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England v South Africa: Watch the pick of the third day's play
Last Updated: 16/07/17 6:53pm
England survived a nervy four-over spell to close day three on 1-0 after being set 474 to win the second Test by South Africa.
Half-centuries from Hashim Amla (87), Dean Elgar (80) and Faf du Plessis (63) helped South Africa pile up 343-9 declared, leaving the home side needing to set a new world record chase to earn a 2-0 lead in the series.
The best effort remains West Indies's 418-7 against Australia at Antigua in 2003; in contrast the record at this ground is the 284 scored by England against New Zealand a year later.
Watch the pick of the action in the video above as South Africa pushed hard for a series-levelling victory.
Off-spinner Moeen Ali followed up his 10 wickets in the first Test at Lord's by taking 4-78 but wasn't called into the attack until 3pm by skipper Joe Root as South Africa piled on the runs.
Alastair Cook was given out leg before wicket to Morne Morkel off the first ball of England's second innings but reviewed successfully on a day when the home side struggled with their DRS decisions.
Cook and Keaton Jennings were both nought not out, with England's lone run on the board before the close a leg bye.
Live coverage of the second Test continues on Monday - join us for day four from 10.30am on Sky Sports 2.


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After some time laying with this idea of being completely alone, it became clear that it is a familiar feeling. This makes it more palatable than when I woke up earlier. Makes my limbs relax a bit. The only difference is that the alone I am feeling now is in the dark and quiet of my bedroom and in the middle of the night. The alone I'm used to is in the company of many people, in my own home, with the people that love me 'the most', or in the only other place I am most familiar - school. The discovery is heavy but freeing. No matter where I am: with my mommy, my sisters, in a room of 30 other children, or on the playground with 300 children talking, playing, running, I'm all by myself, responsible for myself, the first and foremost protector of myself. And that means I can do anything - become anyone I want to be.
The quiet of the night and it's shadows are softer now. I watch their slow, sweet dance across the walls. Their delicate movement melts me to the point that I relax enough to know that I should go back to sleep now. Morning will be here soon and I'm going to need all the energy I can muster to protect what's most important in the light of the day.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Posted by Wonelle at 7:11 AM
2 comments:
- Cori said...
I just read the last three posts together. Good work. Tough work... but it is so graceful to read... if that makes sense. ;)
- January 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- me said...
I agree with Cori - "graceful" is a wonderful description. Also evocative and effective, difficult and enjoyable at the same time. Good work.
- January 18, 2010 at 10:24 AM
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One night after closing down the Grapevine bar in Dallas, Mr. Right and I, along with our friends, Kyle, Eli, Jeff and Brian, hit the IHOP for some post-partying grub. We all piled into a giant booth and checked out the menus for the biggest baddest artery clogging breakfasts we could find. It's just what you do after downing gallons of frozen peach Bellinis and shaking your groove thing.
So, there we sat looking at the menus and something astonishing caught my eye. Right there on the menu in a national chain restaurant, was a typo! I looked up and said, "Oh my gosh! They spelled "two" wrong!" As everyone looked at their menu and tried to find the error, my eye caught the same error in another place...then another! "Oh my gosh!" I said. "They misspelled "two" everywhere!" Eli leaned in and said, "Where?!" I pointed to the menu and said, "See? Right there!" Eli looked and paused for a minute. "They did! Oh my gosh!" Mr. Right looked at us quizzically and said, "Where?!" I said, "Everywhere! They spelled "two" wrong everywhere! Look! They spelled it T-W-O...!"
In my head, I was reading the word "two" as though it were pronounced twoh. I blame the peach Bellinis. Anyway, the second I said it, I knew. All the boys looked at me and erupted into raucous laughter.
Jeff, who laughs like The Count from Sesame Street couldn't contain himself. Tears ran down his face and he was leaning out of his chair holding his stomach. I punched Eli in the arm because he was now in hysterics and he was the one who thought "two" was spelled wrong too! Kyle was squealing and banging on the table as Mr. Right sat and looked at me with that look. By this time, I was laughing so hard at Jeff laughing that I went into Silent Laughter Mode. I had tears running down my face and was holding my stomach, but no sound was coming out of my mouth.
We must have looked like a bunch of fools. But, we didn't care. It was one of those moments where there was no one else in the world but us. Six friends in a pancake house, laughing until they cried.
To this day, every time one of them calls me and tells me that they went out to eat, they tell me that they had twoh of something.
I love you guys, and....I miss you so much.


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The textile ministry has recommended a reduction in the excise duty for man-made fibres to 6% from the current 12% and greater flexibility in labour laws, including doubling of the overtime limit for workers and easing restrictions for women to work at night in factories, to boost growth in the sector, textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said.
"Realising the turmoil our exporters are facing, we have recommended a number of corrective steps to various ministries concerned in consultations with industry stakeholders," Gangwar told FE.
At present, man-made fibres like polyester attract a 12% excise duty, but cotton, the competing fibre, attracts none. This duty disparity has distorted the domestic consumption pattern in favour of cotton, contrary to the global trend, while stringent labour laws have pre-vented garment companies from consolidating their capacities under fewer roofs fearing "union militancy" and difficulties in operations.
The textile and garment sector is the largest job provider after agriculture, employing around 45 million people, and is proposed to be one of the most important sectors in the government's Make in India programme.
The industry has long been complaining that the duty disparity is preventing domestic producers from scaling up operations and, consequently, hurting India's export competitiveness in man-made textiles. This is because while man-made fibres account for around 70% of the world's total fibre consumption, they make up for less than 30% of India's demand.
Gangwar said his ministry has also suggested to the labour ministry to facilitate certain changes to labour laws. The suggestions include increasing the overtime limit for employees from 50 hours to 100 hours and allowing willing women to work at night, especially in garment factories. The textile ministry has also suggested that the overtime wage be raised to one and a half times the regular rate, in accordance with the International Labour Organisation convention, instead of double the normal rate.
The recommendations follow textile secretary SK Panda's presentation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year in which the department had listed eight short-term initiatives — including "rationalisation" of duties on man-made fibres, further simplification of labour laws and facilitating more working capital to mills — to be undertaken within a year under the Make in India programme. FE was the first to report on January 22 about Panda's presentation to the PM.
