text: Share: Comments Print October 18, 2014 at 1:31 PM Seahawks place Cassius Marsh on IR, promote TE RaShaun Allen and DB Steven Terrell Posted by Bob Condotta The Seattle Seahawks on Saturday placed defensive end Cassius Marsh on injured reserve and signed tight end RaShaun Allen and safety Steven Terrell from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. Combined with the trade of Percy Harvin to the Jets, made official earlier on Saturday, the Seahawks are at the 53-man limit for Sunday's game at St. Louis. Marsh, a fourth-round pick out of UCLA, is now done for the season, placed on IR after breaking his foot in practice on Wednesday. Marsh had been playing in a reserve role on the defensive line and had five tackles in five games. DT Jordan Hill is also out for the St. Louis game with a sprained ankle, leaving Seattle a little shy up front, which will force Greg Scruggs into a possibly significant role Sunday in what would be his first action since 2012. Allen, who was signed to the team in May out of the rookie mini-camp and has been on the practice squad since the beginning of the season, is needed to add depth at a tight end spot suddenly rife with injuries with Zach Miller still out after having surgery on his ankle, and Luke Willson dealing with a groin injury that held him out of practice Thursday and Friday. Allen is a rookie from Southern University. Terrell, who was on the active roster for the Dallas game and then waived to make room for the return of Scruggs, will add depth in the secondary with cornerback Byron Maxwell out this week with a strained calf suffered against Dallas. Terrell is listed as a safety but played nickel corner last week against Dallas after Maxwell was injured. Marsh is now the seventh player on season-ending IR joining WR David Gilreath, LBs Mike Taylor and Heath Farwell, DTs D'Anthony Smith and Jesse Williams and TE Anthony McCoy. Comments


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Today's the day! She did it! 444 miles by foot Natchez Trace (Mississippi) to Nashville.
Sometime today (maybe by the time you read this post), I'll walk up to milepost 444 on the Natchez Trace and end my 444-mile trek from Natchez, Mississippi. I don't know how I'm going to feel, but I'm sure I'll be crying.
Not because my feet hurt. Or my joints ache. Or I've walked for more than a month straight and managed to GAIN weight.
I'll cry because I'll miss it. The solitude. The time with my thoughts. The perfect peace that can only come from a trial by pain.
And I'll miss my parents. This trip with me is Dad's Last Grand Adventure. It may be Mom's as well, but it is surely Dad's. I may spend a lot more time with my parents, but I will never, ever have this time again.
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A Rose for the Anzac Boys, by Jackie French
Rating: 8.5 / 10
A Rose for the Anzac Boys begins in 1975 with a boy named Lachlan pushing his grandpa, a retired war veteran, up a hill to place a rose on the memorial at the Anzac service. The book then switches to 50 years earlier, when "Midge" MacPherson and her friends start a canteen in France to help with the war effort. They soon find themselves thrust into desperate and heartbreaking situations and when the war ends, they know that their lives will never be the same again.
I love historical fiction and the way Jackie French can knit a story that makes me feel like I've been there in that situation. The characterisation in this book was superb, and each character had their own distinct voice. I especially liked Harry and Midge and their courage throughout.
The book was not full of gore like many war books are – it glossed over some experiences to make it more suitable for younger readers – but it showed very clearly the effect war has on people, which was undoubtedly the aim.
I absolutely loved the ending, of both Midge's story and the epilogue. It was perfect and so clever and just brought everything together. Overall this was a beautiful book with amazing characterisation and I highly recommend it.


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A homeless woman has been jailed following a "shocking" robbery at a cash machine.
Dwayer Jude, 28, of no fixed abode, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday where she received two years and nine months' in prison for the robbery of a woman on Leytonstone Road, Walthamstow on November 28, 2018.
The victim, a woman in her early 40s, was withdrawing money from a cashpoint, while a second woman was waiting behind her.
This woman approached the victim, punched and slapped her, and then stole the money she had just withdrawn.
The victim did not require medical treatment.
Detective Inspector Steve Bluemore, of Waltham Forest CID, said: "This was a shocking attack and although the victim was not seriously injured, the effects of becoming the victim of crime run far deeper than the loss of cash.
"I hope that the sentence handed down today brings a measure of comfort the victim."


