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The Ultimate Gladiator: Remender talks "Gigantic"
|"Gigantic" #1 on sale in October
Writer Rick Remender is re-teaming with "Strange Girl" co-creator Eric Nguyen for "Gigantic," a new Dark Horse ongoing series scheduled for release this October. CBR News caught up with Remender to get the details on the sci-fi series that he describes as a twist on "The Truman Show" with giant robots and monsters thrown into the mix.
"Gigantic" is centered around "a brainwashed, alien superhero deposited on Earth to be the spotlight of an intrusive, around the clock television program being filmed without his knowledge and broadcast universally," Remender told CBR News. "Visually, it's a modern take on the big dynamic power of Jack Kirby, merged with the scale of a 'Godzilla' movie and sprinkled with 1950s sci-fi kitsch. 'Gigantic' will tap into what makes comics fun– big visually exciting pages and destruction on a scale never before seen."
In "Gigantic," for the worlds fortunate enough to be invited into the United League of Planets, war, disease, crime and poverty are things of the past. "With no real problems to face, the citizens of these worlds have become ravenous consumers with an insatiable appetite for entertainment," Remender said. A spin on the film "The Truman Show," "Gigantic" is "a reflection on America's consumer-based culture and the secret price paid by both the audience and the actors for a life filled with the endless distraction of entertainment."
In this society, the "fat and satiated" citizens of the ULP worlds are each granted a modest yet comfortable home, outfitted with wall-to-wall holo-projectors. "And every citizen spends nearly 90% of his lifespan patched into and watching holo-programs," Remender said. "As entertainment began to define the existence of advanced life, The Universal Broadcast Company slowly emerged as the most powerful force in the Universe. Its popularity was due, almost entirely, to one program: 'The Ultimate Gladiators.'"
|"Gigantic" artwork by Eric Nguyen
The first episode of "The Ultimate Gladiators" was watched in more homes on more planets than any show in history, despite strenuous objections from the ULP for its brutal and bloody nature. "The high fatality rate meant little; these new-life gladiators were little more than slaves, constructs owned by the UBC," Remender explained. "In the years that followed, because of the popularity of the program and the absurd revenues collected, the UBC has become the behind-the-scenes governing body of the known Universe. Codename GIGANTIC was the most famous of the Ultimate Gladiators."
Remender continued, "The series' initial thrust will be the slowly unraveling the mystery of who Gigantic is and why he's constantly being engaged in absurd and seemingly staged large-scale battles across our globe. Regardless of his attempt to stop the ensuing destruction and protect humanity, many of the attacks lead to the flattening of dozens of major cities across the globe, setting all governments to the singular task of annihilating this alien monster. As the size of the robots and bounty hunters sent to fight him continue to increase, so does the wholesale destruction of the cities of men. Gigantic's guilt and sorrow exponentially increase as he begins to realize that no matter where he goes, death and destruction inevitably follow him."
|Pages from "Gigantic" #1
Rick Remender assures readers that "Gigantic" will keep them on their toes. "Every few issues of 'Gigantic' everything you think you know will be flipped," the writer said. "There are a number of great reveals in the first arc and who 'Gigantic' really is and his connection to the humans he comes into contact with should be a nice surprise." Remender's goal was for the book to be "as emotionally captivating as it is visually stunning."
Speaking of the artwork, Remender was first introduced to illustrator Eric Nguyen back when the writer was searching for an artist for "Strange Girl." Nguyen's "groundbreaking and totally unique art" was the perfect fit for that series, and the artist has kicked it up a notch for "Gigantic." "Eric is a pleasure to work with and just look at what he and John have done here," Remender said. "There is nothing else like it in comics.
"I knew for this to work the book needed an artist who could destroy anyone who looked upon it: A pencil Medusa, if you will," Remender continued. "Not only that, but it needed an equally amazing scientist of color to give it the classic 'giant monster' movie feel and scope I was imagining."
|"Gigantic" designs by Eric Nguyen
After coercing his "Strange Girl" co-creator into providing pencils for "Gigantic," (a process which, according to Remender, involved beating his collaborator "about the chest and buttocks with a Wacom tablet") Nguyen recruited John Rauch, whom the artist had met while working on "X-Men," to color the book. Remender's longtime letterer Rus Wooton rounds out the creative team.
Remender told CBR News that "Gigantic" has been a number of years in the making. "As it's gone through the stages of development it's morphed into something very different than what it started out as," the writer explained. "It's better to let a series gestate for a couple of years as the ideas can be compiled slowly, simmering in a stew of my own idiocy. It also allows for reflection, i.e. something I might have seen as a great idea a year ago suddenly seems empty and overdone. The characters have an opportunity to rattle around in my head and their voices clarify over time."
"Gigantic" is not the only project on Remender's horizon. "Matt Fraction, Howard Chaykin and I are doing 'Punisher War Journal' at Marvel," Remender said. "Eric Canete and I are hard at work making 'The End League' at Dark Horse. Tony Moore and I are doing 'Fear Agent' also at Dark Horse. Pat Olliffe and I just wrapped our last issue of 'All-New Atom' and have begun to work on our new project for DC. I have a new ongoing at IDW with Bret Blevins that hasn't been announced yet. I did a one-shot called 'Frank Frazetta's Creatures' with Peter Bergting at Image. Kieron Dwyer and I hope to get working on 'Army of Frankenstein' soon for Image."
With so many projects on his place, Remender said he's in "comic book heaven."
"Gigantic" is an ongoing series, broken up into self-contained 5-issue arcs. This leaves room for a hiatus between arcs to make sure the creative team can keep on top of their publishing schedule. The first issue of "Gigantic" hits stands this October.
|"Gigantic" designs by Eric Nguyen
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In April, BuzzFeed prompted best friends to design tattoos for one another, and then get them done without knowing what they looked like.
Now, BuzzFeed is doing it again; this time, with very trusting mother and daughter pairs.
"It's a really big trust exercise," Participant Candace says sitting beside her mother at the start of the video. "So I feel like I will be able to trust my mom forever after this."
"Hopefully ... you haven't seen it yet," her mother adds, laughing.
In the video, the mothers and daughters explain the meaning behind the tattoos they've picked out.
