of funding to the CPSC? The CPSIA authorized an increase to the agency's woeful budget and while Congress is busy blaming Nord, the check has still not been written - Explain this hypocrisy.
- February 4, 2009 at 9:05 PM


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Whisper campaign persists despite election
"I think there are just a lot of people who just want to believe it," said Paul Waldman, who has studied the conspiracy theories over Obama's citizenship for Media Matters.
Waldman, though, doubts the skeptics can be convinced, no matter what evidence is produced. "There is nothing much you can do to reach these people," Waldman said. "No matter how many times you tell them the truth they will continue to believe this."
I'd promised myself that I wasn't going to write anything else about this "conspiracy" until Philip Berg's or Cort Wrotnowski's case made it to a SCOTUS conference. This article in Politico, however, changed my mind -not because I have anything to add to all the information that is out there, but because I love the way the way today's media can use innuendo and slurs to convey their own point of view.
I've only included this last comment (and the one identifying the "expert") so that I could point out the obvious here.
Conspiracy Theories exist because there are always unanswered questions: how long do we have to wait until we see the records of JFK's assassination? (50 years after they were sealed), How long did it take until we discovered that there was no Tonkin Bay incident which allowed Johnson to propel the US into the Vietnam War?, How long did we have to wait to discover that Nixon and Kissinger knew that the War in Vietnam was going to fail, but decided to let it go on until Nixon could save face?, How long did we have to wait until we discovered that "advisors" were in Vietnam in 1957 and that Special Forces were there in 1960? The list could go on forever, right?
There are obvious reasons why secrets are necessary to protect the national interest, but there are also times when secrets have been kept to protect a national figure from facing the consquences of his deceit. So, yes, there are people who see conspiracy everywhere. But, there are also people who know that conspiracy is possible. They are not "kooks," they are concerned Americans and they do not need to be demeaned for expressing their concerns.
In this particular instance, there is a simple remedy: ask Barack Obama to show an official long-form birth certificate and passport-not a photoshopped copy, not even an internet photo, but a piece of paper that an appointed and trusted figure could verify.
I had to produce birth certificates just to enrol my children in public school.
How hard can it be for the president-elect?
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Link tried to carefully get up from the rubble beneath him and make as little noise as possible, but he already knew that the gesture was useless. If the sound was what he thought it was, getting up slowly would only make the situation worse by minimizing his time to escape. His heart pounded away as the sound began to deepen and grow in intensity, and sweat covered his palms as he reached for his sword. If he were to be captured, he would go out fighting.
Link stood up on the broken crate and stood with his blade poised, waiting, waiting…waiting…
It took Link about a minute to realize that the sound he was hearing wasn't moving closer in his direction as he originally thought. Instead, it was just getting louder…no, wait; now it was growing softer! If this was what Link thought it was – soldiers coming to inspect the cause of the crash – then they had some peculiar habits or something…
"Link…" was all Navi could say before Link hushed the fairy with a wave of his hand. He stared around the crate-stacked area for about a minute longer before he made the decision to inspect the noise for himself.
Taking as cautious steps as he could, Link crept towards the general direction of the noise, which by now had faded again. He still kept his blade naked as he began mingling within the tiny maze of crates, but his suspected his true weapon in an emergency would be to run…just then, the noise flared up once more, this time undoubtedly a lot closer than before. Link quickly twirled to face it, and quickly realized the source was hiding behind a nearby crate.
Taking a deep breath, Link skulked around the crate and peered it around with a careful eye…
To his complete surprise, he found something entirely unexpected: a man sleeping upon a pile of golden straw. The frightening sound Link was hearing was nothing more than rough snoring being forced through the man's enormous nose.
Link, completely astonished at this discovery, walked around the rest of the crate to examine the slumbering man further. He wasn't the shortest adult Link had seen, but he was undoubtedly the fattest. But his plumpness didn't necessarily mean he was a weak man; the two strong-looking arms protruding from his body destroyed that belief. The man's face was decorated with lines of hair trailing down his cheeks and meeting underneath his nose, creating a bushy rope with several small pigtails arranged periodically.
But the most noticeable thing about the man that Link noticed was that he had a familiar smell dancing around him…the same aroma that Malon possessed, the aroma of the outdoors.
With a sudden jolt, Link realized that the sleeping man was Talon, Malon's father.
So this is why Malon's father didn't go back to his daughter. He was sleeping! How could just sleep here like this and leave Malon to cry for him? If Link hadn't come along when he did, she would've had to cry all alone…
"Link, wait…!"
Navi's warning came too late. Without thinking, Link took his right foot and swung it with all his might into the man's enormous stomach.
He then retracted his foot quickly so he could bend down and grip it to stop the unexpected surge of pain.
"Ouch!" Link cried as he tried stroking his foot through his boot. "This guy's got a stomach made of rock or something…"
"Wh…wh…who kick…kicked me?"