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Do the deadlines kill the investigative mind? Is introducing fees for submitting a thesis during the next academic year unfair? Would it lower the academic quality of student work?
The Engaged University, or Uniwersytet Zaangażowany, is a student-based initiative at the University of Warsaw devoted to 'democratization of the university'. With 'university is not a company' motto, they constitute a visible, albeit marginal, local movement at the biggest Polish public university. Their stated ambitions include increasing student (and faculty) voice in decisions regarding administration of the university, most notably introduction of additional fees (tuition is generally free in Poland, in the public sector).
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The Aleppo/Mosul Riddle
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There's no question Baghdad needs to take back Mosul from ISIS/ISIL/Daesh. It could not do it before. In theory, the time is now.
The real question is the conflicting motivations of the large "who's who" doing it; the Iraqi Army's 9th Division; the Kurdish Peshmerga, under the baton of wily, corrupt opportunist Barzani; Sunni tribal lords; tens of thousands of Shi'ite militias from southern Iraq; operational "support" from US Special Forces; "targeted" bombing by the US Air Force; and lurking in the background, Turkish Special Forces and air power.
Now that's a certified recipe for trouble.
Much like Aleppo, Mosul is – literally – the stuff of legend. The successor of ancient Nineveh, settled 8000 years ago; former capital of the Assyrian Empire under Sennacherib in the 7th century B.C.; conquered by Babylon in the 6th century B.C.; a thousand years later, annexed to the Muslim empire and ruled by the Umayyads and the Abbasids; the key hub, from the 11th to the 12th century, of the Atabegs medieval state; a key Ottoman hub in a 16th century post-Silk Road spanning the Indian Ocean all the way to the Persian Gulf, the Tigris valley, Aleppo and Tripoli in the Mediterranean.
After WWI, everyone craved Mosul – from Turkey to France. But it was the Brits who managed to dupe France into letting Mosul be annexed to the British Empire's brand new colony: Iraq. Then came the long Arab nationalist Ba'ath party domination. And afterwards, Shock and Awe and hell; the US invasion and occupation; the tumultuous Shi'ite-majority government of Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad; and the ISIS/ISIL/Daesh takeover in the summer of 2014.
Mosul's historic parallels could not but have a special flavor. That 11th/12th century medieval state happened to have roughly the same borders of Daesh's phony "Caliphate" – incorporating both Aleppo and Mosul. In 2004, Mosul was de facto ruled by disgraced, failed "presidential material" Gen. David Petraeus. Ten years later, after Petraeus's phony "surge", Mosul was ruled by a phony Caliphate born in a US prison near the Kuwaiti border.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of residents fled Mosul. The population may be as much as halved compared to the original 2 million. That's a mighty lot to be properly "liberated".
Aleppo "falls"
The hegemonic narrative about the ongoing Battle of (East) Aleppo is that an "axis of evil" (as coined by Hillary Clinton) of Russia, Iran and "the Syrian regime" is relentlessly bombing innocent civilians and "moderate rebels" while causing a horrendous humanitarian crisis.
In fact, the absolute majority of these several thousand-strong "moderate rebels" is in fact incorporated and/or affiliated with Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (Conquest of Syria Front), which happens to be none other than Jabhat al-Nusra, a.k.a. al-Qaeda in Syria, alongside a smatter of other jihadi groups such as Ahrar al-Sham (Al-Nusra's goals – and who supports them – are fully documented here).
Meanwhile, few civilians remain trapped in eastern Aleppo – arguably no more than 30,000 or 40,000 out of an initial population of 300,000.
And that brings us to the crux of the matter explaining the Pentagon sabotage of the Russia-US ceasefire; those fits of rage by Samantha Batshit Crazy Power; the non-stop spin that Russia is committing "war crimes".
If Damascus controls, apart from the capital, Aleppo, Homs, Hama and Latakia, it controls the Syria that matters; 70% of the population and all the important industrial/business centers. It's practically game over. The rest is a rural, nearly empty back of beyond.
For the headless chicken school of foreign policy currently practiced by the lame duck Obama administration, the ceasefire was a means to buy time and rearm what the Beltway describes as "moderate rebels". Yet even that was too much for the Pentagon, which faces a determined Syria/Iran/Russia alliance fighting all declinations of demented Salafi-jihadis, whatever their terminology, and committed to keep a unitary Syria.