For instance, one woman named Maycie explains her design of a rainbow, with the word "somewhere" written over it, is meant to honor a memory she shares with her mom.
"Anytime that we were driving and that 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' song came on, we'd both be like belting the song out. So I just feel like anytime I hear that song I think of my mom and I think of those memories," she explains.
Finally, each participant sees their completed tattoos and their reactions are all caught on camera.
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Spasticity is defined as exaggerated muscle tone with increased tendon reflexes. Spasm describes violent reflexive muscle contraction which occurs in response to cutaneous and visceral stimulation.Spasticity
Associated with SCI above level of T12 which preserves spinal reflex arc
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Deliberately induced immunosuppression – to reduce activation of the immune system – is another first line of defense for IBD and other autoimmune diseases. Medications – such as azathioprine (an immunosuppressant), 6-mercaptopurine (an immunosuppressant), methotrexate (an anti-metabolite), prednisone (a corticosteroid), or TNF inhibition (tumor necrosis factor) – work to control symptoms.
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Category: parents of children with diabetes
To Those Just Beginning…
Day two of the Health Writers Activists Monthly Challenge and today its all about what I would tell or have told the newly diagnosed. At first I was not going to do this topic. I don't really write to the newly diagnosed–do I? I mean, I just ramble about things that we are dealing with now. Diagnosis was a very long time ago. What do I have to offer?
I then realized that yes I do write to the newly diagnosed. I talk to them at conferences. I respond to them on Facebook. I let them know that it will be okay.
They will find humor in the strangest places….Like this past Christmas season when my teenage son discovered the reason for this night time high blood sugar levels–the dog was feeding him in his sleep! There was also the time that my son decided that he no longer should be doing his own site changes. His doctor suggested that he do them since he was about 13 and now at 15 he has had enough. His reasoning was typical teen and another source of comic relief for an often draining disease.
We need comic relief because there will be times that parents will feel overwhelming fear. This is normal. Its the new normal that comes from living with a brutal and unforgiving, silent disease. It will sometimes lead to depression and it is important to recognize it, accept it and get help to find a way to move forward. We all have our days when we want to be the way we perceive the rest of the world to be. We want sleep. We want a life without injections or insulin pumps. We don't want to see blood or test strips but there are sunny days. There are people who understand. You will make it through another day and begin to accept your new normal–I promise.
There is no choice. The alternative is not worth thinking about accept when counting your blessings. Our children are strong. They are younger versions of us and we are making it. They will amaze us and frustrate us. Diabetes will not hold them back from being incredible.
Type 1 diabetes is much more than "take an injection and call me in the morning". It changes our lives. It changes our perspective. It demands our time and our efforts even when we don't want it to but our chidren are alive. We will connect with amazing new people who also live this life. There will be downs but there will be ups and over time you will learn to live life with diabetes not for it.
Diabetes Blessings Week
Last night I got an email from fellow Diabetes Advocate Mike Durbin asking everyone to take part and/or spread the word about "Diabetes Blessings Week".
With the American Thanksgiving holiday coming up, I have seen many friends noting the things that they are grateful for throughout the month of November. Gratitude is a great practice and something that I promote in my Life Coaching practice. It is also something that I try to incorporate into my own life.
Mike asked that we blog about a few of the blessings that diabetes has brought into our lives. Ideally you would look at one blessing per day for the week of November 19-25th. Since I am a day late in getting started, I will try to come up with two for my first day…
Actually the top two are simple and intertwined. My diabetes family and CWD conferences.
Its has been almost twelve years since I "found" my family. I had just gotten onto the Internet for the first time. I searched "parents of children with diabetes". I was instantly sent to a website and a parents email list. There I posted a question about a battle I had been having with my toddler–trying to convince him to eat after giving his insulin. We had been experiencing tears, vomiting, and terrifying lows. I was at my wits end.
Within seconds I received two emails back from parents telling me what I already knew but for some reason could not do. They told me not to give him insulin until after he ate. It was so simple but until another parent told me, I could not grasp NOT giving my son insulin.
That was just the beginning. Over the years, these face-less friends became my support. They were there through the good times and the bad. They understood the bittersweet feeling of having your four year old being able to lance his own finger and draw blood. They understood the exhausting nights and the drag your butt days. They were there to pull me out when I just wanted to curl up and hide under a rock for awhile. They were there through diabetes fights, political battles and personal struggles. No matter what was going on, there was always a strong shoulder to cry on and firm hand to push me forward.
|Beach party with our amazing Friends for Life!
As the years went by, I was able to share the wisdom taught to me with others. I was also able to meet some of my nearest and dearest friends in person. I travelled to visit some at a beach party. I later travelled to visit others at what has become the foremost diabetes conference in North America–CWD's Friends For Life. It is the one place on earth where friends connect and friendships truly are made for life.
|Just a few of the amazing people that I am blessed to call "friends"
Imagine how blessed I felt when I was asked to not just attend a FFL conference but be a part of the staff? I was honored I was humbled. Each year that I attend, I have to pinch myself. I am surrounded by the most amazing people in the diabetes world. Parents, doctors, nurses, educators and advocates…and me. It truly is the high point of my year when I am there!
Diabetes, despite its brutal nature, has brought many blessings with it. The two that make each day a little easier are definitely the incredible friendships I have made and the gathering of those friends at FFL Conferences each year.
|More of my wonderful friends!
Happy World Diabetes Day!
CWD Conferences are THE BEST!
I have said it time and time again, CWD conferences truly are the very best events out there for people living with diabetes. Vendors who fail to take part are missing a lot. Families who do not take part are missing a lot. People with diabetes who do not attend are also truly missing out.
A Mothers Anthem
As I have mentioned many times, about a year after my son's diagnosis with diabetes I joined the world of the Internet and found an amazing group of people in Jeff Hitchcock's Children with Diabetes Parents online mailing list. In those days there was no Facebook or Twitter. I had no other support but this group of people that I would email with and they would reply. Over the years many of these online names have become some of my closest friends who have been there for me, been there with me, and kept me going when I wasn't sure if I could do it.
This was (and is) a very diverse group. There were people with strong opinions, people with wide shoulders and people who were incredibly talented at putting their words to paper. Linda Kaniasty was one of those talented people who put the feelings of many parents into words. Her poem, A Mother's Anthem has been a fixture on one of the pages of my website for years.
