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Friday, January 18, 2013
January is over half gone. Can that be possible? I think a lot of people are ready for spring. It has been colder here in Arizona the past few days than it usually is but it is suppose to warm up and get back up in the 70s today.
I am so pleased that we have several more "likes" on Facebook. If you have not visited that page, click HERE to go there. It's called Sharing Inspirational Posts.
Everyone is welcome to share their inspirational posts with us here on Spiritual Sundays. If you need information, just click Linking Info under the header picture.
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Hi there! How fun to be first to leave a comment! :) Praying you have a lovely week Charlotte and are feeling better EVERY day. Hopefully your great area is blessing you with comfortable temperatures and healthy air as well. :)ReplyDelete
Hang in there, Charlotte. It will get better. Spring has sprung here in Central Florida. Trees have new leaves. flowers are coming out. I just pray we don't have a freeze. It happens like that in Florida sometimes. Take care and drink lots of Jewish penicillin (aka chicken soup).ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you're feeling better, Charlotte! This is my first time this year linking up--I look forward to many more this year. Blessings!ReplyDelete
Hi! Happy to hear that you are ok and just want to greet you happy new year!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 8:17 AM
Glad to hear you are feeling better bit-by-bit. I mentioned in another comment on one of your other blogs that we spent quite a while being sick and recovering. I hope that was "it" for us b/c that was a tough one. So, get well soon.ReplyDelete
I just read your page "Christianity" wow. Sounds like a book I would like to read ...
Okay - I guess I need to get back to Pink Saturday - I've been hitting Like and such on FB for your blog -- ;)
Take care, Jenn
Sorry you have been up and down, but pray that you will gain strength daily and stay up.ReplyDelete
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Hope you feel better every single day!!!!ReplyDelete
Glad your feeling better. Praying that you will continue to improve with each day.ReplyDelete
Praying for you to recover quickly & completely! Thanks for hosting & God bless1ReplyDelete
Hope your "good days" are outnumbering your "bad days!"ReplyDelete


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Remember that Google Chrome ad where some guy named Mark is goes all-out to try to get a second chance with his ex, Jen? It's sweet enough to give you diabetes. But every story has two sides, and Jen's response—in this parody from UCB Comedy—paints a very different picture.
Below is the original video for reference (watch it first if you haven't seen it). As Shakespeare said, "The course of true love never did run smooth." That goes double when you can't pick up a phone and just call somebody. [UCB Comedy]

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Bush son Bertie to thank for shows
Kate Bush fans have got her teenage son Bertie to thank for her comeback - the singer has revealed he convinced her to return to the stage.
She surprised the audience by introducing one of her five backing singers as 16-year-old Bertie at her opening Hammersmith Apollo show, her first live gig in 35 years.
Bertie went on to feature in mini-plays throughout the evening and according to the Daily Mirror, Kate said: "Without my son Bertie, this would never have happened.
"Without his encouragement and enthusiasm, particularly in the early stages when I was very frightened to commit to pushing the 'Go' button, I'm sure I would have backed out.
"Throughout he has been my chief consultant, my editor, my confidant. In order for him to be part of this, which has always part of the deal, he has had to work really hard in order to keep his school commitments as well as his commitments to the show."
Writing in the show's programme, she added: "He is a very talented actor and beautiful singer, as you will witness and he brings something special to the show through his presence.
"Thank you Bertie. Thank you so much."
Kate explained of how the shows had come about: "In March 2013 I said to Bertie 'shall we do some live shows?'
"He said, 'Absolutely!' I really wanted to do something different from working on another album and felt a desire to have contact with the audience that still liked my work."
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|Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU
2014 Outdoor: Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminaries for the second straight year… Named the America East Most Outstanding Male Track Athlete at the conference meet after sweeping the 100m and 200m dash events… Defended his title in both events by recording conference record-breaking times… Won the 100m event with a time of 10.37 and claimed the 200m race with a top time of 21.12… Also won the 100m sprint at the IC4A Championships at Princeton… Recorded a career-best 100m time of 10.36 at the Pepsi Florida Relays to move up to second all-time in UMBC program history… Also claimed the second spot in the 200m event with his time of 20.86 at the Mason Spring Invitational.
2013-14 Indoor: Did not compete.
2013 Outdoor: Earned the Most Outstanding Male Track Performer award at the 2013 America East Outdoor Championships… Won individual gold medals in the 100m and 200m dash events, and also anchored the 4x100m relay team to a title… Earned a spot at the IC4A Championships in the 200m event with his time of 21.80 at the Florida State Relays, and in the 100m race with a time of 10.81 at the Big Dawg Invitational at UMBC Stadium… Also anchored the 4x100 relay squad at the IC4A meet… Recorded his best career time in both events at the Mason Invitational, moving to second in school history in the 100m dash (10.39) and third in the 200m event (21.14)… Competed in the 100m event at the NCAA East Preliminaries at North Carolina A&T.
2012-13 Indoor: Named the 2013 America East Most Outstanding Male Track Performer at the conference meet after winning both the 60m dash and 200m dash events… Qualified for the IC4A meet in both events, advancing to the semifinals in the 60m dash where he finished ninth with a career-best time of 6.86 which ranks as the fourth-fastest time in UMBC school history… Also recorded his top career time in the 200m dash at the regional meet, crossing the line in the prelims in 21.57, the third-best time in school history.
Background: Holds five school records at Florida International... Named the 2009 Prince George's County Runner of the Year... Was a three time All-State selection and two time All-County selection... 2009 Maryland 4A State Champion in the indoor 300m and outdoor 100m dash... 2009 4A Regional and County Champion in the 100m dash... 2008 and 2009 200m dash Regional Champion... Helped his team win the 2008 A4 State Outdoor title... Also lettered in football for the Raiders.
Personal: Son of Ben Long and Sonya Shaw... His father ran track at UC Irvine... Has two siblings, Donavon and Sydney... Majoring in business technology administration... Born Mar. 8, 1991.