So reconquering the whole of Aleppo has to be the top priority for Damascus, Tehran and Moscow. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will never have enough military to reconquer the rural, ultra hardcore Sunni back of beyond. Damascus may also never reconquer the Kurdish northeast, the embryonic Rojava; after all the YPG is directly backed by the Pentagon. Whether an independent Rojava will ever see the light of day is an interminable future issue to be solved.
The SAA, once again, is tremendously overextended. Thus, the method to reconquer East Aleppo is indeed hardcore. There is a humanitarian crisis. There is collateral damage. And this is only the beginning. Because sooner or later the SAA, supported by Hezbollah and Iraqi Shi'ite militias, will have to reconquer East Aleppo with boots on the ground as well – supported by Russian fighter jets.
The heart of the matter is that the former "Free Syrian Army", absorbed by al-Qaeda in Syria and other Salafi-jihadis, is about to lose East Aleppo. Regime change and/or "Assad must go" – the military way – in Damascus is now impossible. Thus the utter desperation exhibited by the Pentagon's Ash "Empire of Whining" Carter, neocon cells implanted all across lame duck Team Obama, and their hordes of media shills.
Enter Plan B; the Battle of Mosul.
Fallujah remixed?
The Pentagon plan is deceptively simple; erase any signs of Damascus and the SAA east of Palmyra. And this is where the Battle of Mosul converges with the recent Pentagon attack on Deir Ezzor. Even if we have an offensive in the next few months against Raqqa – by the YPG Kurds or even by Turkish forces – we still have a "Salafist principality" from eastern Syria to western Iraq all mapped up, exactly as the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was planning (dreaming?) in 2012.
London-based Syrian historian Nizar Nayouf, as well as unnamed diplomatic sources, have confirmed that Washington and Riyadh closed a deal to let thousands of phony Caliphate jihadis escape Mosul from the west, as long as they head straight to Syria. A look at the battle map tells us that Mosul is encircled from all directions, except west.
But what about Sultan Erdogan in all this? He's been spinning that Turkish Special Forces will enter Mosul just as they entered Jarablus in the Turkish-Syrian border; without firing a shot, when the city will be cleaned of jihadis.
Meanwhile, Ankara is preparing its spectacular entrance in the battlefield, with Erdogan in full regalia shooting at random. For him, "Baghdad" is no more than "an administrator of an army composed of Shi'ites"; and the YPG Kurds "will be removed from the Syrian town of Manbij" after the Mosul operation. Not to mention that Ankara and Washington are actively discussing the offensive against Raqqa, as Erdogan has not abandoned his dream of a "safe zone" of 5,000 km in northern Syria.
In a nutshell; for Erdogan, Mosul is a sideshow. His priorities remain a fractured, fragmented Syria, "safe zone" included; and to smash the YPG Kurds (while working side by side with the Peshmerga in Iraq).
As far as the US Plan B is concerned, Hezbollah's Sheikh Nasrallah has clearly seen through the whole scheme; "The Americans intend to repeat the Fallujah plot when they opened a way for ISIL to escape towards eastern Syria before the Iraqi warplanes targeted the terrorists' convoy." He added that "the Iraqi army and popular forces" must defeat ISIS/ISIL/Daesh in Mosul; otherwise, they will have to chase them out across eastern Syria.
It's also no wonder that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has also clearly seen The Big Picture: "As far as I know, the city is not fully encircled. I hope it's because they simply couldn't do it, not because they wouldn't do it. But this corridor poses a risk that Islamic State fighters could flee from Mosul and go to Syria."
It's clear Moscow won't sit idly by if that's the case;"I hope the US-led coalition, which is actively engaged in the operation to take Mosul, will take it into account."
Of course Mosul – even more than Aleppo – poses a serious humanitarian question.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates as many as 1 million people may be affected. Lavrov goes straight to the point when he insists "neither Iraq nor its neighbors currently have the capacity to accommodate such a large number of refugees, and this should have been a factor in the planning of the Mosul operation."
It may not have been. After all, for the "US-led" (from behind?) coalition, the number one priority is to ensure the phony Caliphate survives, somewhere in eastern Syria. Over 15 years after 9/11, the song remains the same, with the war on terra the perennial gift that keeps on giving.