Recently it has been used to created a film. Sucscita Films took this poem and gave it a face for "Children with Diabetes UK." and their national diabetes week. The poem was powerful. The video will reduce you to tears. Each time I watch it, more memories return and more tears flow.
A wonderful friend that I met thanks to the online parents list, Jen summed up our feelings best when she said "God, I'd forgotten about the bruises. She's been pumping for so long that I'd forgotten about the bruised arms, and wondering what other parents thought of those bruises….This was harder to watch than the poem was to read years ago because its in their eyes. That thing that we keep just barely tucked away beneath the surface, so others don't see our pain. the pain that we even fool ourselves into forgetting about, because we're so good at being strong. But it takes something as simple as this to bring it right back up to the surface."
I remember the bruises and thinking that people must believe I abuse him when I am actually fighting to keep him alive. I remember the fights to get him to eat because there was insulin in his system that had to be fed. I remember crying in the dark at night after my children were gone to sleep. I didn't want them to see me but it hurt to know that no matter what I did, I would NEVER be able to "fix" this. I couldn't "make it better".
Thank you to Linda for this powerful poem and thank you to the people at Children with Diabetes UK for having the courage to put their pain to video and show the world what we all feel as mothers–as parents.
How has diabetes changed ME?
Diabetes has definitely changed me, and maybe in some small way, some of those changes are for the better.
Mere Mortals
I roll over wanting to just cuddle in and enjoy the warmth and coziness of our bed. As I roll, I glance at the clock and see that it is 4:30am. I had better get up and test my son. I don't want to move. I am so very comfortable. That doesn't matter. Out of bed I get. I stumble in the dark, trying not to disturb my fiance and not fall into any of the bedroom furniture.
Housecoat on, I head into my son's room. Again I navigate in the dark to find the lamp and his testing supplies. I find his glucometer close to his XBox and prepare the device for a test. During the process I am praying for a good reading but the meter tells me otherwise. He is high. Crap! Okay, new cartridge and all, let's just hope its the high fat lunch still messing with him. Correct and head back to my bed. I will be up again soon so I don't worry too much.
Less than four hours later I am up. He has no school so he continues to sleep. I take my time and cater to my own needs before creeping into his bedroom to do a morning test. With some guilt, I head to his room about twenty minutes later. I go through the same routine and test his blood once again. He is still high…higher actually. Dang! Not happy.
I grab his pump but before I can input a correction I see "delivery stopped". What the?????
How long has his pump been off for?? What happened? How did he sleep through the alarms? How did I sleep through the alarms? When the heck am I supposed to sleep??
I get the pump to restart and then began to figure out where the history is. My son can get his pump to do almost anything but Mom doesn't use it as often any more so it takes me a bit longer. I find the history and about 2 minutes after I bolused the 4am correction. A blockage was detected and the pump shut down! More Mommy guilt. Did I really crash that fast last night? What is wrong with me? How did I miss this?
Thankfully the pump is working fine now, site is good and child is okay. He said he felt a little ill earlier this morning but now is up and being his usual nutty self.
I have been dragging myself out of bed at the wee hours for more years now than I can count. Lately I wake up wondering why? Why do I have to do this? Can we please have a break? Today reaffirmed why I have to do it but when am I supposed to sleep? How am I supposed to be chipper and ready to deal with the rest of my life when I am dragging my butt from broken rest?
Slowly letting go
I have been volunteering at my kids school for years now. One of the things that we do is parents prepare meals for the students. Today was one of those days.
SupperNanny Tackles Type 1
I don't think I have ever watched the show from start to finish. I never record shows anymore and I don't know when I have had people go through so much trouble to find me a link to watch a TV show but here you have it…a bunch of firsts for me and a big Wow!
For those who never watch this show either, there is a TV show on called "Suppernanny". She is a British lady who comes in and straightens out your family when you can't do it on your own any more. In 41 minutes she fixes your marriage, makes all your children angels and teaches everyone how to get along with each other. This is why I don't tend to watch it on a normal day. I am just not into shows that make life so black and white and pat. I had however heard that she would be going to help a family who had a child with Type 1 diabetes.
I don't know if all diseases are like this, but those of us who live with Type 1 diabetes in our lives are harsh critics. I think it has to do with all of the misconceptions that we deal with on a regular basis. We are so used to defending and teaching that we are quick to judge when Type 1 diabetes is portrayed in the media. In our defence, a lot of media outlets do make horrific mistakes but still we are a tough crowd to get something past.
Supernanny had received a passing grade. No rave reviews now but most parents seemed to be impressed that she went in with a good general knowledge and was able to separate the disease from the child's behavior. Now I was really curious! I had been traveling when it was originally aired but no fear because these things are always to be found online. I received three links to the show before I was given one that was usable outside of the US! Finally this morning I was able to sit down and watch it.
I was impressed. I still will not be watching the show but for a change the focus was on Type 1 diabetes. They didn't fuss too much about the little boy who loved to pound on his sibling. They did focus on Mom's fear that her son would die from Type 1 diabetes just has his grandfather had. They didn't focus too much on the big sister who was sick and tired of cleaning up after two obnoxious little brothers. They did focus on the fight to get the child with Type 1 to eat all of his food. They showed blood glucose testing. They showed injections being injected. They showed carb counting and insulin calculations. They showed a child who refused to eat and threatened to vomit. They showed a child who could take 2 hours to finish a meal.
Now if Jo the Supernanny was also a super CDE then she would know to put the child on a different insulin regimen and no longer worry about feeding the insulin except in the case of lows. She would then be able to give the parents the power to say "If you don't want to eat fine but you won't be getting anything later" and mean it.
We are coming closer to 10 years since diagnosis with each passing day and some of what this family was dealing with I remember as if it was yesterday. Liam was 2 and this child was 5 but still both of them used food to control a situation that was well beyond their control. Liam would keep an entire meal in his cheek without swallowing. He would finally swallow only to vomit it all back up. He would take 2 hours to eat a pop tart. I would end up feeding him almost anything just so that he had the carbs to cover the insulin that was already in his system.