The voice was a shaky one, but it possessed enough substance to signal that the owner was awake. Through his minute pain, Link watched as the chubby man Talon lifted his head and opened his eyes in the sunlight. He used a nearby crate to support himself as he stood up, and his wobbly legs indicated he didn't have the strength his physique had earlier indicated. Then, without warning, the man emitted a brief yet disgusting belch, and almost immediately a pungent odor filled the air.
Link tried holding his hand over his nose and mouth to block the tang, but it had obviously existed before the burp was even made because the scent still burned his nostrils.
Talon looked around with shaky eyes for a moment before finding Link. The man's face reminded Link of one of his friends that sleepwalked.
"You the one th…th…that kicked me?" Talon asked, discharging another blast of that awful smell.
Link lifted his hand from his mouth for a split second to answer with a brief "Yes" before returning it. Link didn't feel like going into any reasons of why he had kicked Talon because any conversation would force him to sniff that dreadful aroma. Luckily, Talon wasn't in the mood for explanations either. Instead he lifted his heavy eyes and looked at the sun barely peeking over the walls of the castle.
"What time is it? Is it morning already?"
Link didn't give an answer; Talon didn't need one.
"Uh," the man groaned as he straightened his back. "That's the last time I talk those guards into giving me a drink of that horrible liquor. Next time it's delivery and dash. Don't have time to fall asleep all night…"
"You're right about that!" Link suddenly blurted out, his face in a gentle rage. He didn't care about the stench; he had something important to say to the man in front of him. "Do you realize you left Malon all by herself all night? You realize she cried because you didn't…"
"Malon…?" Talon suddenly exclaimed, his eyes jumping wide open. "By Farore's Wind, I completely forgot about her!" Now completely awake, Talon grabbed Link's shoulders, not caring about the Kokiri's apparent anger, and begged, "You, boy, whoever you are, do you know Malon? Is she all right?"
"She was until you didn't show up. She cried her eyes out because you left her all alone like that! You…"
"By Din's Fire!" Talon bellowed, his face tightening in a worried countenance. "How could I do that to her? Talon Hylara, you're as big an idiot as they come! Thank you, little man. I don't know who you are, but thanks for that kick in the stomach. I really deserved it. You probably should've kicked harder…but I don't have time to go into that. I need to get back to my daughter. Again, thank you."
Then, without another word, Talon took off. Link, surprised by the man's unexpected moves, watched in amazement as the fat farmer ran faster than any other person Link had seen before did. Talon soon disappeared behind a stack of crates, but his enormous footsteps could still be heard as they receded in the distance.
Then, for the first time since he had met Talon, Link smiled. "Go…go to Malon. Make her smile again…Malon, thanks for the great time yesterday…"
"Link?" Navi suddenly said, interrupting Link's thoughts. Link turned to face the fairy, who continued, "are you okay? Why are you talking to yourself?"
Link stared at the fay for a moment before shaking his head. "I don't know. I guess it just felt right. That's all. Why? Is there something wrong with it?"
"It's just that the Great Deku Tree warned us fairies that those who talked to themselves were usually loners, those who isolated themselves from others. He warned us that such behavior wasn't acceptable for a Kokiri, and…well, I guess it doesn't matter. But you're not a loner, are you?"
"No," Link answered quickly, but almost immediately he felt that answer slide down his throat like a chunk of raw vegetation. He usually experienced that feeling after lying, intentionally or unintentionally.
Did he just lie to Navi…and to himself?
Shrugging the thought off, Link briskly continued. "Come on, let's quit dawdling and try to find a way inside this place. The Princess of Destiny shouldn't be too far away."
"Now you're talking sense," Navi beamed proudly, as if she felt she had just accomplished something.
Zelda stared at her private garden from the door into her bedroom, marveling at its quiet splendor and simplicity. Her eyes then fell on the chair near the window that led to her father's throne room and sighed. It was almost an eyesore amidst all the garden's beauty, despite the fact it was beautiful in its own right.
Maybe artificial elegance was never meant to be amidst the beauty that nature could create. Maybe unnatural could never be meant to be with what the Three Goddesses created. And that was yet another reason she had to make sure the King of Thieves didn't get his filthy hands on the Triforce…
The meeting between the king and Gandondorf would begin shortly, she knew, so she decided to get to the chair so she wouldn't miss a thing.
As she entered the garden, she failed to notice her bedroom door stood slightly ajar…
"You're kidding! You want me to do what?"
Navi's light faded, a warning that it was about to brighten, before saying, "You're going to dive into this gutter and follow it upstream until you get inside the castle. Look, it leads straight inside and it's probably the only way in without making a disturbance."
Link couldn't argue with that. He had searched the castle walls around the crate area and had managed to find several entrances, but all of them were either locked or guarded by several serious-looking sentries. The only unguarded and unlocked "entrance" was a small water channel that flowed from underneath the castle and into a dike that led to the moat in front of the palace, the moat Link luckily didn't encounter.
Navi was right. It was probably the only way he could get in. He couldn't argue with that.
But he could argue with something else. "Maybe, but look at this thing! It's completely filled with water! We don't know how far it goes before it reaches a place for me to surface! And besides, who's to say that the gutter isn't guarded on the other side of the palace?"