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Read more about the photographers and their work here. If you display the list as images you can easily find your favorite photograph and learn more about it.
After 9/11 Alain Buu wanted to portray a different side of the war torn people of Afghanistan, he chose to do so by photographing the Buzkashi players and their life-partners; their horses.
Albert Watson has also photographed hundereds of succesfull ad campaigns for the worlds most prestigous brands, directed over 500 commercials and created photographs for movie posters.
It is a great honor to have the portraits he has shoot of Swedish actor Eva Röse on the Palace walls.
Cally captures the ordinary and sometimes mundane in a very romantic way. She wants the viewer to stop for a moment and realize the beauty of ordinary things in life.
For over thirty years now he has been one of the worlds top portrait photographers. And he is highly sought after by high end brands.
David's important and revealing images shot in Andy Warhol's Upper East Side apartment, right after the artist's death in 1987, were showcased at c/o The Maidstone during 2011 and are now on display at c/o Häringe Palace.
The exhibit lets the viewer into Warhol's personal sanctum – perhaps the only place, if such ever existed, where the self-proclaimed icon was forced to face his own humanity. Sotheby's had allowed Gamble to roam the apartment during eight days, to take photographs for a Sunday supplement to publicize their auction of Warhol's collection of paintings, furniture, jewelry and other artefacts. The image that most outraged the auctioneers and the guardians of the Warhol Foundation was a shot of the inside of Warhol's medicine cabinet, which resembled a drug store. David Gamble had more fun with some of the other images, on which he superimposed a silk-screen spectra of Warhol to make his living spaces look haunted.
Since 1989, Emmanuel Georges has dedicated a series to abandoned American cars in the USA ('American Lost Cars'). He continued his work focusing on American cars with 'Cadillac – Habana' in 1999. However, for the 'Automology' series which is still being developed, the photographer's interest lies in miniature cars from his childhood. The artist talks about nostalgia and the symbolic value given to an everyday object.
Emmanuel Georges positions these objects on black backgrounds. This staging is reminiscent of showcases in natural history museums or Renaissance cabinets of curiosity. The title of the series 'Automology' is a play on words with the term 'entomology.'
Emmanuel Georges transcends the depiction of the small cars from his childhood and elevates these everyday objects to the rank of works of art. The museum staging enhances the relic and the plastic depiction borders upon abstraction. Beyond the aesthetic reasoning, it is also the photographer as a little boy who talks to us. He nostalgically evokes souvenirs common to us all and the poetry of the patina of age
Brought up in a family that traveled whenever they got a chance, Felix fell in love with traveling the world. So he found a profession that would keep him on the road to new adventures most of the time. During his travels he shoots landscapes and people, often in remote places.
The photos we have at both the Palace and at c/o The Maidstone is from a series of powerful portraits from around the world. The Greek man under his olive tree, the goat hunter from Pakistan, the Dubai woman and many more.
Richeille and BJ met on set in 2005, got married three months later. BJ had worked for Richard avedon, Mary Ellen Mark and Annie Leibivitz. Richeille worked as an art director and designer in the fashion industry. After doing numerous commercial photo shoots together they decided to focus on their fine art photographic journey.
In 2009 they packed up their New York home and three cats, moved into a 27-foot silver air stream trailer and left the city. The goal was to document the sentiments in a post recession USA. 25 states in 5 months, 50 photographs was their goal but the project grew along to become more than that.
The project Circumstance, American Beauty on Bruised Knees, explores the despair of a recession, and keeping it on a modest budget, the Formentos did everything themselves. The women in the photos are all women they met on their travels.
We have a piece from Circumstance in our collection.
In 2011 Franck Bohbot photographed the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Sainte Geneviève library. Situated in Paris, at the square with the same name, and built at the request of Baron Haussmann, the theatre was opened in 1862. There is no audience. It is unknown whether the show has just ended or if the artists will, to the contrary, go on stage soon.
The Sainte Geneviève library is housed in a building which was constructed in 1851 by the architect Henri Labrouste. The reading room on the first stage is made up of a large hall, divided into two aisles by a central colonnade which supports two semicircular arc vaults. Perfectly symmetrical, the library takes on the aspect of a sacred monument dedicated to culture.
Gedda's portraits are like time capsules, where space and distance seem insignificant. His commercial projects often inspire his portraits, and Gedda is a pro at capturing their presence and concentration with humor, always in black and white.
The Stockholm born photographer was active in most genres but was especially noted for his cunning portraits of entrepreneurs, royals, actors and fellow artists. What set him apart most, was perhaps his genuine interest in personalities, which he clearly relayed on his images.
Hammarskiöld's potfolio is vast, as he never shied away from any project nor motive, be it fashion, architecture, nature, commercial ads or book covers. He used to say that he always learned something on every sort of job, which is why he sought the challenge.
An old-school photographer, Hammarskiöld preferred developing his pictures according to analog methods in his dark room. His negatives were a gold mine which he constantly returned to, where he often found good pictures that he had overseen in the past. He blamed it on his eyes, which needed to grow up in order to appreciate the beauty of some of his shots!
The phographer passed away in 2012, after a short period of illness.
The 1000 Buddhas are photographed in the Sanjusangen-do (Hall of Thirty-Three Bays) in Kyoto. They are life size wooden bodhisattvas (enlightened beeings) from the 12th and 13th centuries that reside in the building.
Sugimoto is also an accomplshed, yet unlicened, architect. An official license would have taken years to get, so Sugimoto solved it by hiring three young qualified architects that help him execute his visions. He has built many things from restaurants, design museums to shrines.
Jacob is mostly famous for his grand scale, multi exposed landscape photographs with motives from around the world. jacob works with old school analogue cameras that he has meddled with to let in a little bit of light and so tha the is able to get several exposures on the same frame, in a very specific way that has become his trademark. His photos are not digitally altered ever, they are created with his special technique.
For one of his latest projects he traveled on lap around the globe with stops in some of the worlds largest cities. He traveled with 36 cameras. Thge journey took 10 days and resulted in a grand solo exhibit at Fotografiska (museum of fine art phootgraphy) in Stockholm.
Today Jacob is considered on of Sweden's top photographers. He has many prominent fans around the world, including Bill Clinton. Jacob is married to Swedish actress Eva Röse, they have three children. The couple have lent us Albert Watson's portraits of Eva which you can admire in at the palace.
John Baldessari is a true renaissance artist. He paints, photografs, sculpts, writes, sketches usually he will use several techniques in his art pieces.
In 2007 his piece Quality Material (1966–1968) ws sold for 4 408 000 USD at Christies in New York.
We have three of his smaller photographs in the palace entrance; an apple, a chip and an orange.
In 2000 he started a collaboration with the American magazine Vanity Fair. According to Vanity Fair he is the best portrait photographer in the world and a visual mastermind. With the magazine Jonas has photographed many of the world's most famous politicians, entertainers, sport stars and celebrities.
He has also done documentary features for Vanity Fair. In his coverage of 9/11, Katarina and the disaster in Haiti shows a great emotional depth and demonstrates his skill for portaining the world's importand moments.
Jonas' work has been exhibited in New York, London and Stockholm. He has also worked for American Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveler amongst other. He has also done commercial photographs for Rolex, LG, Net Jets, Chevrolet, Lexus, SAAB, Condé Nast and Apple.
Jonas Fredwall Karlsson lives and works in New York and Stockholm.
Her art photography is even more exciting. Her self-portraits look like film stills, and you are drawn to the stories they tell. Colorful and stylish kitsch has become her signature.
His lates series Hipsters in Stone has gotten praise where ever it has been shown. He has digitally dressed classical Greek statues in Hipster clothes.
Martin Bogren's work stems from a subjective personal approach and has been exhibited in major galleries, museums and festivals in Scandinavia, USA, UK, France, Poland, Italy and India.
He started his photography in a bloomimg Swedish indie- music scen in the early 90s – photographing bands for record companys and for magazines. He later toured with The Cardigans and in '96 his first photobook of the band was released (The Cardigans - Been it).
In 2008 his second book Ocean was published depicting a group of men from inner India who have never seen the ocean before, and now traveled through the country to reach the sea. The book was internationaly exhibited and won the honorable prize for best photobook in Sweden 2009. It was also shortlisted at the photobook contest in Arles the same year.
In 2011 the book Lowlands was published by Max Ström and exhibited at Fotografiska in Stockholm. Lowlands, depicts a rural Swedish filled with strange and beautiful characters. It was exhibited in Scandinavia, France, Portugal and Ireland.
In Tractor Boys Martin follows a group of young boys and their EPA-tractors. Martins grainy black & white photographies are always very captivating, no matter the motive.
Aftera chance meeting with David Bowie in 1999, Bowie commissioned Richardson to do a holographic cover for the album Hours. That was a big breakthrough for the photographer.
Today Richarson is both an artist and a reseracher. He has published numerous books on hologram and 3D imaging. He has recieved several prestigious awards for his work both as an artist and a researcher.
Martina Hoogland Ivanow studied photography at Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York and holds a BA in Fine Art, Major in Photography. Hoogland Ivanow has shown work in most of Europe, Japan, China and the US, and her work can be found in major collections as Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Moderna Museet in Stockholm. 2011 she released her book Far too Close by Stedl.
Her images are a visual meditation on distance, both physical and emotional, of closeness to a subject and remoteness from a place. This focus is always apparent in her gorgeous and mysterious photographs, in which she often uses dark contrasts.
Even though she sees herself as an art photographer, she also often works for fashion designers and magazines.
His images can be found in both Swedish and international magazines like The New York Times Magazine, Le Monde, Expressen, Dagens Naeringsliv and Svenska Dagbladet.
In his series Man's Ruin, Richard Heeps has been photographing Americana in the UK and USA for over 10 years. His images capture people and places in contemporary scenes inspired by the 1940s and 1950s and they pay tribute to mid-century modern life, as it is lived today.
At the Palace we have three photos from Man's Ruin.
Artist, storyteller and poet. Sam Samore was born in New York where he still lives. His signature style with over dimensioned photographs of close ups of faces in black and white always has an aura of mysticism around them. His photos are often grainy to create an abstract feeling.He has a weakness for fairytales, history and myths and he uses narrative both in his writing and hin his photographs. His work is often left a little uncomplete to give the spectator room for personal reflections.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas doctor was charged April 23 with operating a pill mill for painkillers and antidepressants after police and Fort Riley officials raised concerns about overdoses -- some of them involving soldiers and their families.
The U.S. attorney's office alleged in a criminal complaint that Michael P. Schuster, 53, conspired to illegally distribute controlled substances. The charges were filed the same day that the FBI searched Schuster's clinic, called Manhattan Pain and Spine. The clinic is in Manhattan, Kan., about 15 miles from Fort Riley, a U.S. Army base that is home to the 1st Infantry Division.
"Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest growing drug problem," said U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom in a written statement. "Health care providers are a critical part of our effort to keep the public safe. Without proper controls, prescription drugs are just as dangerous as any street drug."
The doctor, a 1982 graduate of Stavropol State Medical Academy in Russia who previously was known as Mikhail Pavlovich Shusterov, is in federal custody pending his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Wichita. A phone message left for Schuster's attorney, Barry Clark of Manhattan, wasn't immediately returned. No one was answering the phone at the clinic late Tuesday afternoon.
The investigation began last year when police received reports that Schuster was issuing high-dosage prescriptions based on "minimal and cursory physical examinations," leading to several overdoses, according to the complaint. Meanwhile, medical staff at Fort Riley reported to the Army Criminal Investigative Division that Schuster had treated several soldiers and their family members who died from overdoses.
Fort Riley officials said they were reviewing a request for information from The Associated Press.
Schuster was the only one in his office authorized to prescribe controlled substances. But an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit that Schuster would sign his name to blank prescriptions and leave those behind, directing staff to fill them out while he was traveling, including overseas to Russia, South Africa and Uruguay. Authorities allege Schuster was out of the office when 542 patients received prescriptions for drugs including the painkillers oxycodone and morphine.
The agent said that in August, a pharmacist became concerned after calling about a prescription Schuster had ostensibly signed that day and learning the doctor was out of the country. Ultimately, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts sent a fax to Manhattan pharmacies telling them not to fill prescriptions from Schuster's office because he was traveling.
The board's records show no disciplinary actions taken against him since he's been licensed in Kansas.
The affidavit also said some prescriptions were of "questionable medical necessity" and that Schuster had a tendency to attract patients suspected of selling prescription drugs on the street.
If convicted, Schuster faces a fine of up to $1 million. He also faces a penalty of at least 20 years in federal prison if it's determined that death or bodily injury resulted from the alleged crime.
-- Associated Press writers John Milburn in Topeka, Kan., and Roxana Hegeman in Wichita, contributed to this report.