"Stiff labour laws have led to apprehensions that the bigger you grow in size, the more difficult it is to run the businesses. Since garment is the most labour-intensive sector after agriculture, the impact is felt more in garments than in some other textile segments," textile expert DK Nair added. Around 70% of the garment sector employees are women.
According to the latest data, overall textile and garment exports rose 0.6% to almost $18 billion in the first half of the current fiscal from a year before, while the country's overall exports plunged by 17.6% during the period.
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This is a very pretty and unusual example of early Czechoslovakian glass. It features a type of class named Aventurine, after the glittery green stone of the same name. This green sparkling glass is cased between a layer of white class on the inside and a layer of clear glass on the outside. the green glass was patterned to allow the white layer to show through in rows of elongated ovals. Controlled air bubbles are also part of the design (although they are quite uneven as far as size go). The vase is cut and polished on the top, with a nice smoothly beveled (or more rounded) edge. The base is marked with MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA., but it is very hard to see, let alone photograph.
SIZE: This little vase measures 3 1/4 inches high. The base has a diameter of 1 3/4 inches while the top diameter is about 1 5/8 inches.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Chicken with Herbs, Bacon and Peas, PW's Caesar Salad, and Butterscotch Tarts
this cookbook. We had chicken with pancetta, herbs and peas. I always forget in the flurry of activity surrounding serving dinner time to reseason my crockpot food. This chicken was moist and tender, real fall off the bone kind of food, but because I didn't reseason it, it was bland. Sigh... We've tried this meal before and it was very tasty, just this time not as much. The chicken was a 7 because of how bland it was, and the calories varied based on the cut of meat, but my peas and chicken thigh were 220/serving. Now on to dessert!
this recipe for Father's Day for my dad, but I didn't want to use a traditional pie crust, so I made a graham cracker crust, added in the filling, and then topped with my own whipped cream. So the filling recipe is the only part of the recipe I used. I also only managed to get 4 little pies out of the filling, not 12. The pies were 307/pie, and they were really good. I give them an 8. Since I had made enough crust for 12 pies, I needed to fill them up with something, so I made a quick no-bake cheesecake to serve. 8 oz cream cheese, 1/2 a bowl of cool whip, and 1/2 c sugar all mixed together until smooth. They were 266/serving. Easy and yummy! Another 8. Tomorrow we're having some breakfast food from Our Best Bites cookbook to make Daddy breakfast in bed for Father's Day. We're also having the pork tacos we had a few weeks ago since Aaron enjoyed them so much.
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I really enjoyed the salad and dressing. Your father does not like anything I make that is spicy, so his reaction is understandable. Thanks for your preparation and work on our behalf, but especially thanks for letting us take care of the boys. That was a great Father's Day gift in and of itself. Did you ask them about their swimming in the tub? Love momReplyDelete
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Fui alertado por Aba de Heisenberg, que cita Klepsýdra, que por sua vez remete para James Randi Educational Foundation, para a existência de uma petição, assinada por 35 académicos portugueses, protestando contra a contratação de uma astróloga, no programa Praça da Alegria, no canal 1 da RTP, Televisão oficial do Estado Português, suportada pelo dinheiro dos contribuintes, num momento em que se efectuam cortes orçamentais na investigação e no ensino.
A petição é ainda assinada por Georges Charpak, Prémio Nobel da Física em 1992.
Transcrevo o texto da petição, sem arriscar uma tradução deficiente:
" The undersigned persons wish to express their concern about the financing of astrologers by the Portuguese State, and ask for the correction of this anomalous situation as soon as possible. The most serious and visible case is the one of astrologer Cristina Candeias, to whom the State pays a monthly sum, probably well above the minimum wage, for her participation in the daily show "Praça da Alegria" on Channel One of the RTP (Portuguese Television). We suspect that there are similar cases on other public service media. The company "SAPO" uses an astrologer. It is unclear whether this service is paid with public or with private funds, since the company is related to Portugal Telecom. It would be important to identify and cease payments to all individuals exhibiting these pseudo-scientific activities on state-sponsored media.
Our main arguments are these:
1. Incompatibility with budget strictness - Recent measures to control public spending have included budget cuts on investigation and on teaching. One consequence of this has been a reduction of scholarships from the "Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Science and Technology Foundation)", thus creating unemployment and uncertainties in an area involving highly-qualified people, an extremely sensitive and critical part of the country's development that demands a continuous effort, so that Portugal will reach a "critical mass" of investigators in several areas of science and technology. It's nonsense that this same State should be funding pseudo-scientific activities like astrology, that are not recognized by the State itself.
2. Pedagogic immorality - Mrs. Cristina Candeias alone has more weekly coverage via public television, than all the country's scientists and all educational and investigative institutions. This is even more immoral when the State finances, on a live, highly visible public TV service, actions which deny and distort all the concepts being taught to thousands of students in public schooling.
Our request demands no modification to Portuguese legislation, only that it be strictly applied, as is its due in a democratic state. "
Outros actos de charlatanice, mesmo sem a contribuição dos dinheiros públicos, abundam por aí noutras televisões, jornais e revistas, fazendo-se passar pelo que não são.
Parafraseando Sérgio Godinho: "Pode alguém ser quem não é?"


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Weekend Update - scrapbook convention
My sister's friend, Lisa, made the trip with her this year and deserves a shout out. Anyone who can spend 16 hours with my sister in the car over the course of four days is truly amazing. LOL
There's tons of shopping and classes offered at the convention and this year we took two classes both of them SUCKED. I may actually vlog about just how bad they sucked when I get back from class.
I will show you what we got for $25 and I will explain to you how this class was called Scrappin on a Budget. If you are going to a future convention and that class is on your list...DROP IT, DROP IT, DROP IT. I told you three times, what are you waiting for?
Other than the convention, I didn't do much this weekend. My hubby and kids went to visit his mom and drop off our dog for our next great camping adventure.
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- Crystal said...
So glad you had fun!
PRAYERS for NO RAIN! I think we have it all week but you have to take it back on Saturday ok? I have a yard sale to do!
- August 3, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- septembermom said...
I'm praying for you!!! Please no more rain, you need a break this time:) Glad you had fun at the convention.
- August 3, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Janis said...
Sounds like a fun trip, even with the sucky class. :) We went camping 2 weekends ago and are going again this Friday. I love camping! Hope your trip is much, much, much better than the last time. However, your pics from it were just fab. Hugs, Janis
- August 3, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Becca said...