"Okay, then! You got any ideas? Any at all? If you do, are they good ones? Go ahead, I'm listening! And remember, while you tell me your brilliant ideas, we'll be wasting time here that we could spend searching this enormous castle!"
Navi's harsh tone made Link step back in modesty. He desperately wanted to argue back, but how could one argue with a fairy that had both plausible arguments and a very short temper? He turned to the running water, trying to visualize how far it led underground, and how far it would force him to hold his breath. He then turned back to Navi and said with a hesitant and a grumbling tone,
"Oh, very well! If I must!"
"Good! Now, just dive into the gutter and start swimming. I'll stay under your hat…"
"Oh, no!" Link interrupted as he lifted a hostile finger at the fairy. "You're not getting off that easily. You're going to go through this as well. You're going to swim upstream just like me!" His tone softened somewhat. "Besides, I need your glow for me to see…which makes you the leader of this little journey, doesn't it?"
Navi's light flickered like crazy, but she didn't say anything. Link made a small smile, for it was actually quite nice to see Navi beaten at her own game. The fairy glared at Link for a few moments before shaking violently and suddenly zipping straight into the water-filled gutter. The fairy swam around the slow current for a while before disappearing into the large pipe from where the water was coming.
Link, not wanting to lose the slight benefit of Navi's light, held his breath as he, too, jumped into the frigid water…
It was dark. Despite Navi's light, the stone gutter tunnel was still quite dark for Link's eyes. The flowing water stung his open eyes as he struggled to keep them open, and several times an abrupt rush of water nearly caused Link to let go of his breath. To top it all off, the tunnel's current was stronger than it had been near the mouth, forcing Link to claw his way across the tunnel's wall. Occasionally the crawlway curved upward, but for the most part it snaked in a straight, horizontal path.
"What am I doing?" Link thought to himself as he began to feel the pain of lack of air within his chest.
On and on he crawled, the cold water lapping against his skin like serrated blades, threatening to either carry him away or force him to release his breath. Ahead, Navi's light began to fade and her progress slowed. Eventually, his pained eyes saw no light at all. Had Navi given up and been swept away by the current, or was she still ahead?
Link had no idea about her fate, just like his own…
Just then, he saw a small light in the distance. Was it Navi? Was she farther than he had expected? No wait! It wasn't Navi at all, but light illuminating from another source! And unless fire could be lit underwater, it could only mean one thing: an exit from the gutter channel!
Link didn't know where he found the strength to continue, but he did. He pulled along with all his might, using the thin brick cracks as his leverage against the current, which slowly yet surely began to grow faster and faster. Link's chest felt like fire, but he pushed on, determined to make it to the light at the end of the tunnel…
Without warning, Link's face broke water, surrounding it with air. With a loud gasp, Link released the stale air in his lungs and sucked to take in fresh amounts. His stinging eyes fluttered madly to flush out the icy water, and several coughs were also discharged as he began to breathe freely again.
He didn't have time to adjust to the air again before he heard a familiar yet waterlogged voice. "Next time, you lead! You hear me?"
The wet fairy appeared in view moments later, her wings obviously soaked to the veins and her temper obviously even shorter. She evidently wanted to argue, but Link didn't feel like even talking to her at the moment. Instead he ignored her as he looked around at his new surroundings.
He was swimming in a small pool that was fed by another channel that ran underneath a nearby wall. Surprisingly, the suction from the underwater tunnel he had crawled through wasn't as strong as it had felt earlier. Whoever had designed the castle had designed it very well. The light source that Link had seen initially was a series of lit torches that snaked around the room in a precise sequence. Although each burned with a fiery essence, they had obviously been lit a long time ago. The room itself was made of thick stone and was completely empty save for one or two large barrels, which emitted a strong odor of oil.
Deciding to get out of the pool before the suction dragged him back into the tunnel, Links swam towards the edge of the tarn and climbed out, making sure he had all his belongings with him: sword, shield, hat, slingshot, pouch with ocarina…he had everything. But that meant little at the moment, for his greatest challenge was yet to come.
And that was finding Princess Zelda, the Princess of Destiny within this enormous castle…
Ganondorf snarled as he scraped the dried, caked mud off his boots. He didn't like the idea of cleaning his boots, and actually doing the act was even worse. But he refused to allow anyone – even his personal servants – to touch his personal belongs, and he knew he had to be, regretfully, cleaned for his meeting with the King of Hyrule.
"Even such gullible men have their limits!" he thought viciously as he remembered the stern instructions for his appearance by one of the King's messengers. "I wonder if the same is true for their necks underneath an ax's blade?"
When he finally had removed all the mud from his shoes – to his own satisfaction, at least – he made sure his armor and cloak didn't have any visible markings that would be offensive. Finding none, Ganondorf smiled for the first time that day and headed for the door to his chamber. When he opened it, he found two Hylian Royal Guards standing there. They tried to appear completely erect, but the effects of Gerudo whiskey were still apparent around their breaths.
Ganondorf's smile widened.