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Chocolate brownie cake
Get kids cooking at the weekend by baking this yummy brownie cake, much better than shop bought
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving (6)
- kcal500
- fat23g
- saturates13g
- carbs73g
- sugars59g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt0.5g
- 100g butter
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- 175g caster sugar
- 75g light brown or muscovado sugar
- 125g chocolate (plain or milk)
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- 1 tbsp golden syrup
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- 2 eggs
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- 1 tsp vanilla extract /essence
- 100g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
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- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease and line a 20cm cake tin.
Place the butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, chocolate and golden syrup in the pan and melt gently on a low heat until it is smooth and lump-free.
Remove the pan from the heat.
Break the eggs into the bowl and whisk with the fork until light and frothy. 5 Add the eggs, vanilla extract or essence, flour, baking powder and cocoa powder to the chocolate mixture and mix thoroughly.
Put the mixture into the greased and lined cake tin and place on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake for 25-30 mins.
Remove and allow to cool for 20-30 mins before cutting into wedges and serving.
Serve with cream or ice cream and plenty of fresh fruit.


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Thanks, Mike G for speaking up.
News from The Trump-Censored Media
NEWS FLASH- There is a much larger world outside the hermetically sealed alternate fact based reality of the AMG bully cult. Are you seriously saying you have proved something by virtue of your group think you work so hard to protect by driving everyone else away? Time for a realty check! Time to leave your little womb of mutually upheld delusions.
Yes that Wilhelm Reich but he did not remain a member of the Communist Party.
Are you arguing truth by group think. I read all of Reich's books when I was younger, started with Freud. Ok but not so interesting, Read a quite a bit of Jung and about everything by Reich. Of course I knew how he was persecuted. I make up my own mind about things. Group think proves nothing. Character Analysis is excellent.
Do you know Reich has his laboratory in Rangely Maine- . I read about all teh experiments, how some were cured of cancer . It was very interesting. I think the Orgonomic Museum is still in Rangely.
Yes, thanks Mike G. I have said all along that I am simply your mirror, whether you toe-jams acknowledge it or not.
Here we go again another name for Mike G..
MikeG's got a name.
How about BIG Mac.
"Yes that Wilhelm Reich but he did not remain a member of the Communist Party.
Are you arguing truth by group think. I read all of Reich's books when I was younger, started with Freud. Ok but not so interesting, Read a quite a bit of Jung and about everything by Reich. Of course I knew how he was persecuted. I make up my own mind about things. Group think proves nothing. Character Analysis is excellent.
Do you know Reich has his laboratory in Rangely Maine- . I read about all teh experiments, how some were cured of cancer . It was very interesting. I think the Orgonomic Museum is still in Rangely."
"Persecuted"? Reich not only went off the deep end, when he got to the bottom he started digging. Even Freud ultimately rejected him. And you do know how he treated women, right? I would think that someone who rails against Trump would be the last person to use Reich as a resource or quote him with approval.
The circular firing squad Thanx, Mackenzie, for all your subterfuge. This mindset (some may call it dementia) will guarantee liberal triumphs for the foreseeable futures.
Once again Green-ee you have nailed it !
Nothing you say compares to the brilliance of Reich's writings. That's the reality. The alternate fact news used for political manipulations has been around for a very long time. After reading The Cancer Biopathy, a very long book which describes Reich's experiments with orgone energy and curing cancer with effective results on patients deemed to be lost causes by the medical establishment, I was walking by the Cancer Center library in NYC. I asked for what they had on Reich's research and was directed to a two page synopsis. There is a lot of money in the cancer research industry.
I chose to read Reich because he was well worth reading. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Obviously you have not read Reich's work, only the alternate fact spin on it. I really don't care about that agenda. It does not ring true. I do not have further time to waste on defending Reich against the still effective character assassination directed at him by others. There is far too much going on with the uber corrupt faction which is installing their own private government inside the establishment governed by the US Constitution.
Thanks, for supporting the cause too, Jasper. I agree with your description of the resident bully cult at As Maine Goes but check out the numbers for this topic compared to others started the same day. That is also a constant.
Trump is practicing gas-lighting techniques with his "fake news strategy- part of the set up to close out press access to the private government he is installing as his inner core of power as he keeps those requiring congressional approval at arm's distance. The Russian propaganda industry is becoming ever more sophisticated. The aim is to undermine any measure for establishing truth from illusion and to drive the people of a nation apart at the very core.
The Russian invasion of our social media is only part of the story but they are the masters of this sort of thing. The trolling industry is a state run industry in Russia. You have heard of "plan globally act locally" ? That is what the opposition to the trolling industry must do as well. As Maine Goes has become a totally boring forum dominated by a very small group of bullies who want to keep everyone else out. They keep on repeating their same old boring conversations centered on mindless personal attacks. That's to be expected and who cares.
I started this topic as a place to post the news from Trump Censored media- So I hope that will be continued by others.
Thanks, for supporting the cause too, Jasper.
Another Jasper fan!
We'll have to change the name of the site to As Jasper Goes!
Jasper( known to some as( Smegma) has equated AMGers as "toe jam" .if that is the support you
want you are welcome to it.
Talking about the alternate fact news- approved by the Trump inner government- John W quotes such a source in his topic on the first fifty days of the Trump regime. It lists all the talking points that the Trump regime wants us to know.
This is the entirety of what is found on its About Us Page:
About Maine First Media
Maine First Media exists to put the people, families and communities of Maine first.
We report the TRUTH to the people of Maine and the world.
We report without fear and we fight fake-news and false narratives wherever they are found in the Pine Tree State.
Compare this to about us page for CNN- one of the primaries on Trumps "enemies of America "list.
So the alternate fact news industry thinks America doesn't need to know who they are! Just to take whatever they say as the truth! Got that? Daddy Trumpy is looking out for you. Issuing free blindfolds!
You need to find a telephone booth somewhere so you can hold a convention of your fellow believers.
Edit: You know, I tried to treat you at least semi-seriously. I've asked you questions, none of which you've answered. I even didn't jab you back when you became insulting. I guess the only thing left is to do is laugh and watch the unfolding train wreck, knowing that I actually attempted to help you avoid it.
And that earns a;
Drum Roll and rimshot !
This is another tale about Trumps web of connections with Russian financiers and banks that do laundering. In the cast of characters is included Wilbur Ross, our current commerce secretary, and long time banking bail out buddy of trump.
In July 2014, Wilbur Ross and his investment group bought a 17 per cent stake in the Bank of Cyprus – one of the key havens for Russian finance and an offshore financial nexus of Russian oligarchs and 'friends of Putin'. Ross became the bank's co-chairman.
His fellow investors have included Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, said to be a former KGB agent and a long-time Putin associate, and Viktor Vekselberg, reportedly the seventh wealthiest Russian.
...he (Ross) has played a very active role recruiting its senior management team, especially its board chairman, Josef Ackermann, a long-time former chairman of Deutsche Bank which has a history of doing business with… Donald Trump.
It is now acknowledged that Ackermann's tenure at Deutsche Bank was a period of spectacular chicanery. This includes anything from sanctions busting, interest rate rigging, and mortgage fraud to facilitating tax dodging, illicit trading, illegal foreclosures, rigging energy markets and laundering Russian money, which has since resulted in it facing fines and settlements totaling £16 billion.
From 2002 to 2012, under Ackermann, Deutsche Bank had become Trump's largest bank creditor by far,...
Deutsche Bank has recently been fined more than £506 million for failing to prevent £10 billion of Russian money laundering.
Huh--another report from the Trump-Censored Media that oddly enough, wasn't censored.
If Trump is a fascist he's not a very good one. He's such a terrifying fascist dictator that literally no one fears speaking out against him on literally any platform.
What do you mean it isn't censored? Isn't your constant trolling of this topic a form of censorship? How stupid do you think the public is that no one sees that? Have you and your bully cult of Trump supporters made a single comment to the real news coming from the media which Trump is attempting to discredit? News that makes it apparent that Trump makes his wealth in the money laundering economy? Does your idiocy have anything to say about that?No, because your idiocy is here to try to troll this topic off this site!
Trump and his ethics -free cult of in-humanitarianism wants the dictator to control what is printed in the media. You can see what the media would look like over in John W's thread on the first fifty days of the presidency of a supremely corrupt business man. John tells us he is out to fight what his dear leader deems to be "fake news" and presents us with the talking point to which Trump thinks our medi should be limited: This he tells us is "THE TRUTH", any other insights, investigations, observations about what is undergoing our government at an alarming speed is "Fake New", deems little John as he bows down on his knees before the overlords of the global money laundering economy.
Ask your self: Why does that money need to be laundered?
Yes- with your constant acts of ignorance regarding the real topic of this thread and your absurd personal attacks coming from your gang of little bullies - you are trying to censor this topic.
Try a little honesty once in a while. I assume based on your behavior that like other unsavory aspects of our president, making ones wealth from a money laundering economy is copacetic with you.Otherwise you might find it morally reprehensible like most Americans. We see through you! Give up!
Mainlion that credit goes o the American Constitution, which Trump is working on overcoming, beginning with doing away with freedom of the press- but its not working, The global international press is joined with media-free America in revealing this corrupt politician for exactly what he is. The article revealing Trump and associates long trail of connections with the Russians and a global money laundering economy is published in the Daily News of London.
Not worth a comment from the morally and ethically bankrupt community of small time bullies who act as a censorship regime on As Maine Goes. Try a little honesty once in a while. This topic is in response to Trumps attempt to stop all public criticism of his diabolical regime.
Jesus Christ I step away for the weekend and this thread happens.
P.S. Godwin's law
Crooked Donald is at it again . . and The Daily Mail is on to him!
Why I jumped into The Donald's bed: Checking into Trump's new Vancouver hotel – complete with a kitsch club and toupee-coloured showers
. . Despite Trump's musings on China, Chinese tourists are Vancouver's fastest growing overseas market and attracting guests with cash to splash is going to be a big win for the hotel. A very big win. Vancouver is a gateway city for Asian travellers and the Trump Hotel sits on Vancouver's 'Golden Mile', which is also home to luxury brands such as Tiffany . . (emphasis added)
DM kinda dropped the ball on this one, though. No money drops or shady Canucks exposed. They did include a direct link to the hotel, which I followed, and from there, I was able to link to all Trump hotels. Since then, instead of banners for Chinese mail-order brides, I get banners for Trump hotels when I open AMG! Another win!
Two in particular, Doral and Waikiki are surprisingly affordable. Emolument-ise your President HERE
I'll freely admit that is a nice looking building.
True to your moniker, you are an utter coward. You are saying you approve of the global money laundering economy in which Donald Trumps media personality has been so instrumental in potentially making the USA a willing member.
Disgusting! Not even cute.
This group of globally organized crime is not going to get away with it.
We will then assign blame to you for causing this thread.
Enjoy we have all been there before.
Hope you had a good weekend.
Lol all I did was say I liked the building
"What do you mean it isn't censored? Isn't your constant trolling of this topic a form of censorship? How stupid do you think the public is that no one sees that? Have you and your bully cult of Trump supporters made a single comment to the real news coming from the media which Trump is attempting to discredit?"
Sure, I'm "censoring" you so much that you're posting over and over. Get a grip, Mac--I have absolutely no power to "censor" you, on AMG or anyplace else, for that matter. I've told you why I don't bother to look at your sources (twice), and you seem to be confusing the right of free speech (which, btw, doesn't exist on a private site such as AMG) with assuming that I have to listen to you, which I don't.
"Yes- with your constant acts of ignorance regarding the real topic of this thread and your absurd personal attacks coming from your gang of little bullies - you are trying to censor this topic."
The person who's been doing the bulk of the personal attacking is, well, you, actually. But I'm kind of jacked about something--I never knew I had a "gang of little bullies"! Dude, you mean, at my advanced age, I actually have a posse? Why didn't anyone tell me?