I will remain eternally grateful for the incredible support we had both in his diabetes clinic and through some wonderful people I met online. They finally got me to click in to the fact that if I didn't inject him with the fast acting insulin he would be okay with minimal food. We were using NPH at the time and Humalog. As I learned how the insulins worked, I began to have power as a parent again. I could allow him to leave the table without touching his food and not worry about him passing out in 5 minutes. I was free to discipline him again and his doctor encouraged it! It was so liberating.
As you know if you have read my rantings before, I still get frustrated. I still get worried. I still have fears. I have to learn to move past them so that my soon to be teenaged son doesn't continue to learn how to use those fears against me. We will be okay. He has a different way of taking care of himself but he is doing a good job. Together we will get through life and life with diabetes. One day he will be a confident, resourceful young man who just happens to have a life-threatening chronic illness.


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London-via-L.A. artist Devon Williams is a one-time Epitaph-signed punk singer who now records emotional bedroom pop for Slumberland. On November 20, he'll follow up 2011's Euphoria with a 7" single via New Images, the label run by Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile. The tracks, "Savor" b/w "Pendulum", will also feature on Williams' forthcoming full-length, Bathos, out next spring. Stream the A-side, a shimmering and sentimental mid-tempo ode to retrospection, right here.


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9. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has satisfied himself with the functioning of the freedom of information system in place under the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if he will consider amending section 44 of the Act to confer power on the Minister to instruct the Information Commissioner to carry out a review of the operations of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. (Question 53475/17 asked on 14 Dec 2017)
Deputy Mick Wallace: The questions relate to the current freedom of information legislation. Is the Minister satisfied that the legislation is functioning properly? Will the Minister consider amending section 44 of the Act so that he can instruct the Information Commissioner to carry out a review of the operation of the Act?
My interactions with numerous freedom of information departments, State bodies and Departments lead me to believe the legislation is not working. I do not believe this so-called world-class legislation is offering the transparency and accountability promised.
We discussed this in September and the Minister stated he was not against the idea of looking at it. I am wondering what he thinks at this stage.
Deputy Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5, 9 and 18 together.
As specified in section 43(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the Information Commissioner is fully independent in the performance of his functions, including those under section 44 of the Act. I have reviewed this area and I have no plans to amend the Act to allow for a Minister to instruct the commissioner in this regard. To do so would adversely affect the important independent role of the commissioner.
However, as Deputies may be aware, an extensive review of the operation of the freedom of information, FOI, framework fed into the development of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 which introduced a modernised, consolidated, restructured and more accessible system. The Act, alongside an FOI code of practice, seeks to bring about greater efficiency and consistency and promote best practice in the operation of FOI throughout public bodies.
Section 27 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 relates to fees and charges. Among the key reforms of the Act was the removal of the requirement to pay upfront fees for making requests to public bodies and the significant reduction in the cost of applying for internal reviews and appeals to the Information Commissioner. In addition, in relation to non-personal requests, a minimum threshold of €101 was introduced below which no search, retrieval and copying fees can be charged. This means that if a request is focused and takes no longer than five hours to search for, the requests will be processed free of charge. However, I, as Minister, have no role in monitoring or policing of individual decisions, including in relation to fees.
For the information of the Deputy, some 30,417 FOI requests were processed by public bodies in 2016. It is a record number and a doubling of the number reached under the previous Act, with 73% of those requests granted either in full or in part. It is also worth noting that in only 3% of cases did requesters avail of the review mechanism available to them.
Deputy Mick Wallace: Speaking of charges, there needs to be a reform of the system. It lacks consistency in how search and retrieval fees are estimated or applied across various State bodies or Departments under FOI. Certain Departments are looking to charge crazy fees and it acts as a deterrent. Even though the Minister is telling me that the numbers are up, I would like to see what exactly is being retrieved.
I put in an FOI request to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on correspondence between the Department and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the Road Safety Authority since 2010. I was given an estimate that the services of four staff members would come to a total of 654.5 hours search and retrieval work on my request and they were charging €20 an hour. The total bill was to be €12,912, not including photocopying. That, obviously, was a little on the prohibitive side and put me off somewhat. It is worth looking at.
Before I forget, if the Minister is writing to Santa Claus, will he ask him for two tickets for Spurs v. Juve and he can bring me to London for Christmas?
Deputy Eugene Murphy: Now there is one for the Minister.
An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: The Minister will oblige at a price.
Deputy Aindrias Moynihan: They have a lot in common.
Deputy Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Wallace and I have that in common anyway.
On his point in relation to a freedom of information request, there is an economic cost involved in meeting freedom of information requests. I am sure what the Department told the Deputy is correct, that it would take four civil servants that period of time to meet his request which means there is other work that cannot be done by them. As a result, it is reasonable to outline and charge applicants a portion of that cost. However, as the Deputy will be aware, we have brought in a minimum threshold and if the request takes no longer than five hours to search for, it will be dealt with free of charge.
The freedom of information legislation, despite the point made by Deputy Wallace, has yielded to him and others huge insights into both good things and challenges in our country.
Deputy Mick Wallace: Another area worth looking at is the recording of records. Neither the FOI Act nor the National Archives Act 1986, which covers Departments' records, specifically require Departments or State bodies to make records in the first place. We now have a situation where civil servants are recording less and less and are not taking minutes of meetings all the time or notes of calls.
I was looking at a document entitled Governance Framework of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Minister's own Department, written in 2016. It states, "It is proper to maintaining a meaningful record of the department's activities to regularly thin out the documents you work with and to retain only those that provide for efficiency and contribute to transparency, accountability and a meaningful archival record." I take it that "thin out" is another word for shredding. It needs to be looked at. Currently, it is only an offence under the FOI Act to destroy a record after a request has been received in relation to that record. We have a situation, for example, where NAMA can destroy all the emails of staff 12 months after they have left and it is not illegal. Is that right? Should it be that way? Does the Minister agree this is information that is in the public interest? Surely it is hardly good enough that NAMA should be allowed to destroy it after one year.
Deputy Paschal Donohoe: I cannot comment on the particular incident that the Deputy has referred to in relation to NAMA because I am not aware of it. I cannot comment on something unless I have more information on it. By and large, public bodies should be retaining all of their records that support decisions, either in relation to individuals or policy matters.