How neat! Sounds like so much fun. I wish I had your scrapbookin talent!
- August 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
- Dan said...
The secret to camping is not to do it. {*grin*}
If you were camping around here, I could assure you that you'd get no rain - just dust and thunder - it's that time of year again.
- August 4, 2009 at 1:37 AM
- MaryNSC said...
O WOW O WOW.. I am going to the CKS the 15th in Charlotte NC I am so excited. I sure have missed U!!
I am trying to get caught up..
- August 4, 2009 at 11:13 PM
- Jenners said...
Well, hopefully this camping trip will be better ... it couldn't be much worse could it?
And I've scratched that class from my next Scrapper's Convention. : )
- August 5, 2009 at 11:52 AM
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"Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ." (Philippians 3:17-18)
Although Paul urged the Philippian believers to follow his teaching and way of life, he was really encouraging them to emulate Christ just as he did. Follow me as I follow Christ. This was to warn them to be wary of all those who came in Jesus' name but were not His servants, whose lives did not follow Jesus. Many of these false prophets and preachers were out to make a name for themselves or amass money, power and fame. They coerced trusting believers to obey them with their claims to authority and credentials, just as did the rulers of the Jews back in Jeremiah's day, and as many in our day do.
Paul also made claim to his credentials which included a fine Jewish heritage. Yet he used them only to advance the gospel. He realized that salvation and righteousness do not come from our credentials, education, works or achievements but from God. He imparts His grace and gifts to those He calls, to those He brings to repentance and faith and who earnestly follow Him.
Paul was painfully aware of his sins and shortcomings but many so-called leaders in the church today would hesitate to admit such things. They want to be perceived as in control, having all the answers, with boundless energy and free from the doubt and temptation that plague the rest of us. They want to be perceived as successful and confident. And believers desire this as well. They shudder at the thought of a pastor struggling with any issue, or not having the solutions to their problems. Quite a contrast to Paul. He let his audience of his past life and present struggles. In spite of them, he pressed on in ministry, forgetting the sins of the past, knowing that he was forgiven in Christ, ignoring the deprivation and suffering of the present and working toward the glory of heaven. Our leaders are human and fallible. We must pray for them in their struggles.


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Planet Earth Blue - Frontier Future
FF-EF-01 Beyond Revelation
By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Pouchlaw/Ratseye)
Written on 11/19/2015
Chapter One
FF-EF-01 Beyond Revelation
By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Pouchlaw/Ratseye)
Written on 11/19/2015
Chapter One
Archaeology was never like this before. My dad taught me everything I currently know about this field of science before his disappearance. But I don't think my friends were prepared for what happened once we deciphered an ancient hieroglyph coated in one thousand years of dried mud and meteorite dust.
Perhaps I should introduce myself and my team to you. Despite being teenagers, most of us are the last known humans from Planet Earth. The rest are locals of this world we are on now.
I am Eugene Fairfax, the son of Professor Kiwanis Fairfax the Archaeologist. I stand around five feet nine inches tall with an average build and average weight for my height and I have blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin. I would usually wear blue jeans, hiking shoes and a biker jacket over a white tee shirt, but conditions on this world haven't been kind to our clothes so my jeans are a little less than ragged shorts and my jacket is all I have left of my torso covering since I sacrificed the tee shirt to help provide a homemade bandage for a wound one of my friends sustained upon arrival on this world. The airship/house fared better than I thought it should have. At least we have a roof over our heads.
My friend and part time colleague is Ulric Vladimir the ex-football jock. Yes, the guy built like a brick shithouse. six foot nine inches tall and can bench press nearly a thousand pounds. He bawled like a little baby when the airship crashed and he sustained the wound on his leg. Short black hair, brown skin, and green eyes. His pants are only a little better than my own. He accidentally left his shirt at the former last camp site. The lady with him is his fiance, Jerico Prince the registered nurse. If it weren't for Earth's last known doctor, I would be lugging a lot of the equipment around by myself. Jerico stands at six foot two inches tall and Ulric claims she once won a beauty pageant. She has long sandy blond hair, brown skin, and grey eyes. Her body is something else. Sadly, Ulric and Jerico are our only hope of procreating the human race from scratch. More on that in a moment.
The two reporters we could have done without. I mean, they cannot stand each other and they are always fighting over something or another. Lucretia Kazimirez of the Soviet Daily Beacon and Horatio Urban of the Roman Catholic Register. Both are white people, sad to admit since they don't even act human most of the time. Lucretia has long curly red hair and green eyes while Horatio is bald with dark blue eyes. When it comes to work detail, they are both totally unreliable. They showed up to do separate stories on my missing father.
The rest of the team are locals of the new world we are now stuck on. The slender naked wererat looking guy is perhaps the best worker that hooked up with us. All I have to do is suggest a task that needs done and he is ready to help me do it without question. I guess that's what happens when you free someone from a trap. Copernicus the wererat stands at five feet eight inches tall and weighs less than I do. He is covered in matted black fur but he has the prettiest violet eyes. They actually glow in the dark at night. I've been teaching him how to read and write English. He speaks well enough. He was the one who explained how most of the locals ended up on this world. Strangely most of their ancestors came from Earth like we did. They have been here on this world for quite a while.
The female centaur and the male faun seem to be close friends. She is about my size and the faun is more Robin Goodfellow's size from a Midsummer Night's Dream who is more fey like than the Greek Satyrs and Fauns. They have been bringing us food and drink ever since we helped to solve an irrigation problem their farm had been having. Her name is Dalia and his name is Fain. They really grow some nice fruit and vegetables.
The Flame Stallion that watches our activities from the nearby ridge is called Vulcan. He says he is a Nightmare Lord who was kicked out of his herd. I think he is too handsome to be a scary nightmare. The black wispy looking wolf whom is often assisting me when everyone else is being lazy claims to be a Hell Hound who has lost his powers. It is thanks to him that we have had meat on the table occasionally. I never ask who or what he killed to get the meat since we humans need meat to survive without attacking each other. The wolf's name is Nightfang.
Then there is a musical Greek Satyr who is a jack of all trades and is a tinkering specialist for repairing mechanical things. His name is Jason. He says he was once human like us but an evil sorcerer changed him into a satyr. I'm not sure how true that is, but he is another one of the reliable and trustworthy people on the team.