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Sam has been practicing as an award winning architect for over thirty years, the majority of which of which he has also built his client's projects. This blend of experience balances the powerful artistic and theoretical interests of architecture with the pragmatic understanding of construction only available to highly experienced builders and architects. He is currently licensed to practice architecture throughout the western United States and Canada, and is also certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) which expedites registration in other states and provinces. He is the only Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) architect in eastern Washington and northern Idaho.


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HAYS — On Oct. 4-6, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) will host the 29th meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council (PGTC) at Fort Hays State University in Hays. Prairie grouse conservationists from across the country — both professional and amateur — will gather to share knowledge, data, and appreciation of prairie grouse populations throughout their range.
The prairie grouse family includes sage grouse, lesser and greater prairie chicken, Attwater's prairie chicken, and sharp-tailed grouse. The meeting location is near an expanding population of lesser and greater prairie chickens — the only place in the world where these two species overlap in range — and hybridization has been documented in this area.
Participants will have the opportunity to see the impact of Farm Bill programs, such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), on prairie grouse populations in western Kansas.
For professional biologists attending, abstracts for the meeting are now being accepted. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Aug. 15. Authors will be notified by Sept. 1 if their submissions have been accept or not. Presentation of abstracts should be limited to 15 minutes. Speakers will be notified of the day, time, and location of their presentations. Email abstracts to Jim Pitman (email@example.com) in Microsoft Word or plain text format. Those who do not have email may fax abstracts to 620-342-6248 or mail them to Jim Pitman, c/o KDWP, 1830 Merchant, Emporia, KS 66801.
State biologists attending are asked to submit reports on the status of prairie grouse in their states. Reports will include information on hunting and harvest of prairie grouse species by state (if applicable), population trends, conservation programs, and recent or ongoing research activities.
The meeting will include presentation of the Hamerstrom Award for the 29th PGTC Conference, and nominations for this award are now being accepted. This award was established in honor of Fred and Fran Hamerstrom, pioneers of prairie grouse research and management. The award recognizes "individuals and organization who have made significant contributions in prairie grouse research, management or other support programs that have enhanced the welfare of one or more species of prairie grouse in a particular state or region." The deadline for nominations is Sept. 4.
In addition to the various prairie grouse reports, the event will feature presentations by experts in the field, field trips, educational meetings, and a banquet and auction.
For more information or to register, phone David Dahlgren at 785-628-8614 or email firstname.lastname@example.com, or phone Pitman at 620-342-0658 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions regarding the technical program should go to Pitman; all other logistical questions for the meeting should go to Dahlgren.


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ROCK OF AGES' Justin Sargent Brings COVERED IN ROCK to the Triad, 10/10
On Wednesday, October 10th at 9:00 PM, Justin Matthew Sargent – star of the Broadway smash hit ROCK OF AGES – comes to the Triad in an original program titled Justin Sargent'S COVERED IN ROCK, featuring an all-star band playing classic rock as you've never heard it. Loaded with surprises at every turn, these electrifying new arrangements will deliver your favorite hits in a fresh new way, yet still keep you rockin' in your seats. You'll be moved, you'll be grooved, and you won't leave until you're COVERED IN ROCK!
Featuring: Justin Sargent on Lead Vocals, Jivie on Keys/Piano, Daniel Glass on Drums, Steve Millhouse on Bass and Eric Stockon on Guitar.
Tickets are $20 to $30 with a two-drink minimum. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Find the event on Facebook and Twitter @jscoveredinrock for more information.Justin Matthew Sargent, is thrilled to bring you some of the greatest rock tunes of all time! Justin is currently starring as Drew in the smash hit musical ROCK OF AGES. He has had the honor to perform with Graham Russell of Air Supply and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister. Broadway: Bonnie & Clyde, Rock of Ages. TV: "Delocated". Regional credits include Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar and High School Musical. BFA in musical theatre, University of Central Florida. Thanks to the Triad Theatre, Celine and of course Mom and Dad! Follow me on twitter @justinmsargent. For those about to rock, we salute you!
Jivie, as we all call him, was born Jonathan David Ivie in Seattle, WA, and his mom was his earliest musical inspiration, as well as first piano teacher. Along the way, he discovered accompanying for hire and musical theater pit orchestras while in high school, got his classical piano degree from Indiana University-Fort Wayne, and has continued to live, breathe, and embody being Covered in Rock ever since. In Phoenix, Jivie music-directed many professional and community Theater Productions, and in 2009, while with his former band, The Instant Classics, discovered that the keytar perfectly matched his pink mohawk. He can be found tweeting @jiviethekeytard. In 2011, he ran the successful Arizona-based cabaret group "Martini Social Club", and in 2012 he, his wife Katie, and their 2 Basset Hounds (Callie and Raja) relocated to New York City! Currently, Jivie is working on 'Lost in Love', the Broadway-bound musical in development with the band Air Supply, and is an in-demand accompanist, performance coach, and music director servicing NYC's rock, jazz, theater, cabaret, and comedy communities.
Daniel Glass - For the past 18 years, Daniel has been a member of the pioneering "retro-swing" group Royal Crown Revue. He has also recorded and toured with a host of top-flight artists, including the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, KISS front man Gene Simmons, and Mike Ness from Social Distortion. Daniel is also considered one of today's foremost authorities on classic American drumming. He has published four books and three DVDs on the subject, and has been voted one of the top five R&B drummers for two years running by readers of Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine.
Steve Millhouse - Since 2010 he has been touring the world with international star Ute Lemper. While in NYC he plays B'way shows (most recently Godspell), the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, concerts with Alice Ripley, Douglas Hodge, and many others. Steve has played on Grammy nominated recordings, national TV jingles, concerts with film, TV and movie stars, and with Japanese pop star Oe Senri. As an artist endorser for Xotic Basses & Effects and Phil Jones Amplifiers, he has recently been busy with clinics and videos as well. Steve has been a full-time professional musician since age 15, but would also like to be a sommelier.
Eric Stockton is a freelance musician and educator living in the borough of Queens in New York City. Most recently he has been working as a guitarist for the Off Broadway production of Soul Doctor and as a guitar sub for the Broadway musicals Newsies and Godspell. Eric is also a guitar sub for the beloved Big Apple Circus now in it's 34th season.Eric performs as a sideman for many talented musical artists in NYC. In 2010 Eric released his first solo album of his own original music titled roots. On occasion you can find Eric performing an acoustic set of this music in venues around NYC.
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The Milky Way is waiting overhead
The moon wanes to new phase Saturday the 15th. While you may be able to see a razor-thin cresecent low in the east before sunrise Friday, the moon won't reappear until Tuesday, low in the west for less than an hour after sunset. But given the chance, you'll want to catch it, forming a wide obtuse triangle with Saturn slightly higher to the right and Mars higher still to the left. The next night, the scene repeats itself, except the growing moon is now the highest point of the three.
Mars and Saturn continue to drift apart, with the ringed planet sinking ever closer to the west and the sun, while Mars is slowly climbing eastward and higher into the sky.
Mars is an easy target early Wednesday evening as it's just a couple degrees to the right of the bulging crescent moon. To the other side of the red planet you'll find Zubenelgenubi, the upper scale of Libra and the only star reported to glow with a greenish hue. Some people swear they can see it; others say not so. See for yourself.
While Jupiter rises almost an hour before midnight, it puts on its best face in the wee hours, reaching the celestial zenith just before dawn. A half-dozen degrees to the right is Aldebaran, the red eye of Taurus the bull. By that time Venus has joined the scene, rising around 3am and blazing high in the east with daybreak's approach.
With scant interference from the moon, this is the best time of year to spot the Milky Way, which under truly dark skies appears as a hazy band of light stretching across the sky. Sagittarius marks the Milky Way's epicenter, its brightest point. From there, it stretches north to Aqulia, then splits into two branches that snake toward Cygnus. The darkness in between is called the Great Rift, a mass of distant intergalactic gas. From Cygnus the path trickles toward Cassiopeia, again growing brighter as it nears Perseus and Auriga.