However, it is the case, certainly at political level, that the existence of freedom of information legislation has had an affect on the way Ministers communicate with their Departments and how they detail matters. I myself see it. It has happened to me. If I make a comment on a particular matter, the comment, when revealed under FOI, can then be interpreted in any way people see fit. There was an issue recently where I made a point in relation to the number of SNAs in the State. I merely made the point, in the context of a document I was assessing, that we now have more SNAs than gardaí. Within hours of that being revealed under FOI, I was being attacked for not appreciating the value of SNAs which, of course, I never said. It is a reality that freedom of information legislation has affected the ability of people like myself to communicate on matters like that.
In relation to freedom of information, Departments should be retaining all records on either individual or policy matters unless there is an exceptional circumstance to say they should not.
An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: As Deputy Wallace has another question grouped, he is entitled to one more supplementary.
Deputy Mick Wallace: The previous Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, gave permission for NAMA to destroy information a year after staff had left. Would the Minister consider looking at that, if he was not aware of it? I get the impression from the Minister's previous reply that he thinks information should be on record. It is in the public interest that it is available. NAMA is a public body. Would the Minister consider looking at it in order to change the current arrangement?
Deputy Paschal Donohoe: As I said, I will not comment on the NAMA matter that Deputy Wallace has raised with me until I have more information on it and I can see was that decision taken and why. When I have had a look at that, I will be in a position to comment better on the matter.
An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: We are going back to Question No. 7. Deputy Barry was just coming in the door. There has to be a penalty and the penalty is that we will go straight to the reply.


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The concentration camps of World War II (WWII) will forever live on in infamy because of the horrendous acts that were committed within their walls. In an article published Sept. 18, 2014, by Reuters, archaeologists who have been digging out the remains of the death camp in Sobibor, Poland, finally discovered the gas chambers within the camp.
The article states that the camp had eight gas chambers. The Holocaust Research Project reports that Jews were forced to build the camp which was opened in 1942. The killings began in May 1942 by pumping carbon monoxide into the gas chambers. Once the Jews were dead, the bodies were taken out and buried in mass graves. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states that in the fall of 1942, the Germans had the bodies dug up and burned and the bones ground to powder in an attempt to get rid of the evidence of what was happening at Sobibor.
As the life of the camp was winding down, Jews within the camp decided to stage an uprising, and on Oct. 14, 1943, 300 Jews escaped. Of those escapees, 100 were captured and returned to the camp, according to the museum. On Oct. 20, 1943, after killing a minimum of 170,000 Jews, the dismantling of the camp began and was basically completed within a month.
According to Reuters, the chambers were later covered in asphalt. During the excavation, many personal items of the Jews were recovered including a wedding ring that was inscribed with, "Behold, you are consecrated unto me."
Although the Germans tried to remove all evidence of the heinous crimes that were committed at Sobibor, Auschwitz and Dachau, the memories of those who suffered and the archaeological evidence remain. Since so few people survived Sobibor, the findings of this dig are invaluable as they allow historians to fill in missing pieces to the puzzle and as they give closure to family members who lost loved ones at this camp.
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AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. At least eight people were killed, a hospital official said.
Recapturing Ajdabiya would give the Libyan military a staging ground to attack the rebels' main stronghold, Benghazi, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) farther east along the coastal highway. Moammar Gadhafi's forces were approaching Benghazi when they were driven back by the international air campaign launched last month to protect civilians and ground Gadhafi's aircraft.
For the rebels, losing the city would effectively bottle them into a coastal strip of eastern Libya and allow government forces to more tightly squeeze the few opposition pockets in the rest of the country, including the besieged western port of Misrata, where heavy clashes continued Saturday for a second day.
The push into Ajdabiya was launched even as international envoys opened fresh initiatives for a peace deal. The African Union said it planned to send a team to Libya on Sunday to begin meetings with the government and rebel leaders.
In the capital Tripoli, meanwhile, Gadhafi made his first public appearance in weeks with a visit to a school. Children jumped on desks and gave fist-pumping chants: "The people want Moammar the leader!"
Wearing large black sunglasses and a brown turban and robe, Gadhafi made no public comments, according to the account on state TV. Gadhafi has remained mostly in hiding since the airstrikes began, preferring to communicate by telephone to government-run television.
The battle for Ajdabiya showed how Gadhafi's forces are adapting their strategies amid NATO airstrikes seeking to cripple the Libyan military.
Small and mobile units — less vulnerable to airstrikes than tanks and other armor — first ambushed a rebel convoy probing the lines outside the city. Government gunners then began shelling Ajdabiya from desert positions and later ferried soldiers into the streets using civilian vehicles in attempts to foil NATO pilots.
A possible NATO airstrike, kicking up a huge mushroom cloud, temporarily halted the shelling. NATO officials did not immediately confirm the attack.
A helicopter gunship — possibly a rebel aircraft coming from the direction of Benghazi — passed over the city during the fighting.
By nightfall, heavy gunfire was heard from apparent block-to-block combat inside the city, which had about 150,000 residents before many fled for safer areas.
A resident leaving the city, Abdul Fatah, said gun battles raged along the city's main street. A rebel fighter, Salah Ali, said Gadhafi's forces were "spreading out inside Ajdabiya" with weapons including heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
The supervisor at Ajdabiya hospital, Mohammed Idris, said at least eight rebels were killed and nine people were injured, including two civilians.
The rebels have maintained control of much of the eastern half of Libya since early in the uprising, while Gadhafi has clung to much of the west. Gadhafi has been putting out feelers for a cease-fire but he refuses to step down as rebels demand.
The NATO-led airstrikes, authorized by a U.N. resolution, have neutralized Gadhafi's air force and pummeled his ground forces, but the opposition remains outnumbered and outgunned. The alliance has been defending itself against rebel complaints that its attacks are too slow and imprecise.
The British military said its warplanes hit seven tanks around Ajdabiya and Misrata in western Libya on Friday as part of the NATO-led mission.
In Misrata, rebels and government troops have battled since Friday for control of a key roadway linking the port — a lifeline for opposition fighters and trapped civilians. A doctor who spoke to The Associated Press by phone said at least seven people had been killed.