Shayla is our Werelion seamstress. She weaves material and can repair clothing. In fact, she has been working lately on repairing our pants and ruined shirts. When it comes to women, I like being around her. She can fight and hold her own easily. And she doesn't take any lip from Lucretia and Horatio at all. Of course, I have noticed Shayla using some magic herself which tells me that magic use is more common than science here on this new world. Shayla mentioned that she cannot understand why humans bother to wear clothes at all.
Now for how we came to be the last known humans and the story on what happened to Earth. My mobile home which was shaped like a wooden sailing ship complete rigging for the dirigible balloon, motor and propeller was what I used to go to remote archaeology sites when I was working. I am barely nineteen and already working in my chosen profession. The year was 2163 and we were parked at the last known location my father was known to have traveled to before his disappearance four years prior. He and his team were all missing. No signs of foul play were evident since no one from that expedition was ever seen again. Ulric, Jerico and I didn't want to bring the two stupid reporters with us since they were loud and obnoxious to be around. And so damned lazy. Ulric threatened to throw them off the airship during the flight up to the site if they didn't shut up. Have I mentioned how built he is? Good. It is handy to have his muscles on this team. I think he also worked as a bar's bouncer once.
We had just deciphered the symbols on a flat disc object we had found and we were in the process of discussing what Earth Blue meant. The disc was shaped like a planet and even had a light ring around it. Lucretia grabbed the disc and held it up to the side of a nearby imprint in the side of the cliff comparing the imprint to the disc. We noticed it was a perfect match and then before we could decide what that had to mean, stupid Horatio who was jealous that Lucretia was stealing his thunder again tried to snatch the disc out of her hands and during the struggle, he accidentally slammed the disc directly into the imprint. What came next was the warning rumble within the mountain we were parked on top of. Making a dive for the airship, I shouted for Ulric and Jerico to jump for it. They did so just as the reporters did the same. Jerico was easily able to get on board and thanks to the dumb asshole reporters, Ulric was injured when his leg slammed into one of the hooks on the side of the airship. I almost threw the two overboard myself at that point. Once I got the airship air borne, I removed my shirt and threw it to Jerico who was asking for white cloth to staunch the bleeding on Ulric's leg. The damned reporters didn't lift a finger to assist Jerico at all. That was all I could stand from these stupid people. I tied them up back to back and left them on the open deck of the airship while I went back in to pilot the ship to safety. Or at least to attempt to. But just as we were starting to gain altitude from the mountain, there came an explosion that literally tore open a hole in the sky and the airship fell through the hole and I fought to keep the airship from crashing. The last we saw of Earth was from the planet exploding through the self repairing hole we had just fell through into the new world.
And now you know why I despise these stupid reporters. In their competitive stupidity against each other... they destroyed the Earth.
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One of my brothers is a newspaper journalist, and he says he's a dinosaur. Not because of his work (he's a skilled and interesting writer) but because of who he works for: a print newspaper.
This is yet another story about the closing of a print newspaper. It's not the first, and certainly not the only such story today. Journalism is not over, and journalists will have plenty of work to do in the future. But for now, news coverage as a printed paper will be over soon.
Already, it's starting to seem kind of quaint: the idea of delivering a printed edition. Not so much for the news articles, but for stock listings, weather forecasts and other information that updates constantly. When I was a child, we subscribed to 2 newspapers. My family now subscribes to one, and I wouldn't have that one except that -- and this is one of those curiosities of life -- my children like a print newspaper.
But like a town crier, that era is soon to be over. Who could have known that that would be one of the results of the internet?
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Tibet was a reservoir of genuine Buddhist virtues : tolerance, respect to every human being and care for animals, those were the values that they shared before to be attacked. At that same time millions of Chinese were dying of starvation working as slaves for a State that was taken away their lands.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
The Dalai Lama can come back or not as he wishes. Unlike most of the rest of us, he is off the reincarnation wheel. Anyone who has reached enlightenment can chose to come back and help others, or stay non-incarnated.
For the rich lamas and secular lords, the Communist intervention was an unmitigated calamity. Most of them fled abroad, as did the Dalai Lama himself, who was assisted in his flight by the CIA. Some discovered to their horror that they would have to work for a living. Many, however, escaped that fate. Throughout the 1960s, the Tibetan exile community was secretly pocketing $1.7 million a year from the CIA, according to documents released by the State Department in 1998. Once this fact was publicized, the Dalai Lama's organization itself issued a statement admitting that it had received millions of dollars from the CIA during the 1960s to send armed squads of exiles into Tibet to undermine the Maoist revolution. The Dalai Lama's annual payment from the CIA was $186,000. Indian intelligence also financed both him and other Tibetan exiles. He has refused to say whether he or his brothers worked for the CIA. The agency has also declined to commen
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Dear Realtruth,
I think the comment of Flyersfan is extremely interesting, anyway.
I don't blame His Holiness one iota for his declaration.
Phooey on those who fail to see the truth of this world for what it is.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
I agree with your post. I obviously haven't reached enlightenment yet but I really hope I don't have to come back. And I don't have the generosity of a Bodhisattva to want to return to help others liberate. I hope this life here is my last. I'm tired.
I hope other people who visit this thread will understand the fakeness of the people who don't have the decentcy to change their minds about Tibet.
Accusations of the existence of a variety of unfree labour have been a recurrent theme, covering periods both before and after the Chinese takeover. Supporters of the Chinese position highlight statements by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that, prior to 1959, 95% of Tibetans lived in 'feudal serfdom',[2] and cite cases of abuse and cruelty in the traditional Tibetan system.[3] Human rights organizations and supporters of the Free Tibet movement have highlighted reports of Communist-run forced labour camps in the region[4] and point out the efforts made by the Tibetan authorities to modernise the country and improve conditions in Tibet in the first half of the 20th Century.
In the academic debate of the 'Serfdom in Tibet' controversy, the nature of serfdom and its applicability to Eastern societies is contested amongst academics. Tibetologist Melvyn Goldstein wrote in 1971 that "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized inequality that can be called pervasive serfdom".[5] However many academics have questioned the applicability of the concept to Tibet, a recent example being Heidi Fjeld who in 2003 argued that feudalism and the use of the term 'serf' was misleading in relation to the social system of Tibet and instead described it as "a caste-like social hierarchy".[6]
A reading of Tibet's history suggests a somewhat different picture. "Religious conflict was commonplace in old Tibet," writes one western Buddhist practitioner. "History belies the Shangri-La image of Tibetan lamas and their followers living together in mutual tolerance and nonviolent goodwill. Indeed, the situation was quite different. Old Tibet was much more like Europe during the religious wars of the Counterreformation." 5 In the thirteenth century, Emperor Kublai Khan created the first Grand Lama, who was to preside over all the other lamas as might a pope over his bishops. Several centuries later, the Emperor of China sent an army into Tibet to support the Grand Lama, an ambitious 25-year-old man, who then gave himself the title of Dalai (Ocean) Lama, ruler of all Tibet.