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Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
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Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus master: Martin Wright)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Or maybe they just disliked his conducting as I do most every time I hear him conduct. I have never understood how he got as far with his conducting when it it simply below average.
I very much enjoyed reading this review, Mark. I listened to the broadcast on Saturday - twice - and will see it in Berlin April 18, by which time hopefully every will be well, and settled. I have liked what I have seen from Tcherniakov in the past and see no reason for that not to continue.
nmharleyrider: I'd like to know who is above average, in that case... Furtwangler? Mahler? Wagner himself? And even if Barenboim weren't so good, do you really think an appropriate reaction to be farmyard noises?
Kathy: Thank you so much. Delighted you will see it. Please let me know what you think, even if less positive...
You are convincing me to attend and see for myself! When will tickets for 2016 be on sale?
tickets for 2016 are on sale now a part of package.
Many thanks for this review - interesting and thought-provoking, as ever. I saw this Parsifal six days later, and was impressed by the strength of the cast and the production too - by and large it was well thought-out though not excessively complex or cluttered.
Was that was the original 1882 production depicted in Gurnemanz's overhead projections? And I assumed the set was a nod to this production too - perhaps what was left of the original grail temple after it had been built around (hence the modern windows "built into" its walls)?
I was puzzled to hear several people commenting afterwards that they had to shut their eyes, so shockingly modern and ugly was the production. Yet there is a grail temple, Kundry dies at the end and we even see a white dove at one point! About as "classical" a reading of Parsifal as you're likely to get nowadays, to my way of thinking anyway.
Looking forward to your take on the curate's egg of the West-Eastern Divan concert, and on the number of people who walked out during Derive 2. Presumably they'd come for Bolero.


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Chances are you haven't heard of Dustin Garrison, a mighty-mite of a running back who has been a flat-out star this season for Pearland High School, one of the best schools in Houston. Not many outside of the area have.
But that is changing quickly.
He's not only stepping out of the shadows as more schools take notice of his production, but he's got eyes to play football at CU if the Buffs have eyes for him.
The particulars are these: Garrison is Rodney Stewart-sized 5-8, 160 pounds and yet he's run for 2,434 yards and 39 touchdowns (on 7.2 yards per carry), and caught 27 passes for 474 yards and five touchdowns in the biggest division of high school football in Texas. His yardage is second in the city only to Brookshire Royal High's Brandon Williams, who has committed to play for Oklahoma.
Garrison just helped lead Pearland to an upset victory over national power Katy (TX) High in the state quarterfinals, rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Katy came into the game ranked No. 10 in the nation. Now, Pearland (14-0) is ranked 21st in the country.