The doctor spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisals. The accounts could not be independently verified because Libyan authorities have blocked journalists from conducting their own reporting in the city.
For a second consecutive day, international journalists were taken on a government-supervised trip to the outskirts of Misrata. In a farming area south of the city, pro-Gadhafi forces manned positions with pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns. Tents and sniper nests were hidden in trees and brush.
Also in Misrata, the Red Cross said a relief ship reached the port. A Turkish ship also docked in Misrata to bring home Egyptians stranded in Libya's third-largest city, said Egypt's deputy foreign minister, Mohammed Abdel-Hakam. A second Turkish ship was expected Sunday.
Associated Press writer Slobodan Lekic in Brussels contributed to this report.
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Tucked into the south-west corner of the Yukon, the park lies adjacent to Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Glacier Bay National Park, and the Tatshenshini Provincial Park in British Columbia. Combined this area has become the largest land preserve on the planet.
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Day 1
Arrival in Whitehorse. The Up North Adventures shuttle will greet you at the airport. Meet the other trip participants today, where your guide will verify your personal gear and go through any last minute questions. Participants are then invited to explore the City of Whitehorse, enjoy a good meal or take in some historic sights on their own. Enjoy your first night in Whitehorse in a downtown hotel (included in price) located within walking distance of many attractions and restaurants.
Day 2
Group officially meets at 10:00am at the Up North base in Whitehorse. After a quick gear review to make sure participants are properly equipped, we will be shuttled by van to our log cabin base camp at Kluane National Park, about a two hour drive, and the start of our hiking adventure. The afternoon will be spent getting acquainted with our camp and taking a short introductory hike along Lower Kathleen Lakes. This trail suits all levels of hikers with fantastic views of these three wonderful lakes. Lunch break is at Mud Lake, and from where we'll head back to our cabin. Supper will be prepared over an open fire near the cabin. We will see the sun set behind the peaks of King's Throne Mountain.
Day 3
We start early with a hearty breakfast and set out for the trailhead of Auriol Trail, about 30 minutes away from our base camp. The hike begins in dense pine and poplar forests, and proceeds along a crystal clear alpine creek until we reach the tree line around midday. Our lunch break will be spent on the highest point of today's excursion taking in far reaching views of Dezadeash Lake to the South and Pine Lake to the east of Haines Junction. The Auriol Traill loops around, bringing us back to where our van awaits us. A quick visit to the nearby small town community of Haines Junction offers hot showers and a stop at the coffee shop.
Day 4
Having now broken in our boots and bones we attempt to climb King's Throne, which we have glimpsed from our tents each morning. King's Throne summit is roughly 2.000 meters high with an elevation gain of plus 1.200 meters and is located directly in front of our cabin. Starting along sky blue Kathleen Lake we enter the switch backs of an ancient glacier moraine, which leads us up the "Throne", the left over bowl of an old cirque glacier. Lunch will help us decide if we want to push on. The now steep and rocky route to the summit is challenging, but you will be rewarded with a stunning view into the amazing icy back ranges of the St. Elias Mountains. You will not regret committing to this ascent.
Day 5
With the hiking in full swing, it is time to see one Kaskawush glacier, of the most famous glaciers of Kluane National Park. A one hour drive brings us north to Kluane Lake. Weather permitting this hike will take us up again to just under 2.000 meters, facilitated by a half day walk on a relatively easy mining road. More than a hundred years ago, when Kluane was not yet declared a National Park, miners used to dig for gold, silver and copper in these hills.
Already during our ascent we catch glimpses of smaller glaciers hanging below the peaks on the for side of Slim's River, where we started our day's journey. This trail is called Sheep Creek Hike and for good reason: groups of wild Dall Sheep can often be seen grazing on the nearby hillsides and numerous times we have run into them right on the trail. Silence and patience can provide for some once-in-a-lifetime close-ups of these graceful animals.
Day 6
Our last day in the foothills of Kluane means big mountains. We deserve a treat: 30 kilometres south we pass windy Dezadeash Lake and reach the trail head to St. Elias Lake. A short one hour hike ends directly at the waters of this small emerald green mountain lake, the nearby slopes rising straight up from its shores. Here we have time to take in this wonderful alpine panorama, relax on the flower strewn meadow at the lake and have a BBQ on an open fire. Mountain goats are often seen on the higher elevations of the surrounding hills.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. We must return to base camp and prepare for the trip back to Whitehorse. A fine supper in one of the city's restaurants and another night in a well earned hotel bed will end this unforgettable adventure.
Day 7
Up North Adventures shuttle van awaits you at your hotel and will bring you to the airport where we can say: "Thanks for being part of our summer and see you again!"
Kluane National Park Photos
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Due to the expeditionary nature of this program, changes to the itinerary are a possibility and are left up to the discretion of the guide. All attempts will be made to complete the trip within the outlined timeline.


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Many scientists are so sure that the sea level will rise visibly in the coming decades that they are advising planners to adopt new strategies now.
A predicted rise in sea level of one foot within the next 30 to 40 years will drive much of the Atlantic and Gulf shoreline inward by a hundred feet and some of it by more than a thousand feet, according to marine geologists. The environmental and economic consequences will be felt much farther inland.
The loss of land to the seas ``will create havoc on our shoreline,`` warned Orrin H. Pilkey, a marine geologist at Duke University. ``Americans have been rushing to the coast, but much of our beachfront development has been contemptuous of natural forces.``
Creeping waters will destroy buildings and roads, wipe out recreational beaches, escalate flood problems many miles inland, pollute community wells with saltwater and drown coastal marshes vital to fish and birds.
The rise in sea level will become even more pronounced a century from now, scientists predict. They say that the sooner planners take account of the inevitable changes, avoiding investments in doomed facilities and protecting remaining wetlands from development, the lower the ultimate costs will be.
For the United States, those studying the threat describe it as more like an expensive irritant than an impending disaster. But in densely populated lowlands of some poor nations, they say, the effects could be catastrophic. Hardest hit may be Bangladesh, where the combined effects of rising seas and subsiding land over the coming century could obliterate as much as 10 percent of the crowded country, inundating vast tracts of fertile land and extending the deadly sweep of tidal waves.