How to Cure Terrorism
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Quote: "In order to destroy Daesh, boots on the ground are needed. If morons such as Donald Trump and Tony Abbott insist that American or Australian troops should be sent into Syria, then I suggest that Donald and Tony should themselves be kitted out and be dropped into that war zone. Donald's frightening hairpiece alone may fatally scare many Daesh to death and Tony can scare the rest to death with his budgie smugglers. Mission accomplished."
I cannot repeat often enough that the only genuine cure for a problem is to eliminate the underlying cause. This holds true for treating disease as it does for solving just about any problem. Any other strategy is merely a band-aid cosmetic cover-up of a festering carbuncle. Denial of the underlying cause inevitably means that no solution will eventuate.
Notwithstanding this apparently simple principle, practical implementation of genuine solutions in the real world is more complex and difficult. The hurdles to implementation can be immense if not insurmountable, not least because real solutions usually require that we overcome the natural default reptilian mindset of homo stupidus. We cannot depend on the people who caused the problems to solve them. They are the problem.
Here is another principle: a problem may have more than one underlying cause, along with several predisposing factors and various proximate triggers. All such issues need to be addressed for a complete cure. A broad overview is required, we need to see the big picture.
So-called "Islamic" terrorism is the "problem" most prominently featured in the mainstream media of today, particularly since the Paris massacres of Friday 13 November 2015. What so-called "solutions" have the impenetrably stupid mainstream establishment proposed? Greater surveillance of the entire civil population, elimination of habeas corpus, proliferation of heavily armed police everywhere, more bombing forays into Syria, closing the borders of Europe to MENA refugees, ankle GPS bracelets to those refugees who have already arrived in Europe, even the expulsion of all Muslims from Europe, including those who were born there. All those are band-aid cosmetic cover-ups of a festering carbuncle which will solve nothing. Many of those so-called "solutions" are simply insane, amount to obscene human rights abuses and will in fact create worse Blowback terrorism. Let's commit more atrocities in response to an atrocity. That will solve all our problems.
How do you stop an engine without an off switch? By starving it of fuel. If we ask ourselves what truly fuels the engine of so-called "Islamic" terrorism, honest people will realise that the real answer is not Islam per se. The perverse interpretation of religious texts is merely the bogus avenue by which certain terrorists claim "divine" legitimacy for the slaughter they perpetrate, just as the Nazis painted crosses on their tanks and planes and just as George fucking Bush called his invasion of Iraq a Crusade and claimed to have God on his side. All sanctimonious mass murderers invoke their own imaginary god to claim legitimacy and to recruit gullible simple minded cannon fodder (or suicide bombers) to their cause.
Does the Koran contain passages inciting violence against the foes of Islam? Of course it does, just as the Old Testament contains numerous passages in which its followers are encouraged to "smite" their enemies without mercy. Sensible people do not take those dated allegorical books literally and do not follow many of their mutually contradictory instructions to the letter. Moderate Jews and Christians with good sense do not go rampaging around with a rifle in one hand and Talmud or Bible in the other, killing innocents indiscriminately because of religion. And neither do moderate Muslims. Fanatical extremists do however, whether they be Christian, Jewish or Muslim. It is not religion itself, whatever its hue, which the problem. It is fanatical extremism.
One of the biggest problems we face in Western mainstream society is our cowardly and hypocritical failure to identify the fanatical extremists in our midst who are hiding in plain sight. They are the Christian and Jewish religious fundamentalists, the global warming denialists who serve as prostitute mouthpieces for the corporations, the warmongering armchair chickenshit politicians. They dress up in business suits and are conferred a veneer of respectability by the propaganda machine known as the mainstream media. But make no mistake, they are fanatical extremists far worse and far more dangerous than the rabid Jihadis and are in fact the creators of those Jihadis.
As ordinary moderate people, we need to clearly identify who our friends and foes are:
Friends = Moderates of any persuasion who share our common humanitarian values
Foes = Fanatical extremists who kill (or advocate the killing or oppression of) innocents in the name of their god, whether it be Allah, Yahweh, Jehovah or Mammon (the god of the neoclassical economists)
We need to rip away the superficial cloak of phoney religiosity the fanatical extremists wear to identify the real fuel(s) for terrorism.