"We're here to escort you to the throne room, Sir Ganondorf," said the guard on the left. "Please, follow us…"
"I'll do no such thing," Ganondorf interrupted with a hostile and cynical tone. "I know my way without your help. I'll lead; you follow. Got it?"
The guards looked at each other for a moment before nodding hesitantly. "Very well."
"Too easy to bend," the King of Thieves thought as he began heading down a corridor, with the two guards following closely behind. "They'll be no trouble at all for my Gerudo! No trouble at all! It's sad, really…but how I enjoy savoring it!"
The trio headed down corridor after corridor, making their way to the throne room. Nothing spectacular happened on the way, although Ganondorf did notice one unusual thing as he turned a corner and passed a small collection of barrels.
"That's odd. Did something just duck behind those things…? Ah! Probably just a rodent carrying a leaf or something. Still…oh, never mind!"
Link waited until the group had disappeared around another corner before poking his head above the barrels. It wasn't the first patrol of guards he had encountered during his slinking around the maze-like passages, but it was definitely the closest call he had had so far. He wiped some sweat droplets from his brow and looked around to make sure the coast was clear before stepping out of his hiding place.
Navi appeared a moment later. "Link, this is ridiculous! We can't just wander around this place aimlessly until we're either caught or we die of starvation! Do you have any idea where the princess might be?"
"No, I don't," Link answered with frustration. Yet it wasn't frustration over Navi's impatience but over the situation. He had no idea where he was, no idea what he was doing, no idea he was going in the right direction. He could be going in circles, for all he knew! Every corridor looked exactly like the last one and if not the last one then the one right before the last one!
It was so annoying that Link considered climbing back into the water gutter, riding it back outside, and asking one of the guards for help!
However, Link's anger couldn't mask one thing he noticed as the three people passed him earlier. The first one, the one leading the other two, looked vaguely familiar, despite the fact Link didn't even get a good look at him before hiding behind the barrels. In fact, it wasn't even that he looked familiar.
Instead, it was more like he felt familiar…
Just then, the familiar clank of armor echoed along the corridor again. Link by now knew almost instinctively that he had to hide. He turned to the barrels to duck behind them again, but then realized that the guards would see him in the direction they were approaching him. The barrels wouldn't provide sufficient cover, and it was too late to rearrange them properly. Not that he could if he wanted to…
"Link, what are you doing?" Navi softly cried. "We have to hide!"
"I know, I know!" Link replied frantically. He looked around for a sufficient place to hide: an alcove, a tapestry, anything that he could fit behind…wait, that door! Was it…yes, it was unlocked…no, even better. It was open slightly!
Without thinking, Link bolted for the open door and pushed it open with all his might. He nearly lost his balance because of the surprising smoothness of the hinges, but he quickly recovered in time to turn around and slam the door shut. Navi, luckily, had managed to spot the open door at the same time and dart inside before the portal was closed with a soft thud.
Moments later, the clanking soldiers passed by the door and left as quickly as they arrived.
Sighing in relief, Link was about to open the door when he caught sight of his surroundings. With a start, he realized he had stumbled into someone's bedroom. And someone of great importance, at that!
The large bed in one corner was the first clue. It was so big that Link estimated he and half his friends could sleep comfortably on it with room to spare. Sitting next to him was a chest of drawers with an enormous mirror that could probably reflect the Great Deku Tree at the right distance. Even the odors held a certain pompous scent, as if they had been designed specifically for this room.
"All the more reason for me to leave…" Link began to think when he caught sight of the garden.
Before Navi could protest, Link ran to the second doorway and looked out at the magnificent garden outside. Although he had lived in the Lost Woods all his life, he had never beheld such a beautiful sight before. Every type of flower he knew – and several he didn't know – were gathered and arranged all over the place and the person who had planted them obviously knew how to treat each one right. The air was pleasant and fresh, a rousing change for Link after his walk through the stuffy palace hallways. If he didn't have something important to do, he would stay here forever.
Then he saw her.
He didn't know yet that it was she, but he saw her nevertheless. At the far end of the garden, on a stone platform underneath a large window, sat a young girl about his age in a large, cozy-looking chair. She distinctly hadn't seen the intruder standing several feet away from her.
If it had been someone else, Link might've quietly left without making his presence known, but something inside of him told him to approach her. Navi softly whispered something in his ear, but he didn't hear her. Instead, he slowly approached the girl to get a better look at her without disturbing her.
When he was only a stone's throw away, her head shifted slightly enough for Link to see her face clearly. It was then that he recognized her almost immediately. There was no mistaking it.
Link had found Princess Zelda.
Without thinking, Link took a step forward and uttered calmly, "Excuse me, Princess Zelda?"
The thud of the back of the chair striking the stone platform wasn't too loud, but it was enough for Link to stop all movement. The Princess was standing now, her face in a state of shock and staring directly into his eyes. Her face was white as a sheet and she barely moved a muscle.
The two stared at each other for a silent moment before the Princess finally spoke up: "Wh…who are you?"


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When starting this project, I had not put much thought into why refugee students should be educated. It seemed only common sense that they should receive a quality education serving their needs, and I though it fit perfectly into the culture and policies of Canada to do so. I had not realized that countries educate refugee students not just out of their feelings of generosity or justice, but rather that many are also bound my legal statutes.