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An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at King George Elementary School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada on 15 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1651 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VE5ISS. The contact should be audible over most of N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. The School is over 100 years old having been fully renovated in the late 90s to accommodate the installation of modern educational tools including computer labs etc.. The School houses both elementary and secondary students and is located n the heart of Moose Jaw at 1150 5th Avenue. Moose Jaw (population 34,156) is an urban centre with historic charm, a wealth of heritage and culture and a name remembered around the world. It is located 175 km from the U.S. Border nestled in a picturesque valley where the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek River meet. Primary industries include agriculture, including cereal, pulse, and special crops, cattle and hogs; manufacturing and processing; mining; service and retail. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most visible man made structure seen from space? 2. If you could bring only one luxury to space with you, what would it be and why? 3. In your opinion, what is the hardest task to complete on the International Space Station? 4. Has any astronaut become ill on the International Space Station? 5. How long will you be in space, and what is the longest a person has been in space? 6. How frustrating does it get not being able to do things as easily as you can do them on Earth? 7. When you go outside to work on the space station or do other experiments, how does it make you feel? 8. How much training does it take to be an astronaut? 9. Have you ever waken up in the middle of the night and thought "Where am I?" 10. What is it like not being with your family for long periods of time? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari",Porto S. Elpidio,Italy, Thu 2008-12-18 12:10 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO ---- Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex
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Hard-working librarians have tallied up the favorites among readers in 2013
For the second year in a row, Gillian Flynn's dark thriller "Gone Girl" was the single most-checked-out book from the New Hanover County Public Library.
Hard-working librarians have tallied up the favorites among readers in 2013, and "Gone Girl" led the list, with 969 checkouts. That figure represents digital downloads, CD audiobooks and pre-loaded mp3 players as well as old-fashioned print books, noted librarian Margaret Miles.
The top 10 most checked out adult titles were almost all fiction by popular authors in the thriller or mystery genres: "The Forgotten" by David Baldacci (754 checkouts), "The Racketeer" by John Grisham (724), "The Hit" by David Baldacci (605), "Inferno" by Dan Brown (574), "Notorious Nineteen" by Janet Evanovich (545), "Silken Prey" by John Sandford (538), "A Wanted Man" by Lee Child (525), "Merry Christmas, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (505), "A Week in Winter" by Maeve Binchy (497) and "Never Go Back" by Lee Child (482).
The top title in what might be called "literary" fiction – "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner" – trailed with 427 checkouts. E.L. James' steamy "Fifty Shades of Grey" was still popular, with 432 checkouts in 2013.
"Killing Kennedy" by TV host Bill O'Reilly ranked as the top nonfiction title in the New Hanover system with 185 checkouts, followed by "Proof of Heaven" by Eben Alexander with 165 and "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail" by Cheryl Strayed with 161.
Suzanne Collins continued to dominate the young adult category. Her dark sci-fi trilogy "The Hunger Games" (548 checkouts), "Catching Fire" (503) and "Mockingjay" (448) held the top three spots on the YA list. Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief" came in fourth with 255.
Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel" topped the juvenile charts with 283 checkouts, closely followed by J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with 280. Fans checked out Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat" 194 times.
Readers clearly had their "brand" loyalties. Five of the 25 most-checked-out books were by James Patterson. Of the top 10 juvenile titles, four were by Jeff Kinney and four by Rowling.
These top checked-out items, however, represented less than 1 percent of the county system's total circulation, Miles noted. In 2013, Totaling both physical and digital formats, New Han�over County libraries circulated more than 1.35 million books and other items – or slightly more than six items per county resident.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Foxes in Fiction - Bathurst
Here is a song entitled Bathurst that was previously included on the Beko August compilation, to be re-released on the upcoming Foxes in Fiction album Slow Evolution.
The lyrics are about finding happiness and clarity after a long period of emotional chaos. The name of the song comes from a street in Toronto I walking down when the melody came to me. The artwork above is made from two photos I overlayed that I took with my cellphone.
I hope you like it.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Three Songs for Ryan EP
Foxes in Fiction
Three Songs for Ryan
Total Time: 9:27
Recorded between August 9th and 11th, 2010.
1. Rain Falls
2. Along
3. Courtyard Summers
Hey guys.
Aside from a few random things I haven't really produced many new recordings over the past few months. This is mostly due to the fact that the recording interface that I use broke down in April, and despite multiple attempts to have it repaired (and losing a lot of money in the process), it never worked out. During this time I recorded a lot of simple lo-fi acoustic based songs to my reel-to-reel tape machine that I got over my Christmas break and became almost completely knowledgeable of all it's properties and sound-manipulation possibilities.
I finally caved and spent an additional $300 on a new interface which finally came this week and once again opened up the world of digital recording to me, which is really fucking wonderful. I'm working on a something in between a full length and an EP called Slow Evolution which I'm trying to have done before August ends.
For now, here is a short three-song EP I recorded for my friend Ryan, which was kind of for the purpose of easing myself back into using computers to record (tape was also heavily employed on these songs). Hope you like it!
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Nearly 400 people were arrested in willful acts of civil disobedience at the White House on Sunday as part of the XL Dissent action, part of the ongoing effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. It was the largest youth-led civil disobedience action in a generation. Arrestees pledged that if President Obama didn't stop the pipeline with his pen, they would do it with their bodies.
"We're already seeing the effects of climate change," said Spencer Johnson, one of those arrested. "It's our future that we're talking about, and the future of generations to come. We know this is important enough to get arrested for."
Johnson is a senior environmental studies major at Franklin and Marshall University in Lancaster, Pa. According to Johnson, there were more than 1,000 students at the action from over 80 universities in 42 states. Roughly a third of attendees committed to civil disobedience and received a 90-minute training the night before the protest, during which they were walked through each phase of the arrest and had their legal questions answered.
The XL Dissent action was the first time Johnson had ever been arrested. "People are out there getting arrested for this every day. There's the Michigan 3, the people in Port Arthur, Tex., people in the U.K. standing up to fracking," Johnson said.
It's so uplifting to be a part of this movement, because we all know that there's so much at stake, and it's so much bigger than any one person or organization.