His two previous lama "incarnations" were then retroactively recognized as his predecessors, thereby transforming the 1st Dalai Lama into the 3rd Dalai Lama. This 1st (or 3rd) Dalai Lama seized monasteries that did not belong to his sect, and is believed to have destroyed Buddhist writings that conflicted with his claim to divinity. The Dalai Lama who succeeded him pursued a sybaritic life, enjoying many mistresses, partying with friends, and acting in other ways deemed unfitting for an incarnate deity. For these transgressions he was murdered by his priests. Within 170 years, despite their recognized divine status, five Dalai Lamas were killed by their high priests or other courtiers. 6
For hundreds of years competing Tibetan Buddhist sects engaged in bitterly violent clashes and summary executions. In 1660, the 5th Dalai Lama was faced with a rebellion in Tsang province, the stronghold of the rival Kagyu sect with its high lama known as the Karmapa. The 5th Dalai Lama called for harsh retribution against the rebels, directing the Mongol army to obliterate the male and female lines, and the offspring too "like eggs smashed against rocks…. In short, annihilate any traces of them, even their names." 7


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"21 year old Shabana Khatun, was invited to her boyfriend's house to discuss a possible marriage alliance where she was assaulted by his family. She was force fed a bottle of acid and once she lost consciousness, her clothes were stripped off and acid was poured on her private parts."
"School girl Ritu Saini was attacked with acid by an unknown man. It was found out later that the man was hired by her aunt to settle scores over a family dispute."
"Preeti Rathi, a medical student on her way to the Indian Navy hospital in Mumbai, became a victim to an acid attack that ruptured even her internal organs, including food and wind pipe. She succumbed to her injuries a few days later."
"15 year old Laxmi was attacked by acid 7 years back by a man whose repeated advances she had turned down. Multiple reconstructive surgeries later, she is still fighting for justice."
We are looking at the horrific phenomena of "acid attacks". These stories tell the sordid tale of innumerable women in the country. The cheap toilet cleaning liquid, easily available at any grocery store, is being used as a weapon of violence against women. A bottle costing mere 30 rupees is changing the lives of many women, across the country, forever. These gruesome attacks are followed by lifelong trauma for the victim. Not only are they scarred physically because of damaged internal organs and muscles, but also emotionally as a distorted physical appearance makes them outcasts in the society. The costs of reconstructive surgeries are extremely high and the victims need many of them. Employment is very difficult to find given the attitude people have towards their appearance.
Stop Acid Attacks (SAA) is a campaign against acid violence, under the banner of Saraswati Siksha Samiti, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promote health, education and women's rights. It works as a bridge between survivors and the society, as many victims tend to isolate after losing their faces, hibernating into their solitude and misery, due to the ignorance of the government and civil society and aims at researching and tracking more acid attack cases to compile a database to assess the actual situation of victims. With a team of prominent activists, journalists, politicians, celebrities and responsible civil society members, SAA is trying to take the cruel reality of this crime to people. They use visual, dramatics and literary means to strengthen their campaign and drive home the message with an impact. The organization has been awarded the CNN IBN "Indian of The Year" award for their path breaking work. Suneet Shukla of Stop Acid Attacks, in conversation with YKA, sheds lights on various aspects of Acid Attacks.
1. Are there any statistics to say how many Acid attacks are carried out in a particular period, say an year for example?
Since acid attacks were classified under a separate section of the IPC (Section 326A and 326B) only in 2013, a proper record of acid attacks in a given year would probably be available with the National Crime Record Bureau at the end of this year. During the course of our campaigning over the last 9 months, we will painfully share that about 2-3 acid attack cases are reported every 10 days. So, roughly about 110 cases in a year; while there are many that may still be going unreported from small towns, due to an indifferent and insensitive attitude of the police, government and the people.
2. Why are such attacks on a rise? Is it a tool of violence against women or are men also victims of the same?
The attacks have been happening at an alarming rate over the last few decades. They are only being reported better now, following the 'Nirbhaya'Â incidence, and our aggressive campaigning. Women are victims in most of the cases, but there have been incidents where men have been victims of acid attacks, too.
3. What is the legal position on Acid Attacks?
Section 326 (A and B) of IPC was amended to deal with acid attacks after the Justice Verma committee's recommendation. The PIL filed by acid attack fighter Laxmi in 2006 has also been instrumental in getting a particular section of the IPC to deal with acid attacks and mobilizing the regulation of acid sale through the Supreme Court's orders. At present, an acid attack accused could get a minimum of seven years and up to life imprisonment. The punishment is insufficient as long as the victims continue to be victimized.
4. What change needs to be brought in the existing law?
As a campaign, we have seen how little and inefficient laws have been in controlling the crimes against women. Through laws, we wish the governments acquires a more sensitive approach towards rehabilitating acid attack survivors and ensures the provisions listed out, reach to the needy in time. Laws can probably be useful in controlling the sale of acid and instilling a fear of apt punishment, but who addresses the criminal intent of disfiguring a woman that goes on triggering attacks on women throughout the country? A lot of illegal stuff is easily available in the market. Acid, too, will be available to those who want it. In many cases, it wasn't purchased from a shop, but procured from a battery or through another known source.
5. What is your opinion on the fact that even Bangladesh has a specific law on Acid attacks but India does not?
We must learn from Bangladesh and Cambodia as far as controlling acid attacks is considered. Though it may be argued that they are relatively smaller countries with lesser population than ours, it was remarkable that in both these countries, the government and the people did not require a Supreme Court's stern intervention to tackle these gruesome attacks with sensitivity and immediacy. I hope our government and people deal with this crime with the same urgency.
6. Given that the SC had given guidelines to states to regulate the sale of acid, is it likely to bring about any difference?