The right of refugee children to education is indeed written into international agreements. The 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees states that countries "shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is accorded to nationals with respect to elementary education" (UNHCR, 2010, p. 24). So if a country educated its citizens in a certain way, then all of the refugees within their border are due to the same treatment. Alberta pledges to teach to every student's needs and abilities; the same needs to be afforded to Syrian refugee students. Just because a student is a refugee does not mean they deserve any less attention than a regular student. The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights also includes the right to education for refugees (O'Rourke, 2014). This important educational right is essential to the support of Syrian refugees during this conflict (Ficarra, 2017; McCall & Vang, 2012; O'Rourke, 2014; Warner, 2017). The population of Syrian refugee children who have fled Syria need to be equipped to be able to do not only the best for their lives, but also for the future of restoring peace and infrastructure in Syria after the war.
While the legal right to education only calls for the same treatment as nationals of the country receive, the best practice for refugee students includes attending to their specific unique needs. For example, "all students have a legal right to an education in order to succeed in life without requiring them to relinquish their cultural identity" (McCall & Vang, 2012, p. 33). There are various best practices for refugee students, such as trauma- informed pedagogy (https://abeducationalsupportrefugee.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/trauma-informed-practice/), culturally relevant pedagogy, and teaching according to the needs of students with interrupted or limited formal schooling. Syrian refugee children need to be supported and educated so that they are one day able to resettle their country and be successful despite the situation they were born into. Refugee students need help with trauma, language, and culture in their new country.
So in the end, supports for the Syrian refugee students need to go beyond what is called for in the 1951 United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees or the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. Just like the rest of the Alberta students that are being taught, these children need to be supported in the unique ways that they need.
Selected Resources:
UNHCR. (2010). Convention and protocol relating to the status of refugees. http://doi.org/10.1093/iclqaj/10.2.255
O'Rourke, J. (2014). Education for Syrian refugees: the failure of second-generation human rights during extraordinary crises. Albany Law Review, 78(2), 711–738.
Ficarra, J. (2017). Comparative international approaches to better understanding and supporting refugee learners. Issues in Teacher Education, 26(1), 73–85.
McCall, A. L., & Vang, B. (2012). Preparing preservice teachers to meet the needs of Hmong refugee students. Multicultural Perspectives, 14(1), 32–37. http://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2012.646847
Warner, J. (2017). No Lost Generations: Refugee children and their human right to education, from the Holocaust to the Syrian Civil War.


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You're finally asleep now, you've had a rough day. You have a fever and just don't feel like yourself. So we sang to you and rocked you and finally when I said "How about we lay you down, you dream about Beauty and the Beast?" You agreed and fell right asleep. You loved that movie when we watched it the other day, I couldn't believe you sat still, completely enthralled the entire time. In fact, you now say "Beast, beast" when I sing you the theme song.
I cannot help but make an obtuse comparison between you and the character of the beast. Some might not understand that but you are like two different entities. There is you-your essence, which is strong and spirited, full of life, thriving, beautiful, intelligent, laughing, playful, charming and many other positive, wonderful things. Then there is your body- twisting and conspiring against you, pain causing, frail, ruthless in its pursuit to destroy you piece by piece – the beast. Marfan Syndrome is your beast. From your tiniest blood cell, to your spine, all effected by the beast.
Your appointment at Shriner's this week showed us that despite wearing the brace around 18 hours a day for 7 weeks, your lumbar curve INCREASED by 20º. Heart breaking. And the news about your aortic root increasing in size the week before… I just wanted to hear 1 good thing from either of those appointments.
It is numbing my love, to have to hear such negative things about you. It's painful and numbing all at once. I look at you and wonder how anything could be wrong at all, and that is because I see you, inside that beast. It will try to cut you down my dear but don't you ever let it. You keep fighting it. Whether it be here on earth or in heaven, you will someday shed that beast and be made whole. And the light and life that I see shining in you will burst forth. Your body is against you, but I know you will never let it win, not really. Not when you are who you are. And my precious Kierra, it's important that I tell you this – I love you. Twisted spine, faulty heart, delicate skin, weak ankles, but light filled blue eyes, angelic laugh, rosy cheeks, Einstein mind, long elegant fingers, avocado hogging, music loving, pass gas and blame it on me, silly, gorgeous girl. I LOVE YOU. I cherish you. I cannot have you without the beast so I love you completely, all of you. And even more importantly, God loves you my girl. When you read this some day, I hope that I have pointed you towards His holy path. You are not a mistake, your life is full of meaning and purpose. It sometimes feels like the opposite of what I pray happens, in regards to your beast but…. my faith is in tact. Blind as it may seem to some. Now I just have to pray that I show you Christ's love. You may face a day when it feels like your prayers go unanswered but I beg you to stick it out. I will never give up hope on a better body for you but I know your life story will be great, regardless of the beast, in fact, perhaps because of it. Beauty and The Prince would have been a nice story but Beauty and the Beast is a masterpiece. God is writing a masterpiece in you my love. You are a champion. You are an overcomer. You are beloved. You are my daughter and I could not be more blessed.