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It is a fantastic blog for pigeon fanciers, lovers, keepers. Here we will find a beautiful photo collection of white homing, racing, fancy, tippler pigeon and more. I have collected all of these photos from my friends' lofts, my own loft and also from different websites. I hope that all visitors will enjoy a lot.
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RVC Alums: Please Raise Your Hand!
It never ceases to amaze me at the number of people I meet in the community who share that they are alums of Rock Valley College and the overwhelmingly positive stories they share. In retrospect, that really should not be a surprise at all considering that RVC serves 8,000 degree or certificate-seeking students and provides some aspect of education/training to over 25,000 people every year!
Traditionally, individuals have not thought of their local community college as their alma mater. Several of us on campus and others in the profession have contemplated the reasons for this and have not yet landed on the definitive answer. Could it be that some only planned to take a few courses here before going on for their baccalaureate degree, or perhaps that some received a certificate or credential versus a degree? Or what about those who took a few classes to move up at their place of employment? Perhaps the disconnect in thinking of oneself as an alum is somehow driven by the fact that many believe a degree is the defining factor of being an alum. The reality, however, is that no matter the reason you attended Rock Valley College, the organization has had a pivotal role in your life. Therefore, from our perspective, you are an alumnus. Congratulations!
You see, I view life as a journey. There are many steps that I have taken to be the person that I am, both personally and professionally. Many factors have played an instrumental role in providing a solid foundation and providing the tools necessary for success. All of those experiences and the relationships that were formed, whether with individuals or organizations, are a part of the person that I am and the person I continue to become.
I now ask you to take a moment to reflect on your life's journey. What do you see as you look back? Do you remember a particular class or exceptional instructor who inspired you or affected your journey? If you are like the great many individuals who tell me about their experience at RVC, the answer is a resounding "yes"! If so, I ask you to "Raise Your Hand" so all can see that RVC made a difference in your life.
You may have noticed that RVC is embarking on an exciting initiative to create the RVC alumni network. We hope to build a pool of stories and testimonials to share as we begin planning for our 50th anniversary celebration to share with the community. We invite all alumni to proudly "Raise Your Hand" and share your story by going to the website. In addition, "like" us on facebook and begin connecting to the thousands of other alums in the region and beyond.
The ultimate goal is to create a renewed synergy among our alumni and to provide opportunities for you to interact with others, attend social and educational events, mentor current students, inspire others to follow your footsteps, and so much more. Together you can have tremendous influence over others today by inspiring them to take even one step now, to make the smart choice by looking at RVC to enrich their lives, too.
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#1 Nato should press on and give Georgia membership
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The conflict between Georgia and Russia would have exploded anyway, in some form, were Nato to have pressed ahead with offering Georgia a start on the road to membership, possibly at its meeting at the end of the year. The eruption on Friday should not deter Nato from taking that step soon.
Of course, many Nato members will consider how, had Georgia already been a member, they would have had to defend it. Germany will win more support for its argument, which dominated the Nato summit in April, that it would be wrong to offer membership for fear of provoking Russia and while its territory remains in dispute. Alarm at this near-war on Europes borders will easily persuade more governments of the need for caution.
That would be wrong. It would tell Russia that it had an effective veto over who joined Nato. It would discourage the pro-American and pro-European spirit of President Saakashvili, elected in 2004 partly for those sentiments. It might even make it harder to agree the deployment of international peacemakers in South Ossetia by showing that the US and Europe were indifferent to Georgias case.
There appear to have been serious miscalculations, more so on the Georgian side. Given the close contact with the US, that might be extended to the US as well. Saakashvili may have deluded himself that four years of US help in equipping his armed forces enabled them to make a dash for their prize. In taking advantage of the distraction of the Olympics, he looks sneaky, and so jeopardises his claim to the moral high ground.
The Nato summit was a clash of philosophies about Europes future. On one side was President Bush, making one of his best speeches, about the value of bringing Georgia and Ukraine into Nato as an assertion of common principles. On the other was Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, laying out why this should be postponed, perhaps for ever, even at the cost of undermining the pro-Western camp in Georgia. (British officials let it be known that they were on the American side in sympathy, but as the US would not win, they were on the side of compromise.)
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Pretty fucking sad that we have offered them no real help, they came into Iraq with us.
gatorGuest08-11-2008, 08:50 AM
We have no business worrying about places like South Ossetia. With hundreds of thousands of troops already deployed on combat missions all over the world the last thing our country needs to do is get involved with another stupid foreign entanglement.
Since the war has nothing to do with the security of Israel the NeoCons will blow it off. The Liberals dont even know what is going on. Georgia is pretty well fucked in drumming up American or International support.
Maybe they could have conjured up a fabrication that the Ossetians were massing weapons of mass destruction that was a threat to Israel and then the American NeoCon war drums would be beating so loud you could hear them all the way to Moscow.
gatorGuest08-11-2008, 09:15 AM
Maybe we will get involved in it:
Israel backs Georgia in Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
August 8, 2008
Georgian tanks and infantry, aided by Israeli military advisers, captured the capital of breakaway South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, early Friday, Aug. 8, bringing the Georgian-Russian conflict over the province to a military climax.
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin threatened a military response.
Former Soviet Georgia called up its military reserves after Russian warplanes bombed its new positions in the renegade province.
In Moscows first response to the fall of Tskhinvali, president Dimitry Medvedev ordered the Russian army to prepare for a national emergency after calling the UN Security Council into emergency session early Friday.
Reinforcements were rushed to the Russian peacekeeping force present in the region to support the separatists.
Georgian tanks entered the capital after heavy overnight heavy aerial strikes, in which dozens of people were killed.
Lado Gurgenidze, Georgia's prime minister, said on Friday that Georgia will continue its military operation in South Ossetia until a "durable peace" is reached. "As soon as a durable peace takes hold we need to move forward with dialogue and peaceful negotiations."
DEBKAfiles geopolitical experts note that on the surface level, the Russians are backing the separatists of S. Ossetia and neighboring Abkhazia as payback for the strengthening of American influence in tiny Georgia and its 4.5 million inhabitants. However, more immediately, the conflict has been sparked by the race for control over the pipelines carrying oil and gas out of the Caspian region.
The Russians may just bear with the pro-US Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvilis ambition to bring his country into NATO. But they draw a heavy line against his plans and those of Western oil companies, including Israeli firms, to route the oil routes from Azerbaijan and the gas lines from Turkmenistan, which transit Georgia, through Turkey instead of hooking them up to Russian pipelines.
Saakashvili need only back away from this plan for Moscow to ditch the two provinces revolt against Tbilisi. As long as he sticks to his guns, South Ossetia and Abkhazia will wage separatist wars.
DEBKAfile discloses Israels interest in the conflict from its exclusive military sources:
Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan, rather than the Russian network. Intense negotiations are afoot between Israel Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Azarbaijan for pipelines to reach Turkey and thence to Israels oil terminal at Ashkelon and on to its Red Sea port of Eilat. From there, supertankers can carry the gas and oil to the Far East through the Indian Ocean.
Aware of Moscows sensitivity on the oil question, Israel offered Russia a stake in the project but was rejected.
Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from Israel.
These advisers were undoubtedly deeply involved in the Georgian armys preparations to conquer the South Ossetian capital Friday.
In recent weeks, Moscow has repeatedly demanded that Jerusalem halt its military assistance to Georgia, finally threatening a crisis in bilateral relations. Israel responded by saying that the only assistance rendered Tbilisi was defensive.
This has not gone down well in the Kremlin. Therefore, as the military crisis intensifies in South Ossetia, Moscow may be expected to punish Israel for its intervention.
Maybe we will be pulled into another stupid war for the benefit of Israel. This is a dated article but it shows we are continuing our entanglements.
Green Berets now in Georgia: U.S. Special Forces are training Georgian soldiers to fight radical Muslims. The mission could benefit other U.S. interests as well
VFW Magazine, June-July, 2002 by Tim Dyhouse
E-mail Print Link President George Bush called the May deployment of some 150 U.S. advisers to Georgia the latest front in the U.S. war on terrorism. Much like their fellow soldiers in the Philippines, U.S. Special Forces are teaching Georgian soldiers how to better fight Muslim extremists within their country. Also, as in the Philippines, U.S. troops are not permitted to engage in combat.
"So long as there's al Qaeda anywhere, we will help the host countries root them out and bring them to justice," Bush has said.
Georgia is the first former Soviet republic to train with U.S. troops since Sept. 11. (Several other ex-Soviet states have allowed the use of their airfields.) The mission gives Washington a strategic toehold to help stabilize the oil-rich and volatile Caspian Sea region.
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This invasion of Georgia will spook Poland and the rest of the former Soviet slave states into doing something but he hopes it will scare them into not accepting NATO membership or ABM'S !
On the one hand Russia calculates that we will do nothing military to help Georgia and Putin took a small calculated risk.
He feels closed in with these countries either planning on joining NATO of basing ABM Missiles next door to Russia .He hopes this will 'scatter the chickens' so to speak !
Russia will wait and watch the US presidential elections and if the liberal/Maoists win he will expand his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union on new oil revenues and start all over again .
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McCain Ups the Ante on The Republic of Georgia
"Sounds Like Our Next President !":D
Today, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Senator John McCain delivered the following statement regarding the current conflict between Georgia and Russia: Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families or watching the Olympics may wonder why their newspapers and television screens are filled with images of war in the small country of Georgia. Concerns about what occurs there might seem distant and unrelated to the many other interests America has around the world. And yet Russian aggression against Georgia is both a matter of urgent moral and strategic importance to the United States of America.... snip
In recent days Moscow has sent its tanks and troops across the internationally recognized border into the Georgian region of South Ossetia. Statements by Moscow that it was merely aiding the Ossetians are belied by reports of Russian troops in the region of Abkhazia, repeated Russian bombing raids across Georgia, and reports of a de facto Russian naval blockade of the Georgian coast. Whatever tensions and hostilities might have existed between Georgians and Ossetians, they in no way justify Moscows path of violent aggression. Russian actions, in clear violation of international law, have no place in 21st century Europe.
The implications of Russian actions go beyond their threat to the territorial integrity and independence of a democratic Georgia. Russia is using violence against Georgia, in part, to intimidate other neighbors such as Ukraine for choosing to associate with the West and adhering to Western political and economic values. As such, the fate of Georgia should be of grave concern to Americans and all people who welcomed the end of a divided of Europe, and the independence of former Soviet republics. The international response to this crisis will determine how Russia manages its relationships with other neighbors. We have other important strategic interests at stake in Georgia, especially the continued flow of oil through the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which Russia attempted to bomb in recent days; the operation of a critical communication and trade route from Georgia through Azerbaijan and Central Asia; and the integrity and influence of NATO, whose members reaffirmed last April the territorial integrity, independence, and sovereignty of Georgia.
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The Alfa Romeo 4C is still a few months away from its U.S. launch and there are already updates planned for the sports car in order to maintain enthusiasm. Maybe Alfa's been looking at how the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ have been doing.
It could be that we've been too used to cars getting a facelift a few years after they're launched, with a full redesign coming a few years after that. But it looks like more and more carmakers are actually making significant improvements on a yearly basis to either address criticisms or sustain momentum. And if there's one thing Alfa needs is momentum.
In an interview with Top Gear magazine, Alfa's head of marketing Alberto Cavaggioni said the 4C would get updates every year to keep buyers interested. One update is to the controversial headlamps. The 4C Spider that premiered earlier this month in Geneva has covered headlamps that will also be offered on the coupe next year.
That Spider is expected to go on sale early next year.
Then there's the matter of more power. Cavaggioni told Top Gear that it wasn't out of the question, but who knows what that means. In short, don't be surprised to see a faster 4C sometime after next year.
Because it would be really disappointing if all they had to talk about for 2016 was another headlamp design on offer.
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- Yield
- Makes 4 Scotch eggs, serving 4
- 1 1/4 pounds bulk country-style or herbed sausage
- 1 teaspoon crumbled dried sage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 4 hard-boiled large eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 raw large eggs, beaten lightly
- 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
- vegetable oil for deep-frying the eggs
- In a large bowl combine well the sausage, the sage, the thyme, and the cayenne, divide the mixture into 4 equal portions, and flatten each portion into a thin round. Enclose each hard-boiled egg completely in 1 of the sausage rounds, patting the sausage into place. Dredge the sausage-coated eggs in the flour, shaking off the excess, dip them in the raw eggs, letting the excess drip off, and roll them gently in the bread crumbs, coating them well. In a deep fryer heat 2 1/2 inches of the oil to 350°F. and in it fry the Scotch eggs, 2 at a time, turning them and transferring them to paper towels to drain with a slotted spoon as they are done, for 10 minutes.
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- Fat48 g(73%)
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This past Friday was the DFW AMA Market Research SIG meeting and I was asked by Paul Maynard of Zachry Associates to present. The meeting was absolutely great! To start with, the attendance was phenomenal we had over 40 people in attendance and everyone was engaging and excited to learn and share!
The presentation Keynote is has been uploaded to slideshare.net and can be found here. Please let me know if you have any questions, thoughts, suggestions or comments! In fact, @me on twitter, or even give me a call on my cell – 215-501-2341. I would love to hear from you and know what I can help you do with your business!
So, what's coming up? I am in talks with the Dallas Executive Women's Group for a future presentation, and this Friday and Saturday is the much anticipated DFW Big (D)esign Conference!!! I am so excited to meet everyone coming to the conference and the pre-conference mixer at Cohabitat in Dallas. Elysa Rice and I have been working hard and will be prepared to meet the challenges and questions our audience has for the 10AM session.
All of you qualitative researchers out there: If you are not a member of QRCA – You SHOULD be!! Go check it out www.qrca.org. I am very active and would love to speak with you about it if you have any questions!
Last but definitely not least, I will be in the Bay Area in SF on June 3-5 and am planning to meet for an awesome event with Jenny Blake @jenny_blake, Jun Loayza @junloayza, Jamie Varon @jamievaron and a ton more! The tweetup is going to be amazing and if you live in or plan on being in SF area, you have to come to the tweetup on June 4th!
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Calvinism Debate Imminent
I, actually am holding back today on some really big news about a future debate. I'm really holding back because I want to be able to give everything at once, but there could be something coming in the pretty near future like before June-ish I would say that's, uh, going to get a lot of attention. Let's put it that way. So . . . . just thought I'd mention that.When the caller to whom he was speaking said that he needed to make sure it was in Southern California, Dr. White had this response:
Ah, no, in fact, I am going to give one hint, because people in my chat channel already know what it is, but . . . I'll give one hint it would be in Virginia. That should be enough to tell everybody actually what's possibly going to be happening . . . I'll leave it at that. All you gotta do is think about what's in Virginia and what cities are in Virginia and you can figure it out from there. . . Not everything is completely in place yet, so that's why I'm not saying anything more about that.So there you have it. It seems apparent that a debate with Ergun Caner is imminently upon us. James White is correct when he says that it is going to get a lot of attention. The Patterson/Mohler breakout session coming up at the SBC Pastor's Conference that was first thought to be a debate fizzled when it was revealed that it would be more of a discussion. But you can bet that this will not fizzle. It will be an old-fashioned theological throwdown. And it is likely to make history. Stay tuned for more.
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Check out this site for more clues on where the debate may be held and who else might be involved. But, beware, you might have to swallow the blue pill in order to get the info.