A couple of years ago, acid attacks were not even in news, though these shameful acts had victimized many across the country. The only difference now is that the media and a concerned part of the civil society is aware of its rampant occurrence and the destruction it causes to the family of the attacked person. The SC's and government's action will prove efficient only if the people participate in this campaign against acid attacks.
7. Given the high costs of medical treatment and reconstructive surgeries and the lack of employment opportunities for the victims (because of the prejudice that the society holds against the victims), it is very difficult for the victim to lead a normal life. The present compensation of 3 lakhs is meagre. What steps are required in this direction?
The government must consider that victims of acid attacks are isolated from their peers and social circle, lose out on education and career skills. Also, they must look at the medical costs of acid burn treatments before deciding the compensation. Some states still have unreasonable compensation of Rs 25,000 (in Bihar) for acid attack victims.
8. Why have acid attacks not received any attention from the government and even the common public?
I would blame our social set up for this. We always wonder what the girl did to get a burnt, disfigured face but never bother how she lives with it. Even the women, who go berserk at the sight of a pimple on their face, fail to understand what lies behind the scars of an acid attack survivor. As long as these attacks do not receive any attention, and a conscious action, from the people, nothing better can be expected from the government. Those who throw acid are protected by the people around them and helped to live a normal life again. The victims continue to be victimized.
9. What change would you like to see in the society that would help the victims lead a normal life after the attack?
We need to understand that a society that doesn't require a police personnel at every doorstep is better than the one which requires policing on every nook and corner. People need to realize that scars on faces are a fighter's medallion. They need to understand that a girl does not deserve to be burnt for saying a 'no'. We need to forget "discrimination" and develop acceptance and social support for survivors of this brutal crime.
10. Please tell us a little bit about your organization and your team.
Stop Acid Attacks was an outcome of the activist Alok Dixit's work as a journalist. We work with the survivors of acid attacks and get them out of their 'isolation' to share their stories. In this course, we have realized that a lot needs to be done for their rehabilitation and medical care and are working around these goals. We have been able to set up a support centre called 'Chhanv' for them, where we work, celebrate and reside. Acid attack fighters like Laxmi and Sapna have inspired us to campaign more aggressively. We are working around several ideas to take the campaign far and wide. These include a nation-wide graffiti campaign, a black rose campaign and more. Many documentaries, analysis and feature stories on this issue are also in the pipeline.
You can read more about SAA here
Join the Campaign here
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UEFA Champions League 2017-18 Group Matches Score day 2
UEFA Champions League begins :
Finally, the wait is over. Because, UEFA Champions League group stage matches begins. Here are the scores from Match day 2:
Click Here for Matchday 1 Results.
- Maribor 1-1 Spartak Moscow
( Samedov scored for Spartak in 59 minutes while, Damjan Bohar equalized in the 85th minute.)
- Liverpool 2-2 Sevilla
( At first, Wissam Ben gave Sevilla the lead, but Firmino and Salah brought Liverpool in the match. Therefore, Firmino missed a penalty. But, at the end Joaquin scored in the 72 minutes to draw the match.
- Feyenoord 0-4 Manchester City
( Two goals from Jhon Stones and one from each Aguero and Jesus also gave Manchester City a huge win.)
- Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 SSC Napoli
( Shakhtar suprised Napoli as Taison and Facundo Ferreyra scored. But, Napoli managed to score only one by a penalty from Milik.)
- Leipzig 1-1 Monaco
( Emil Forsberg scored in the 33rd minute to give Leipzig a lead. But, Youri Tielemans equalized in the 34th minute for Monaco.)
- FC Porto 1-3 Besiktas
( Besiktas shocked Porto as Anderson, Cenk Tosun and Babel scored for them. Porto got one goal as Tosic scored an Own goal.)
- Real Madrid 3-0 APOEL Nicosia
( A blast from the close range and a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo and a overhead kick from Ramos gave a confident victory for Real.)
- Tottenham Hostpur 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
( Two brilliant goals from Harry Kane and one from Son disappointed Dortmund. While Yarmolenko scored one for them.)
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This is an article from Tuesday's La Vanguardia. It is by one M. Pascal Boniface, which I suppose would be Pascual Carabuena in Spanish or The Celebrated Jumping Pasky of Calaveras County in American. M. Boniface is billed as the Director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations in Paris. Now, I've never heard of this Institute. I have a feeling M. Boniface is a big frog in a small pond. M. Boniface's text is in italics and my comments are not.
The Europeans, who would have voted massively, but, to their misfortune, only virtually, for John Kerry, woke up in a rather bad mood the morning of the 3rd when they learned that George Bush had been reelected, and besides that, triumphantly, as the American president.
Good. I hope they felt just like you feel in the morning after you've drunk too much beer and eaten some greasy fast food and then three-holed all over yourself the night before.
The additional mobilization of 15 million more voters than in 2000 did not work, as one would have thought, in favor of the Democratic candidate, but rather clearly for the Republican, who won by nearly four million votes.
Yes. One would have thought so, wouldn't one? Iberian Notes was the only major medium of communication that actually predicted a high turnout would favor Bush, by the way.
It is an unpleasant reality, but one must accept it: the Americans do not share the opinion of the Europeans about their president.
Rather than "an unpleasant reality", I'd say, oh, I dunno, "a damned good thing".
This is the proof that, although what the United States thinks is central to the planet, what the rest of the world thinks doesn't matter to the US.
Substitute "France" for "the rest of the world" and you'd be closer to the truth.
International support was not a decisive advatntage for Kerry, who saw himself almost forced to hide it during the campaign, as if it were more of a handicap than an advantage, as if the support of the rest of the outside world were somehow suspicious, as if the interests of the US and the rest of the world were necessarily different and even contradictory.
M. Carabuena is again conflating "France (and its Old European pals, Germany, Belgium, and the Zap regime)" with "the rest of the world". As far as I know Zap was the only leader of a democratic state who openly called for a Kerry victory. Meanwhile, yes, "international support" should be suspicious to the American public, because the interests of other countries are not necessarily the same as those of the US government, and it is the President's job to see that American interests prevail when they contradict those of another country. For example, it was in the French economic interest for Saddam Hussein to stay in power. This contradicted the fact that it was in the American security interest for Saddam Hussein to leave power, by force if necessary. President Bush was quite correct in saying the hell with French interests, go pound sand, this guy has got to go, not only for practical security reasons but in addition for humanitarian reasons. No American President should have put French interests before American.