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"Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name". - Alice Maynell
Vintage parks are places that have woven within their fibers memories sweet and tragic, their own vital breath, and names that make us recollect childhood wonder.
That's why I'm now venturing forth to park #34 in just a few weeks' time. And all on my own nickel. Because "spirit of place" is certainly real and true and palpable, deserving of our respect.


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The time has finally come, and you will be married soon. Planning your wedding is no small task. However, with the right advice you can plan an event that will give you some of your best memories. Read on and you will find some tips that can turn potential chaos into beauty.
If you have guests who are traveling to a destination wedding, make sure that you give them gift baskets at the hotel they are staying at. This will help to show the appreciation that you have for them for changing their plans and traveling to be a part of your festivities.
Don't be a bridezilla! Delegate tasks for your wedding to your loved ones to help relieve the stress on you and get them involved. If your Mom loves to cook, ask her to help with the catering. If your Dad is a wine aficionado, have him help with the wine selection for your reception. Get everyone involved!
When planning an outdoor wedding, always have a backup plan. Try choosing a venue that has an indoor area available for your wedding if it decides to rain that day. You could also consider having tents just in case you experience bad weather. When using a tent during rain, it is not ideal for when you have heavy rain as the ground beneath the tent will become wet and your guests will have to walk in it.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/05/weekend-business-ideas.html has its own natural beauty but you should still check on the place where your wedding will be held right before your wedding. Check to make sure that the grass has been mowed, leaves have been raked, and it is clear of debris. If you notice something that you do not like, make sure it is taken care of before your wedding day.
If great post to read are charging to photograph a wedding, make sure that all expectations are set before the big day. Find out what the couple are expecting to get at the end and what the cost will be. If you're offering your services for free, then it's just as important to find out what end product you're being expected to deliver, and what it will cost you.
When the ceremony is over and you're happily married, don't celebrate like you're in the end zone of a football game. You and your spouse should plan what reaction you'll have, and it's best if you both smile graciously and walk down the aisle together holding hands. No jumping up and down or dancing!
When you and your betrothed start adding items to your wedding registry, don't be afraid to add things that are over-the-top, expensive, or just a bit elaborate. Focus on choosing items that you can both envision as part of your new shared life together based upon your shared preferences, not the price tags.
If you've asked a family member or friend to photograph your wedding, make sure that person really wants to do it. Don't pressure anyone because he or she may end up so stressed out that the photographs they take don't turn out as expected. If the photo are ruined in any way, don't take it out on the person you asked! They did the best they could.
Wedding bands are a vital part of the wedding, as they help to signify the joining of two parties. Make sure that on the days leading up to the wedding and on the wedding itself to have someone who you can count on keep track of your wedding bands to ensure security.
Ask your family and friends if they have any heirloom pieces you could borrow which would match your hairstyle and dress. This will not only fill a gap in your wedding jewelry ensemble, but will also add a special touch to the day that you will remember fondly in the years to come.
When choosing a caterer or a vendor for your wedding, look for someone you can trust. If the vendor is doing its best to work with you and find out what you want, you have found the right one. If the vendor's main concern is getting paid, you might have run into a scam.
Ask the parents of the flower girl and/or ring bearer to get the children to bed early the night before the ceremony or try to give them a nap during the day for an evening wedding. Well-rested children are much more attentive and carry a longer attention span for things than children who may be irritable from a lack of sleep.
If your wedding reception is beginning to look more like a child's birthday party, have all the children gathered up and taken to their own area to enjoy some suitable entertainment. A clown or magician can keep their eyes locked on him while you and their parents dance the night away.
When planning an outdoor wedding, it is important to have an alternate plan established so that you are prepared if bad weather becomes a factor. Book a location that also has a inside building or rent some tents. Get proper installation of temporary walkways at the outdoor site to make sure muddy conditions do not end up soiling the shoes of the wedding participants or the guests.
As was mentioned at the beginning of this article, planning a wedding can be daunting. However, with the right information and ideas, it can become an enjoyable thing to do. Take what you have learned from this article and put it into action as you begin to plan this special day.
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The time has finally come, and you will be married soon. Planning your wedding is no small task. However, with the right advice you can plan an event that will give you some of your best memories. Read on and you will find some tips that can turn potential chaos into beauty.


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The Educated Nervous System.
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The neural networks of several invertebrate animals are currently being studied for clues to cerebral function. The major goal of the studies is an understanding of the neural mechanisms behind learning. Organisms used, examples of research studies, and implications are discussed. (Author/JN)
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Another passing day…more thoughts….
Another day slips past, another interview this time stepping back to bar work, and I doubt it went that well of course they want to know why from here to bar work, and see me only temporary, I was hoping this one would pull through just for cash at least to tide things over.
I am deeply worried now as the end of the month both my phone bill is due and rent, though I have cut back on everything I still will not make the money up and I had to borrow more from the little I have to pay the bus fare for this interview.