The Western mainstream media have claimed that the motivations of the Jihadi terrorists are mindless hatred of Western freedom and mindless hatred of the Western modern way of life. Bullshit. Such idiotic blather is designed to cover up, hide and ignore the ugly truth about Western Imperialistic and Corporate culpability. The main motivation of the Jihadis, as stated by the Jihadis themselves, taken right from the horse's mouth, is a hatred of how the West has interfered with and corrupted and destroyed Middle Eastern societies, in order to steal the resources from their countries. If we are honest, we must admit that fact is indeed true and it is a legitimate grievance, even though we disapprove of the way they express that grievance. Abused children often grow up to become abusive adults.
Having suffered the destabilisation and destruction of their homelands as a result of the rapacious Western corporate agenda (Iraq and Libya being prime examples), many traumatised Middle Eastern youths have become radicalised and vengeful. They want the West to experience just a tiny sample of the death, misery, hopelessness and insecurity they have unremittingly suffered throughout their lives. Having only known violence, it then becomes the only means by which they can express their frustration and rage. Furthermore, a few alienated, disaffected and marginalised individuals, even though they may have been born in Europe, may sympathise with and agonise over the plight of their Middle Eastern cousins and be recruited through social networks to become "home grown" terrorists.
The mayhem caused by a few Blowback terrorist attacks in Western cities has been absolutely trivial and tiny compared with the utter devastation, daily sectarian bombings, IED detonations and mass shootings in the failed Middle Eastern states destabilised by the greedy corporate agenda of the West, an agenda which is merely the sequel to the historic greedy Western imperialistic/colonial policies of exploitation.
The MENA refugees have been reluctantly forced out of their ancestral homelands against their will. Many have fled to Europe precisely because they seek lives with greater freedom and the comforts of Western modernity. The MENA refugees do NOT hate Western freedom or modernity, they WANT it. They know there is no place for them in the fundamentalist (but hypocritical) Sunni monarchy of Saudi Arabia with its brutal oppression of the common folk (but unbridled licentiousness of the ruling class). They know the selfish and corrupt Saudis (kept in power by the selfish and corrupt Americans) will never share their wealth with their poorer Arab cousins.
WE MUST DISCARD THE TERMS "ISLAMIC" OR "MUSLIM" TERRORISM. WE MUST INSTEAD USE THE TERM "BLOWBACK" TERRORISM because that is in fact what it is, pure and simple. Blowback terrorists who purport to be Muslim or Islamic are no more Muslim or Islamic than the Ku Klux Klan are Christians. Blowback terrorists are fake Muslims, phoney Muslims, bullshit Muslims. Blowback terrorists are vicious criminals, pure and simple, and should be viewed as akin to a rabid Mafia. Many Mafia hoodlums portray themselves as pious Catholics, when any fool can see they are just two-faced criminals. Similarly it is obvious the Blowback terrorists are just two-faced criminals and are NOTHING LIKE the true ordinary law abiding peace loving Muslims we live and work alongside every day, who we may even have gone to school with and grown up with.
It is absolutely vital we adopt a proportionate perspective as to what the worst form of terrorism today is. Blowback terrorism is NOT the primary problem, it is a secondary problem, it is NOT the real disease but is merely a symptom of the disease. In magnitude, Blowback terrorism is trivial, tiny and insignificant compared to the real disease: namely the horrifically monstrous state and corporate sponsored institutional terrorism inflicted by the West, primarily the USA, on the Middle East. There is absolutely no contest when comparing the two. In magnitude the Halliburtons of this world are by far the most monstrous and murderous terrorists of all. Well over a million people in Iraq have died as a result of the Neoconartist/Halliburton agenda, whose name I therefore apply generically to this form of state/corporate terrorism. BLOWBACK TERRORISM IS MERELY A RESPONSE TO HALLIBURTON TERRORISM and the latter is in fact the underlying cause for the horrors we face today. There is a huge mountain of evidence, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that Al Qaeda and ISIS (who I now understand are better described as Daesh) were created, whether intentionally or not, as a consequence of morally bankrupt American foreign policy1.
Therefore the only way to cure Blowback terrorism is to eliminate the underlying cause, which is Halliburton terrorism. We must cut off the fuel from the engine.
Looking at the big picture we can identify the underlying causes, predisposing factors and proximate triggers for Blowback terrorism:
The powderkeg pseudoStates of Iraq and Syria were cobbled together by the disgraceful British and French betrayal of their Arab allies after WW1, by the infamous Sykes-Picot treaty, which was the mechanism by which the Western Imperialists brutally imposed "divide and rule". The inevitable disintegration of those powderkeg States and their collapse into civil war were bound to happen eventually, whenever the iron grip of the local dictators weakened in the future.