What will be the impact of Bush's reelection on trans-Atlantic relations? There is a widespread fear that George Bush, in possession now of the clear, rotund, and massive approval of the American electorate, will not only not change his policies, but will rather intensify those followed since 2002. Policies in which power is more important than law and where the opinion of the outside world, including that of the European allies, has no value. That is, the unilateralism that has so irritated the majority of the governments and the whole of the European peoples will not settle, but will rather overflow, since it has been approved by a majority of American voters.
Now, wait, Pasky. Again, you're confusing "France and its Old European poodles" with "the rest of the world". Second, since when is power more important than law? Bush, by law, needed approval from the US Congress in order to send troops into Afghanistan and Iraq. He got it. I don't see anything illegal about that. Third, what unilateralism? Washington has the support of London, Rome, Canberra, Warsaw, Moscow, and Tokyo, among many other capitals. About the only outright opposition it has is that of Paris, Berlin, and Madrid. Fourth, note that what's really pissing Pasky off is France's lack of power and prestige. France just isn't getting enough attention. No one cares what France thinks. So Pasky is going to pout.
Nevertheless, although the whole world has been concerned about these American elections as if their future depended upon them, as if their destiny might be changed, the negative consequences of George W. Bush's reelection run the risk of being in reality much more important inside domestic America than on the world scene.
You wish, Pasky.
Domestically, the differences between the candidates were very clear. From the right to abortion to legislation on firearms, from economic policy to tax rates, from homosexual rights to the problem of welfare, the choice was very clear between Kerry and Bush. The choice of the Americans in favor of social themes that would be classified at least as reactionary in Europe runs the risk, in the long run, of increasing the growing divergences in the Western family between the European and American societies. Can we be sure we are still sharing the same values? If, to this, we add the fundamental difference of the role of religion in these respective societies and the debate over the death penalty, it is possible that we will see an increase of the split between the two sides of the Atlantic. These social differences may bring about not unimportant strategic consequences.
Jesus Christ. And they dare to call the Americans arrogant. Here's this guy threatening "not unimportant strategic consequences" if we don't adjust our domestic policies to fit his liking. Exactly what is France going to do, cut off cheese exports? That'll have the Americans on their knees in a week. Look, moron, the American people voted democratically for what they wanted, and they have every right to get it, whether some intellectuals in Paris think it's reactionary or not. The Constitution says that we have the right to own guns. The Supreme Court says that abortion-on-demand is legal, that the states have the right to decide whether they want to use the death penalty or not, and that discrimination against gays is illegal. The President has no power over any of these questions. The President does have power over economic, tax, and welfare policies, and the American people elected George Bush in part because they agreed with his positions and actions on these issues. It is unseemly for M. Boniface to threaten international reprisals to domestic policies carried out by a democratically elected President, who needs the approval of a democratically elected Congress to do just about anything because Congress is in charge of voting the money. As for religion, we have absolute separation between church and state, something true only in France itself among EU countries. Spain, for example, has an established church, the Roman Catholic. So does the UK, the Church of England. The United States does not. If some American people, as individuals, cast their ballots according to their religion, is that not their right? I will point out that, democratically, Jean-Marie Le Pen came in second in the most recent French elections, and that Frenchmen in glass democratic systems shouldn't throw stones.
Things are much less clear in international policy. Kerry's election would not have ironed out all differences between Americans and Europeans. Bush's election is not necessarily an irremediable catastrophe. It is true that Kerry's election would have caused the exit of the neoconservatives, a change in tone, and a calming in relations between the two sides of the Atlantic. It would have attenuated American unilateralism. However, it would not have eliminated it.
I see. So Kerry would have been merely a lesser evil. The Americans would have been the bad guys no matter who had won. I think this is called "damned if you do and damned if you don't." No matter who got elected, America wouldn't have paid enough attention to France because that's just the way Americans are.
Of course, Bush might feel the temptation to continue a policy unpopular in the world but popular in the US. He does not seem a man haunted by doubt or critical reflection.
I think that was supposed to be an insult.
But, no matter how strong his tendency might be to continue down the same road, he won't be able to do it. He cannot keep up his unrestrained unilateralism...
How many times is this guy going to use the word "unilateralism"? Buy a thesaurus, dude.
...which has led him to a dead end. He is in no position to start another war like that in Iraq.
Who said Bush wanted to go to war against anyone else? Iran and North Korea are certainly on the shit list, but nobody's talking about invading them.
He is already at the end of his military capacity in Iraq, and the American army is having recruiting problems. The military occupation is expensive (between 80 and 100 billion dollars annually) and the budget deficit is now colossal. Bush will have to break his international isolation, which is a strong source of weakness for American power.
Wishful thinking, Pasky. The US budget deficit is at 4.5% of GDP. This is why we're devaluing the dollar, moron. The American figure is not much higher than France's, and the United States is currently at war. The American budget deficit will shrink again when the war is over. The French will not, because it's caused by poor domestic policy. And, Pasky, you keep confusing American unfriendliness toward France and its pals with isolation. The US is constantly in contact with London and Tokyo and Moscow and Riyadh and Rome and Canberra and Seoul and The Hague and Prague and Istanbul and Taipei and Bangkok and Warsaw and Oslo and Islamabad and Cairo and Jerusalem and Lisbon and Copenhagen and Mexico City, and we do care what they think. We just don't care what France thinks. Or Havana, either.
It will be very hard for him to deny the reality of his unpopularity. In order to overcome it, it won't be enough for him to improve his communication policy.
This sounds like another threat, with conditions this time. It won't be enough for Bush to come crawling up to France and plant a big fat one on M. Boniface's ass on the steps of the Hotel de Ville. France won't forgive him that easily. Bush is going to have to do penance.
He will have to change his international policy and show himself more active regarding the Palestinian-Israeli question. The death of Arafat should allow him to put more pressure on Sharon. In order to get out of the Iraqi quagmire, he needs international help. He needs the Europeans more than the Europeans need him.
Serious wishful thinking, Pasky. Note that Pasky's condition for the penance Bush must do is to make Sharon give the Palestinians what they want, which M. Boniface surely must know is impossible, because what the Palestinians want is the extinction of Israel and they will accept nothing less.