I am scourging round like mad searching desperately for anything, data entry, bar work, cleaning I dont care I just need to work. At least if I can get something I can use this to search for longer prospects and decide from there.
Its so desperately hard to hold on, I never was loaded but always had money in the bank and could do things I wanted, to a reason, now I have nothing after working all these years, this in itself does not bother me, if I got work I could once more with determination and drive drag me back up again, its the fact that no matter how hard I try I dont seem to be getting anywhere and day by day the hole gets deeper.
Waves of depression wash over me and then despair, I dont know how to cope or what to do from here. Daily now I walk down to the library and search the jobs sites, trawl through e-mails and search and search for work, yet nothing comes and I despair alone and lost.
I have always felt locked out of life, often like I am waiting for it to begin, always waiting for something that never comes, now I found a new kind of locked out where alone I wander in the wilderness the world alight around and all that meets my eyes is darkness.
I have this urge to run, to set myself free, but run where and how? One thing for sure I know that once my path way turns around, if I manage to drag my way through this, I will depart this dreadful country, and its systems and ways, gawd life would be so much easier if I could slip away to some remote tribe and live free with nature, instead of trapped by this concrete jungle thats grown so fat upon the fruits of fruitlessness that it fails to see its self. Break free the grip of so called modern living with its pointless over complex and downright naive views, that feeds the rich and starves the poor, would much rather throw away than give away, and slip away to simple life where by the quality there in lies with in the blessing of the day.
I guess it is not till you find yourself in the outside, in a mess that you really start to see this place for what it is and how crazy it all is, I have always known its crazy but never saw just how far it went! It is madness that has become so complicated that the very reason we are here has become lost, forgotten, left in pieces on the cutting room floor.
Religion fights religion, person fights person, company fights consumer, I can not help but being reminded of vultures tearing away the very heart of life itself, and all the time more rules to patch up the holes to tighten the grip to patch up more holes to make more rules, its like society no longer exists in reality but just in some giant journal that fills itself more and more each passing second, will the rules ever end or will we simply run out of words?
I need a job…..!!!!!
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In the meantime, you should think about writing – you're an excellent writer, and I believe you can capture the human spirit with your words. You should write a book!
Peace, Light and Love, C.


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Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love...Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me... Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness...Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A Gorgeous Summer Day
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- Julie said...
VERY cool.
Unfortunately - no one here really cares for peas and potatos. I love it. and GREAT deal on the cherries. I've NEVER seen a price that low - even for sour ones. how kind of God to allow you a relaxing day to enjoy some of your favorites with just Mike... did mike eat the peas/potatoes?
- July 9, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Joni said...
yum! Looks good!
how are the BOYS at cooking? well...assisting the cook? :)
- July 9, 2009 at 7:39 AM
- MOM said...
Wow, those look very good. Did you make a pie?
I love peas and potatoes! Yours was probably better too since I couldn't find any potatoes yet under our plants. Glad you found some good food!
Missed you guys this weekend.
- July 15, 2009 at 7:54 PM


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Kazuo Ishiguro: 2017 Nobel Laureate!
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. Though something of a surprise pick (the writers favored to win this year's prize included Margaret Atwood and Haruki Murakami), Ishiguro's award-winning body of work has garnered critical attention and acclaim since his first book, A Pale View of Hills, was published in 1982. The award was announced by the Swedish Academy's Permanent Secretary, Professor Sara Danius, who noted that Ishiguro is a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
Watch the post-announcement interview with Permanent Secretary Sara Danius below!
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An archaeological find at a construction site near Jerusalem includes a home from the eighth millennium B.C., during the mid-Neolithic:
The building seems to have undergone a number of renovations and represents a time when humans were first starting to live in permanent settlements rather than constantly migrating in search of food, the researchers said. Near this house, the team found a cluster of abandoned flint and limestone axes.
"Here we have evidence of man's transition to permanent dwellings and that in fact is the beginning of the domestication of animals and plants; instead of searching out wild sheep, ancient man started raising them near the house," the archaeologists said in a statement.
The excavators also say they found the remains of a possible "cultic" temple that's more than 6,000 years old. The researchers think this structure, built in the second half of the fifth millennium B.C., was used for ritual purposes, because it contains a heavy, 4-foot-tall (1.3 meters) standing stone that is smoothed on all six of its sides and was erected facing east.
via 'Cultic' Temple, 10,000-Year-Old House Found in Israel – Yahoo News.


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I finished reading:
"The Cross and the Switchblade" written by David Wilkerson. 174 Pages
It's been a long time since I read this book and I found it as inspiring now as I did over twenty years ago. It has certainly made me think and reflect. Do I have the same faith and passion that I had then? Do I have the faith that allowed me to come to the US the first time in 1989, or, quit everything and move here in 1998? I don't know the answer to that question. Certainly something to think about and meditate on.
The 34th book of 2011. 11085 pages at an average of 326 pages.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Get set for festival of waywards, walkabouts and wallaroos
Published: Thursday 26th February 15
This year's Wandsworth Fringe is set to be the biggest and best yet with a jam-packed schedule of more than 70 different listings.