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5 November 2012 at 4.20pm | Comment on this article
Since 1605, when Guy Fawkes planted 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the Houses of Parliament, we've celebrated 5 November as Bonfire Night. Fires are lit, effigies are burnt and the skies across England sparkle with fireworks; whether to celebrate Fawkes's failure or to honour his attempt to overthrow the government is up for debate.
While the Gunpowder Plot was successfully foiled and the Houses of Parliament escaped an explosive end, the Royal Opera House has a less fortunate history: in the 19th century, the theatre burned to the ground twice in just fifty years.
The first theatre on the Covent Garden site was opened by theatre manager and actor John Rich in 1732. Built next to the city's principal fruit and vegetable market (which moved to Vauxhall in 1974), it was primarily a playhouse for the first 100 years of its existence. However, in 1808, the theatre was destroyed by fire. The pipe organ of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, who frequently performed there from 1735 until his death in 1759, was just one of many valuable items lost.
The theatre was rapidly rebuilt and re-opened in 1809. Over the next thirty years, the theatre became increasingly popular with high society. By the 1830s, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert would frequent the Royal Box up to four times a week in high season. However, in 1856, disaster struck once again. The theatre, hired for a masked ball by a man known as the 'Wizard of the North', burned to the ground following a night of drunken revelry and had to be completely rebuilt.
Much of the current Royal Opera House building dates back to this rebuild, including the beautiful velvet-clad auditorium, a Grade 1 listed building that seats some 2,250 people. It has been used as a furniture repository (during World War I) and a dance hall (during World War II). The historic auditorium is now surrounded by a 21st-century labyrinth of modern offices, state-of-the-art backstage areas, dressing rooms and workshops. Needless to say, these days it is also equipped with fire alarms. From time-to-time, the entire cast of an opera or ballet are evacuated into the Covent Garden piazza in full costume, much to the delight of passersby.
The Royal Opera House of today is the result of an extensive renovation that took place between 1997 and 1999. Over the course of two years the auditorium was re-raked, re-seated, re-painted, re-gilded and re-lit, and the surrounding building equipped with high-tech storage mechanisms, new public areas and studios. Take a look at just what goes on behind the main stage:
From the light and airy ballet studios that overlook the piazza, to the cavernous set-storage carousel three stories beneath the stage; from the rooftop props workshop, to the enormous set-construction area built on a rotating floor; the building is an architectural feat.
Monitoring and maintaining the auditorium and its historic contents is the responsibility of the ROH Collections Department, who carry out and oversea extensive renovations and conservation projects. Most recently, a frieze of Queen Victoria in the Auditorium was conserved.
Take a look behind the scenes and find out more about the colourful history of the Royal Opera House on one of our public tours. For full details, visit our Tours pages.


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Taiwan's military will be able to withstand a Chinese attack for one month, Minister of National Defense Yen Ming (嚴明) told the legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee yesterday.
Yen was responding to a question from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsueh Ling (薛凌) about how well the military would be able to withstand a full-scale attack by China without help from the US.
Prompted by a pessimistic article written by University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer, titled "Say Goodbye to Taiwan," Hsueh asked Yen whether the military has built up an adequate defense capability over the years.
Before Yen could answer, a military officer standing next to him told the minister "about 21 to 28 days" — a comment that was picked up by the legislature's video-on-demand system.
However, Yen told Hsueh that the military could withstand an assault for "at least one month."
"How great you are," Hsueh responded.
Hsueh said that the most common publicly stated estimate about the length of Taiwanese resistance to a Chinese attack until US help arrives was two weeks — made when Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明) and Lee Jye (李傑) were defense ministers during the former DPP administration.
Tang served from 2002 to 2004 and Lee from 2004 to 2007.
Pressed by Hsueh to specify the improvements the military has made since the DPP administration, Yen said that the estimate that the military was able to deal with China in an event of war "for 30 days" was based on conclusions drawn from various war games.
Yen was also asked by several lawmakers about how the ministry would respond to China's announcement that it would increase its military spending this year by 12.2 percent to 808.23 billion yuan (US$131 billion), twice the size of Taiwan's entire annual government budget.
Taiwan is not competing with China in an arms race, but has been developing a military force with "effective deterrence, resolute defense" capabilities and forged ahead with a variety of asymmetrical instruments of power, such as information and electronic warfare capabilities, Yen said.
The military has the ability to defend the country and the people, he said.
"Any change in whatever kind of scenario [you can think of] will not endanger people's lives or the property," Yen added.
The defense ministry is planning to submit a formal request to the US for assistance in acquiring submarines because "submarines are of great importance in building up effective military deterrence," he said.
The government would continue its efforts to purchase submarines from the US even as it continues talks with Washington about technology transfers to help Taiwan jumpstart its own sub program.
"The initial response [to the technology transfer request] has been positive. They will assist us in meeting our goal," Yen said in response to questions from DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴).
He brushed off lawmakers' concerns about the move from military conscription to an all-volunteer force given the low recruitment numbers, saying that the military would stick to plans to downsize to between 170,000 and 190,000 personnel from the current 215,000 over a five-year period beginning next year.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Yu-fang (林郁方) said he learned from military sources that the planned cuts were not based on an assessment of the nation's defense needs because the assessment will not be finished until the end of this year.