The underlying cause for the contemporary collapse of Iraq was Halliburton terrorism and the removal of the Iraqi dictator. This led to power vacuums and the formation of offshoots of Al Qaeda. Daesh, the offshoot which moved to a collapsing neighbouring Syria then flourished in the disintegrating milieu. Daesh were subsequently able to run rampant across MENA by initial acquisition of weapons from the collapsed state of Libya (which was bombed by NATO in an attempt to secure their oil) then the acquisition of ordnance,vehicles and oilfields from the collapsed state of Iraq. Daesh have been successful in recruiting many foreign fighters through social and web based networks.
The proximate triggers for the collapse of the powderkeg state of Syria were the limits to growth (overpopulation, drought, food and water shortages, oil depletion and consequent economic collapse)
The limits to growth are affecting all MENA countries and will eventually spread to involve the entire world
What do the fanatical extremists (of both sides) want?
By very definition, terrorists want to spread fear in our societies. The power of the terrorists stem from the fear they are able to instil in us. If we live in fear we will merely play into their hands. We must therefore respond with courage – more courage than we ever thought was possible in these difficult times. We must utterly resist the temptation to lash out at innocent people just because of their "Middle Eastern" appearance, which is exactly what the terrorists, whether Blowback terrorists or Halliburton terrorists, want us to do.
The Blowback terrorists want us to fear, vilify and victimise all the Muslims in our societies. They have no regard for their so-called "fellow" Muslims because Blowback terrorists are not real Muslims, they are simply criminals.
This basic fact needs to be repeated over and over again: the Blowback terrorists are not real Muslims, they are bullshit Muslims. They are criminals who hide under a false cloak.
If we fall into the trap of racist generalisation and victimise innocent Muslims in our societies, we will inevitably cause the radicalisation of moderates and create more recruits for the Blowback terrorists. This will reinforce the vicious cycle and ultimately lead to the complete breakdown of civil society and to the rise of the Police surveillance state with the loss of our civil liberties that have been so hard won over the past two centuries. The terrorists will then have won.
The Halliburton terrorists want us to fear, vilify and victimise all the Muslims in our society as well. They want us to live in constant fear so that we will voluntarily relinquish our freedoms, the rule of law and habeas corpus and embrace the illusory security promised by the Military Industrial Complex Police State. The USA is already half way there. They want to entrench the power and control of their fascist/corporate forces which are on the rise in many Western countries.
It is clear that the Blowback terrorists and Halliburton terrorists, although nominal foes, have common goals and feed off each other.
How to cure terrorism:
Rather than fall into the trap of polarising society into Non-Muslim and Muslim divides, which is exactly what the Blowback and Halliburton terrorists want, we must define the lines of friend and foe according to a more accurate and more truthful narrative: Moderates of all hues arrayed against Fanatical Extremists of all hues. This is difficult to do because it goes against our instinctive tribal sentiments. It requires we look beyond stereotyped assumptions based on skin colour, mode of speech and mode of dress, to look deeper and try to understand the heart of the individual. However this must be done if there is to be any hope of prevailing against our true enemies, who are the fanatical extremists of all hues, the worst and most dangerous extremists being the Halliburton terrorists, who adopt a well manicured executive appearance, with shiny shoes but black hearts.
The key event which amplified Blowback terrorism to the levels we see today was the invasion of Iraq and its destruction as a stable State, resulting in civil war and power vacuums which were filled by fanatical and violent groups. The original perpetrators have not been brought to justice. Hence the following are absolutely necessary:
1. Root out and punish the Halliburton terrorists
We must arrest the worst international terrorists of all time: Dick the Prick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, George fucking Bush, Tony Blair, the propagandist Rupert Murdoch, and the execrable lickspittle John Howard (along with his henchmen such as Tony Abbott) to name just a few. They must be tried at the International Court in the Hague for crimes against humanity and must be punished to the full extent of the law. They should receive the same justice they meted out to Saddam Hussein, who was undoubtedly a monstrous despot and a puppet of the West for most of his career, who committed mass murder in the service of the West (vis a vis the proxy war against Iran of the 1980s in which more than a million people died). The Neoconartist Cabal also need to be held accountable for the deaths of thousands of American soldiers who perished needlessly during the occupation of Iraq.