Get set for pop-up performances, picnics, plays, cabaret, talks and tea parties.
The third borough wide festival takes place between 1 – 17 May and has something for everyone.
Wandsworth Council's art spokesman Cllr Jonathan Cook said:
"The fringe is a fantastic showcase for the creative talents we have here in Wandsworth. It brings opportunities to enjoy the local arts scene and to try something new and inspiring. I thoroughly recommend you explore the programme and book your tickets."
Wandsworth Fringe producer Cath Mattos said:
"Wandsworth Fringe is growing fast into a vibrant festival of fringe arts worthy of attention across the borough and beyond. This year we've almost doubled the number of acts taking part – from amateurs to professionals, indoors and outdoors, covering all corners of the borough."
There are two new venue hubs this year which will be busy with arts activity throughout the programme - The Bedford pub, Balham and Four Thieves ballroom, Battersea.
Highlight's from this year's programme include:
The Paul Dunton Orchestra live with Sophie Janes - Paul Dunton leads his own unique cross-over orchestra providing a rousing and atmospheric mix of alternative and pop with a classical twist - http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/the-paul-dunton-orchestra-live-at-the-bedford-balham
A bicycle-powered 'Comedy of Errors and Macbeth' outside The Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park by The Handlebards - an all-male troupe of players who have toured the show across Europe by bicycle - (http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/the-comedy-of-errors
The BIG ART PICNIC - an afternoon of creative picnicking in Heathbrook Park with guest acts from The Bureau of Silly Ideas - http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/big-arts-picnic1
An 'Edinburgh Fringe Preview' at The Ram Brewery with the added bonus of on-tap ale, brewed on site in a micro brewery, for free with the ticket price - http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/comedy-club
Fabulous female comedy 'Femmes by the Thames' at Battersea Barge, hosted by Radio 4 regular Rosie Wilby http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/femmes-by-the-thames1
An invitation to follow a new language of movement instructions at Southside Shopping Centre devised by students from West Hill primary school with artists Pencil & Help and CoDa Dance. This is a Pump House Gallery Commission supported by festival sponsors, Southside Shopping Centre - http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/movement-pictures
A reduced version of Humperdinck's brilliant Hansel and Gretal opera performed by National Opera Studio graduates with the Burntwood School choir - http://wandsworthartsfestival.com/2015/event/hansel-and-gretel
Wandsworth Fringe is co-ordinated by Wandsworth Council's arts team in collaboration with a steering group of local representatives and independent Fringe Producer, Cath Mattos who is also Projects Director at World Festival Network and World Fringe.
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Friday, July 14, 2017
Break of Day by Andie J. Christopher
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Hope sees homelessness as directly arising from poverty and as the most acute experience of poverty. Homelessness needs to be understood within the broader structural context of poverty rather than seen as a personal or moral failing, and understood as a result of wider policy on housing.
For clear definitions of what poverty in the UK means, read: https://www.jrf.org.uk/our-work/what-is-poverty
"Homelessness takes many forms. Rough sleeping can be a shockingly visible. But many peoples experiences of homelessness are out of view in derelict buildings, squats or sofa surfing. Then there are those living in hostels, night shelters or temporary accommodation" - Homeless Link 2010
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I am obsessed with being self-sufficient - being able to live on what we grow, throwing off the shackles and living outside of what most people think of as normal everyday living. Yay!
That is why I purchased this most grand of appliances, the Excalibur food dehydrator.
It is most lovely, is it not??
Here is Lillian with some frozen peas we got from the local food pantry (yes, we are poor and hence we make a monthly pilgrivage to the food pantry for hand outs) and some yummy string beans we harvested from the garden. Thank goodness for simple little social-programs like the food pantry (dare i say SOCIALIST?! Bring it!)
Frozen food-pantry carrots ...
Loaded and ready to go!
And here are some jars of goodies that i dehydrated. We have mulberries, potato (bought on sale, frozen) and chamomile!


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March 20th, the day of the Spring Equinox… or so you thought. Not many people experienced the first bloom of flowers or even a speck of sunshine. For most of those in the eastern United States, they woke up to temperatures approaching near freezing, clouds in the sky and even some snow on the ground. For those who reside in the Northeast, this weather shows no signs of stopping.
For the past few weeks, the Northeastern part of the United States has been plagued by a storm referred to as the Nor'easter. The name comes from the winds that usually hang over the coastal areas there. While these storms can occur at any time in a given year, the storms usually appear between September and April. These storms bring strong winds, rough waters and rain or snow depending on the time of year. These storms are so violent because of the warm air from the Gulf Coast flowing up to the north and mixing with the frigid air of the East.
In the past, these storms have cost billions in damage up and down the east coast, causing major economic damage as well. There has been a trend of the stock market depleting whenever these storms roll through. Major flooding also occurs in these areas due to large waves and melting snow, damaging homes and powerlines. As of early March, nearly ten people have died.
The possibility of these storms is still very high as the air is still relatively cold in the north and there are still winter advisories issued for states near Canada. For the time being, the Nor'easter shows no sign of stopping.