Photo by Jenna Pope.
The Keystone XL pipeline continues to be a source of contention, as President Obama is expected to make a decision on pipeline builder TransCanada's proposed route for Keystone XL's northern leg by late summer or early fall – the pipeline would carry 830,000 barrels of tar sands crude oil per day across 2,000 miles in seven states. The Southern leg, which runs from Cushing, Okla., to Port Arthur, is already built and underway. Obama, who fast-tracked the Southern leg by executive order, previously rejected the originally proposed route for the Northern leg in February 2012 on the grounds that there wasn't enough time to perform a thorough review of the project within the time given.
What's actually being piped through the existing Keystone pipeline and what would be piped through the proposed XL pipeline is diluted bitumen. The extraction process is less similar to conventional drilling and more akin to strip mining, emitting that much more CO2 than conventional oil drilling. The community of Mayflower, Ark., was covered in 12,000 barrels of diluted bitumen after an Exxon pipeline carrying the material spilled into a residential community in early 2013. Former NASA scientist James Hansen said it would be "game over" for the climate if the XL pipeline were built.
"It's not going to flow - it's going to sink down, get stuck in the sediment and pollute everything it touches," Johnson said. "It's gum on the bottom of your foot that you can't scrape off. You'll never get rid of it, even if it's just one spill."
Phase one of the Keystone pipeline had 11 spills in its first year of operation, all of which occurred at pumping stations. TransCanada had originally predicted that the pipeline would have only one spill roughly every seven years. The proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline would go through the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to 15 million people. Because tar sands oil is much more toxic than conventional crude oil, concerns of oil corroding the pipeline enough to cause a spill are amplified.
However, as environmental journalist Steve Horn of DeSmogBlog has written, oil from the Alberta tar sands is still finding its way into the United States through other means, like rail. Warren Buffett has announced plans for rail cars he owns through BNSF Railway and Union Tank Car Company to be upgraded to carry tar sands oil. And work just started on the Flanagan South Pipeline, which will carry 600,000 barrels of diluted bitumen from Pontiac, Ill., to Cushing, Okla. Once other pipelines and train cars have brought tar sands crude to the pipeline in Cushing, it'll be shipped off to Port Arthur.
"Unfortunately, I think the environmental community doesn't understand that one half of the pipeline already exists," Horn said in an interview with The Real News Network. "It's already very crucial, and it's going to have a huge climate change impact and ecological impact."
Photo by Jenna Pope.
Proponents of more pipelines argue that the United States needs to decrease dependence on foreign oil. However, as Philip Verleger, a prominent energy economist, has said, the Canadian tar sands oil boom is meant only to expand TransCanada's profits, not lower the price of gas in the United States. Verleger called the shipping route from Port Arthur to Asian markets the "Tar Sands Silk Road to China," where ships will travel from the Gulf of Mexico around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and Cape Horn in South America to Asian governments depending on fossil fuel to expand their economies.
Verleger also made the point that Texas oil refineries have already made long-term commitments to buy oil from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Mexico, and don't have any interest in buying oil from Canada. Because Canada's Alberta province has an oversupply of tar sands oil and indigenous tribal nations in British Columbia have pledged massive resistance to any pipeline construction on their territory, trucking and piping tar sands oil to Port Arthur via Cushing is the only option left.
"There will be too much oil, it's got to go somewhere, and it's going to China," Verleger said in an interview with National Geographic.
However, environmental activists in the United States remain committed to civil disobedience as a tactic to stop not just the northern leg of the Keystone XL, but the development of carcinogenic fossil fuels around the country. Michigan activists Barbara Carter, Vicci Hamlin and Lisa Leggio are facing jail time after putting their bodies in the way of pipeline construction on the Kalamazoo River, in the wake of a spill that dumped 819,000 gallons of oil into one of the river's tributaries in 2010.
The whole goal is awareness," Leggio said in an interview with Democracy Now. "So we're getting that out to more and more people. Don't doubt for one second the ripple effect of what you do.You throw one stone and it creates a ripple. Never forget that.
As of the time of this writing, 86,260 people have committed to using civil disobedience to stop Keystone XL pipeline construction through CREDO Mobile and 350.org. XL Dissent arrestee Gary Roland is confident that the next generation of college students will galvanize their campuses to mobilize against pipeline construction in the future.
"The real strength of the action is that now over a thousand students will return to over 80 campuses with a new respect for the power of civil disobedience," Roland said. "I get the feeling that over the next couple of months, we will see more and more direct actions like this in communities all over the country."
This article was orginally published by Occupy.com.
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Angela and I had another great workout today. It consisted primarily of lots and lots of squats, and I thought I'd post a sampling of what we did:
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Deadlift Fun!
Angela and I deadlifted today and it was great. We took some videos and I wanted to share them! I need to work on finishing at the top a little bit better, pushing my hips through, but Angela absolutely killed it!
Angela Deadlift – 185 x 6
Nick Deadlift – 225 x 15
Nick Deadlift – 315 x 15
For this one, the first rep got cut off somehow so you only see 14. I swear I did 15, though.
Model Rocketry as a Family
One of the things that has been on our to do list for a while is to build and launch a large model rocket. We finally assembled a kit towards the end of last year, but it languished unlaunched in my office for the past few months as we prepared for our big move.
I used to launch model rockets as a kid, but the biggest engines I ever sent into the sky were C level engines from Estes. I wanted to do something bigger now that I'm an adult, so Angela and I built a bigger rocket that holds an E engine.
Today, the wind was finally right for a launch and we headed out to a nearby empty area to blast it off. Here's our bright blue rocket (in retrospect, not a great color for tracking, but whatever):
After checking the launch controller a final time and hooking up the ignition wires, Angela and Fitz were ready to launch:
The rocket went really, really high. It got to the point where we couldn't really track it anymore, although I did see it turn over at the apex.
Unfortunately, there was a malfunction and the nose cone didn't pop so the rocket dived nose first straight into the ground about 200 yards from where it was launched.
A cursory investigation revealed that the engine tube decoupled from its attachment points and allowed the engine to push itself up into the rocket. This caused the second "pop" to not fire on the engine, so the wadding and parachute were not ejected. Oh well – we know what to do better next time!


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