Often he has been compared to Ronald Reagan. Must we remind him that Reagan, after denouncing the evil empire and evoking the possibility of a limited war in Europe, would put an end during his second term to the Cold War--true, thanks to Gorbachev--and would even evoke the idea of a world without nuclear weapons? Bush II might be, therefore, less unilateralist than Bush I. And, if he is not, he will weaken his country and will accelerate, as a reaction, the construction of Europe.
Sounds to me like another threat from Pasky. Unless Bush mends his ways, the Old Europeans will somehow magically all get together and grow some testicles or something.
The result for the rest of the countries
is a feeling of disappointment with the results of the American election along with a feeling of not accepting as the only options alignment or criticism, both a confession of impotence. Denying American preeminence makes no sense and is equal to blindness. Deducing that this can only result in submission is no more realistic.
You heard Pasky! France will not submit! France is not impotent! Aux armes, citoyens! Remember Marshal Pétain! Where's the Viagra?
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
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Monthly Archives: June 2007
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Meredith Corporation , one of America's leading media and marketing companies, today announced a partnership with Five Star Mattress, a bedding company launched by the owners of Serta, to develop and license a new line of Better Homes and Gardens branded mattresses.
The new Better Homes and Gardens mattress collection will consist of innerspring and specialty beds featuring pocketed coils for reduced motion transfer, foam encasement for superior edge support, and temperature-friendly memory foam and latex. The line will retail at popular price points from $799 to $1,599.
"We've listened closely to what female consumers are looking for in terms of bedding," said Donna Zett, President, Five Star Mattress. "Now, more than ever, women want affordability, comfort and quality. This new line delivers on all three fronts."
The new bedding line will be unveiled at the Las Vegas Furniture Market in February 2009. Product will be available to consumers at furniture and sleep shops nationwide beginning in March.
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Meredith has worked with several leading companies in the last two years to extend the reach of the Better Homes and Gardens brand. This fall, Meredith and Walmart launched an extensive line of Better Homes and Gardens-branded products for the bedroom, bathroom, dining room and living room. Additionally, a partnership with Universal Furniture to create Better Homes and Gardens branded furniture has been touted as one of the industry's most successful furniture launches in the last 20 years.
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Man, 84, injured after driving car over cliff in S.F.
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An 84-year-old man was seriously injured after he drove over a cliff at Sutro Heights Park in San Francisco, police said Tuesday.
The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. Monday when the driver of a white Toyota Camry sped along 48th Avenue near Anza Street and launched over an embankment at the park, which overlooks Ocean Beach, officers said.
The Toyota landed in several trees after it went off the cliff. Firefighters pulled the elderly driver out of the car and took him to San Francisco General Hospital, police said.
The man, who had life-threatening injuries, was not identified.
Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky


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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Italian Jobs 3x mastery event ending
Some were surprised to find the event was ending at 10AM Pacific today, but my post from a few days ago indicates that the end time was announced very shortly after the release of the event on the Mafia Wars blog.
How many Ruby-throated hummingbirds did you guys get?
I got none...too busy working on the ice season and Bangkok.
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Tis the season to be jolly, right? The earth lays slumbering under a blanket of white, cars drive frantically to their next purchase, children run wild with the joy of no-school and, soon, presents to come fueling them. It seems to go like this every year. Nothing out of the ordinary.
But maybe that's the problem. Our consumption has become so ordinary. For myself, I have long wanted to be more socially active, especially pertaining to areas of injustice. Throughout the past several years, a number of justice non-profits have seen my financial support, some of which I also directly did work for and traveled with. I suppose that's why my Christmas list pained me so.
At the top of the list was an X-Box 360. I don't care if it's new or not, but it's what I wanted. I was asked to make a list of the things I wanted, and so I wrote that down and a few DVD titles. I even wrote that I wanted donations given to a few charities in my name. Doesn't seem wrong or anything. Then why do I feel this awkwardness?
A video made by Advent Conspiracy has recently come to my attention, and I think that is what has done it. I knew it was already to late to take back the list I had made. All the gifts are bought and wrapped at this point. A part of me wished that I had be awakened to my selfishness earlier, before I made the list, so I could make such things a priority.
I am not saying gifts are bad. I think they are fine. I like getting and giving gifts, but I do wish I had made more of an effort to make the needs of those who are being oppressed; or in the case of the video, those who won't have access to clean drinking water, more of a priority. Maybe I am over-reacting and am simply to hard on myself. Actually, that's most likely the case, but it bothers me that people don't have access to such a basic thing as water. I'm worried about an X-Box? Just doesn't seem right to me.
I wanted to vent. And so I have. Thanks.


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Groovy, Sexy & Soulful Part 42 Funky Christmas Edition (For Shoko)
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A dedicated listener to my mixes, the lovely Shoko Kobayashi from Japan, asked me to create a Christmas mix and to be honest, I don't particularly like cheerful Christmas songs. So I wanted to have some sad songs on this cloudcast as well. Songs about wandering the streets alone at Christmas, just like the protagonists in the Charles Dickens stories. The track from Wham that we all know is one of those songs, although the lyrics are hopeful as well: George Michael has been deceived, but this year he will give his heart to someone special... Merry Christmas!
Wham! – Last Christmas [Intro] (1984)
The Whispers – Funky Christmas (1979)
Ronn Matlcok – Back Street (1979)
Franky & Jamo – Set Me On Fire (1978)
Rocky Mizell & The Sugar Rock Band – Never Never Girl (1977)
Tony Momrelle – Spotlight (2013)
Mighty Ryeders – Evil Vibrations (1978)
10cc – Dreadlock Holiday (1978)
Blue Swede – Hooked On A Feeling (1974)
J. J. Williams – Love Market (1974)
Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out (1971)
Bill Withers – Harlem (1971)
Mud – Lonely This Christmas (1974)
Tyrone Davis – Turn Back The Hands Of Time (1970)
Barbara Lynn – Nice And Easy (1971)
Honey Cone – Stick Up (1971)
Bobbi Humphrey – Uno Esta (1975)
Sinclair – Just Another Fool (2002)
Shaun Escoffery – Nobody Knows (2014)
Donny Hathaway – This Christmas (1970)
Foxy – Mademoiselle (1978)
Chromeo – Tenderoni [Eddy's Edit] (2007)
The Emotions – What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas? (1977)
Groovy, Sexy & Soulful Part 42 Funky Christmas Edition by Professor Eddy on Mixcloud