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|Bonnie Smith (courtesy photo)
Gordon College News Service
March 5, 2012
(This article appeared March 6, 2012, in the Boston Globe, Salem site.)
SALEM—For businesses wanting to increase sales, Bonnie Hurd Smith of Ipswich, historian and author of the book, We Believe in You, thinks National Women's History Month might be the answer. Featuring women's history in your business, she says, can attract women clients, members, and donors, and Smith sees history as the key to success personally and professionally.
As a result in 2010, Smith founded History Smiths, a public relations and marketing agency that incorporates history in service to organizations, businesses, communities, and individuals on the North Shore.
She says every business or organization—for profit or not-for-profit—wants to attract customers and their loyalty as well as media attention while also developing a positive reputation. Many also want to make a difference in their communities.
"Getting involved with history can do all of that for you," Smith said. "Studying women's history makes us feel less alone. We can see the experience of women who succeeded and how they achieved their goals."
To highlight such successes and to honor National Women's History Month, Smith will explore the experiences, insights and relevance of women poets, essayists, abolitionists, and suffragists on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm as part of Salem's Old Town Hall Lecture Series at 32 Derby Square in Salem. The series is sponsored by the Gordon College Institute for Public History.
Smith will discuss the lives of Anne Bradstreet, Judith Sargent Murray, Maria Stuart, and Lucy Stone, all women with links to the Boston area. But Smith sees these women as more than local role models; they were excellent writers, speakers, networkers and organizers with useful tactics applicable for today.
"From an early age all of these women had a sense of life purpose, what they were good at and who they were," she said. "They had courage in taking action despite obstacles."
In order to increase visibility and/or revenue, Smith suggests companies could celebrate such courage by sponsoring a women's history talk at a local library or school. Non-profits could hold a women's fundraising seminar, or retail stores could create a special sale event. At a women's clothing store in the Boston area, for instance, Smith gave a talk on women's history. The company provided refreshments, and offered items on sale. She says new customers came in for the first time, existing customers showed up, and the store increased sales and status.
The Brookhouse Home for Women in Salem, a non-profit assisted living facility, also held an historical fundraising event to correspond with its bicentennial anniversary this past October. Board member Rebecca Putnam of Salem says the Victorian tea-party themed event highlighted the stories of the founding women of Brookhouse.
"History is important for institutions that do fundraising because it brings people together," said Putnam. "When donors know the history of an organization they feel engaged and part of the family."
According to Gayle Fischer of Salem, associate professor of U.S. and women's history at Salem State University, women like Bradstreet and Murray were important intellectuals and should be an integral part of ongoing historical narratives.
"Women need heroes," said Fischer. "It's not about trading men's history for women's history, but most of my students haven't heard of women who are just as common as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson."
Which is exactly the point, Smith says, especially considering that in Massachusetts and across the country teaching is moving toward a more corporate model of education where history, arts and culture are sometimes left out.
"How history is taught out of the classroom makes all the difference," said Smith. "A lot of young girls and young women face self-esteem issues and are told you can't do this or that. Women's history can play a life-altering role is in the area of women and girls' self-esteem. If the stories are presented in ways that are engaging and relevant, we can find great role models and inspiration."
Laurie Crumpacker of Gloucester, professor of history and women's studies at Simmons College hosted a graduate seminar presentation by Smith.
"For a long time when I was young there was no women's history, and it was like leaving out half the world," said Crumpacker. "By finding out about women in the past, we can prepare for the future and that's really what history is all about."
It's also what can make businesses more successful, Smith says.


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Yard makeover? Yard transformation in Denver
Surely you've had this fantasy: A crew of dedicated, passionate plant people with mad skills and arcane knowledge descend upon your domicile to wreak style, savvy, and sense upon your landscaping struggles. For free.
Well, the thing with such prizes is, if you don't play, you can't win. This family played.
Meet Donna Curtis, her husband Mike Walker and their 18-month-old son, Evan. They're the first winners in the Denver Botanic Gardens' Neighborhood Front Yard Makeover Contest. And late last week, their front yard got the full botanic treatment: 10 cubic yards of soil. An expert pruning job. An irrigation upgrade. New trees, shrubs, and perennials, all carefully chosen for their deeply shaded yard by a three-member team of DBG experts. Tiny, delicate, purple-and-white spotted toad lilies.
A redbud to provide an elegant backdrop for a garden bench. Oakleaf hydrangeas to set off their 1902 Wash Park Dutch Colonial's tawny-yellow paint. And a bevy of other beautiful plants, all installed in curvaceous, embracing berms, which make the home's off-center placement on the lot seem elegant and deliberate. A strip along the sunnier east wall features culinary herbs and a climbing rose that won't even need a trellis.
"We couldn't believe it," Donna says. "I've never won anything. So I almost didn't enter."
In fact, when director of horticulture Sarada Krishnan left her a voice mail, she thought that the gardens' staff were just being awfully nice to notify the losers with a phone call. Krishnan had to follow up in an e-mail to let Donna know she'd won the thousands of dollars of plant material and labor, much of it donated by members of the Colorado Nursery & Greenhouse Association, the gardens' volunteers and staff and other green-industry entities. (Ross Shrigley, part of the DBG team that worked on this particular makeover, estimates its value at $5,000 to $10,000, but that's not counting the home's new brick path, which Mike and Donna contributed to the project).
Here's the crazy thing: There were less than a dozen entries. The 2012 makeover home has already been selected from that same pool of applicants. So watch this space for the call for entries for the 2013 makeover. You've got to write an essay and submit photos of your yard. But for this much beauty? That's not much work, folks.
I really tried to not be terribly jealous. Really, really tried. And I almost had my envy conquered until Donna told me about all the tulip, allium, hyacinth and crocus bulbs that the crew put in while the dirt was soft and fresh. It'll be an amazing show come spring. Senior horticulturist Ross Shrigley, who updated the couple's irrigation system, turned them onto his favorite source for bulbs. "If you see a heart next to the bulb in their catalog, you can believe it'll be fantastic," he told me.
To read all about the couple's garden makeover, stay tuned to The Denver Post's Inside & Out section on Saturdays; it'll be featured soon.
Mike and Donna's windfall – and the arrival of a concrete worker looking for some extra weekend work – inspired me to tackle another hell patch in my own yard. It's a lot nicer when someone else wields the pickaxe. I'll have pictures of that little project soon.
Meanwhile, here's your moment of native color: Rabbitbrush.
That's the shrub you've been seeing in a blaze of yellow all over Colorado's open spaces the last couple of weeks. "Indispensible and indestructible," Plant Select calls the dwarf species it picked as one of its 2011 selections. What I didn't know was that it was a food plant for the larvae of several moth species. I did know that its flowers yield a nice yellow dye. So that's what you're seeing on your hike, bike ride or dog-walk. Looks particularly nice next to blazing red sumac.


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You have probably seen images of this house all over the web already, especially since it is now for sale at Valvet Mäklarfirma, but I couldn't help myself!
The first image that called my attention was the little toilet at the entrance. The black and white scheme, the old doors, the old tiles (just like at my grandmother's) and the wire basket holding the toilet paper rolls (I'm going to copy that idea). In all honesty I got a bit confused, while looking at this house.
You can read Scandinavian in the predominance of white and in some details: like the art wall in the work place, the chairs in the atelier, the lamps, the pillows in the living room... But the rest is so eclectic, I even got a Portuguese feeling coming out of it . It moved me in such a way that I decided to make this post.
Then, as I was preparing it, I decided to "try" (because it's in Swedish) to read a bit of the house description, and there was something that I could actually understand: the tiles ARE Portuguese! I feel ashamed of my ignorance so I'll just hide for a few seconds and blush.
Anyway... hope you like it and you can see all the pictures here.
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Hardwood floor installation Belvedere Park, adding them to your home or business adds value, warmth and beauty to your inside environment. There is are variety of wood floors to choose from in many different styles, species of wood, color and widths. When choosing your new flooring to be installed, there are floating, nail down and glue down floor types. Installers will usually recommend nail down or floating, depending on if it is a true solid wood floor or engineered. There are many manufacturers and types of hardwood flooring, top brands would be Mohawk, Shaw, Somerset and Hallmark.
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Wood Floor installation, Solid unfinished or prefinished, engineered unfinished or prefinished, LVP / LVT or laminate flooring. The installation of these products varies from either being nailed, glued or floated. Hardwood floor installation is one of those things that if done properly will add lots of value to your home and will last for 40-100 years. All of our installer crew chiefs have 20+ years, they are very good at what they do and your satisfaction is our number one objective.
When our project manager comes to give you an estimate he will bring several choices of wood samples to chose from, you will be able to see flooring based on color and texture and real wood vs engineered. People who use real wood products end up being much happier than those who choose engineered products becuase of durability and longevity. Our installation crews are completely turn key, meaning, if you need us to move furniture, remove old flooring, haul off the old floors, we offer all services custom taylored to suit your needs.
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Nearest Town: Horsehoe Bend/EmmettSite Size: 1100 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
Access: Year-round. Access free of charge.
Directions: In Emmett on ID 52; zero odometer when you cross river just N of downtown; 13.1 mi N and E on ID 52; S at the Sweet-Ola junction (Montour Rd); 1 mi to WMA entrance. From Horseshoe Bend 9.2 mi W on ID 52 to Sweet-Ola junction.
Description: This area's flooded fields in the Payette River Canyon make excellent habitat for waterbirds especially in spring and early summer. Ring-necked Pheasant, Gray Partridge, and California Quail are the most common upland gamebirds observed while Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Wood Duck, and Cinnamon, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal are frequently observed waterfowl species. Wetland habitats also provide ideal conditions for a host of other birds such as Great Blue Heron, Wilson's Snipe, American Coot, Killdeer, and Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. Raptors often seen include Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, Barn Owl, and American Kestrel. Bald Eagle and Snow Goose winter along the Payette River.
More Information: IDFG (208) 365-2682Gem County (208) 365-3485 fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/wildlife/wma/montour/
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