The Cabal members will disingenuously claim in their defence, as they have in the past, that they acted on "faulty intelligence" or on "the best information they had at the time" and try to shift blame on to the CIA, MI6 or ASIO. Such foul deceit, consistent with the psychopathic duplicity by which they perpetrated their war crimes, can be exposed for the outrageous lies they are, by the testimony of former intelligence officers such as Joe Wilson against the Neoconartists or Andrew Wilkie against John Howard. Weapons inspector Dr David Kelly would have been able to testify against Tony Blair, had Kelly not been hounded to death (indeed, possibly murdered) by Blair's goons, however there is ample evidence regardless (despite the phoney whitewash conducted by Blair's mate in the Hutton enquiry), that Blair ignored valid intelligence and selectively spouted blatant lies to mislead the British public.
Halliburton, the Carlyle group and other corporations or financial institutions known to have directly promulgated the invasion of Iraq must be dismantled, sold off and all proceeds must go to refugee relief (resettlement, housing, food, job placement) and to rebuilding whatever corners of destroyed Middle Eastern states which may still be viable to support life.
Western foreign policy must be changed. Exploitative neocolonial skullduggery must be abandoned and foreign countries must be engaged according to the principles of mutual respect, quid pro quo and fair renumeration for their resources.
The actions above will result in the dramatic reduction of Blowback terrorism, as we will have eliminated the principal reasons for their resentment. Those actions should not be done because we want to "appease" the Blowback terrorists, but because it is what we as decent human beings must do to restore any semblance of honour to our ruined reputations. The only way we can rebuild our shattered credibility and work towards a more just and peaceful world is to expunge the state/corporate war criminals living in our midst instead of harbouring them or worse still, celebrating them. There can be no peace without justice and justice must be for all sides, not just one side. The Halliburton terrorists must therefore be brought to justice and there can be no statute of limitations on this.
2. Root out and punish the Blowback terrorists
Residual Blowback terrorists lurking within our Muslim communities must be hunted down and expunged WITHOUT causing any collateral damage to the innocent people they are hiding behind and living amongst. Collateral damage inflicted on innocents breeds resentment and radicalises formerly moderate individuals. This endeavour will not be easy. Outsiders such as ourselves cannot effectively identify friend from foe within our Middle Eastern communities to the highest levels of confidence, no matter how much resources we throw into electronic surveillance. Accurate identification can only be achieved through the cooperation of allies from within their community, who know the language, culture and personalities involved. We need to be cautious that the people we select as intelligence sources within those communities have impeccable integrity and do not use their privileged roles to settle personal scores with innocent people they may have had previous disputes with. Hence we need robust reliable information from multiple sources, not just from single informants, before targeting suspects.
Naive impressionable youths who have been recruited as potential Jihadis but are yet to commit crimes need to undergo de-radicalisation programmes. These are best conducted by Muslims from their own community who themselves had previously been recruited, then travelled to the Daesh territories, only to discover the true brutality and lies of the Daesh propaganda, saw the error of their ways and managed to escape and return to their normal lives, grateful for having survived the experience. There are none so repentant as reformed sinners.
How can we build trust and extend the hand of friendship to the moderate Muslims who comprise more than 99% of their community? How can we encourage our moderate allies in our Muslim communities to help us expunge the fanatical extremists in their midst? The role of the media here is of paramount importance. We must do the opposite of what the reprehensible fear mongering Murdoch trash media does. We must portray ordinary Muslims in our media according to the REALITY of their lives. What is the reality? That their concerns in life are no different from anybody else: keeping a steady job in these difficult economic times, ensuring a good education for their children, housing, healthcare, family issues. Viewed in that light they will no longer be feared as "the other" but seen as ordinary hard working folks just trying to make their way peacefully in this world. This is not propaganda because it is in fact the bland truth, unfortunately bland truth does not sell in the gutter press and tabloid media, which tend to go for scary sensationalism. Nevertheless it is a message which must be repeated over and over again to the public: ordinary Muslims are not to be feared, no matter how they dress, and must be treated respectfully in a friendly manner just like anybody else. This will help de-escalate our fear of them and their fear of us.
The contribution of leaders from the Muslim community is vitally important. They must play their part by publicly and repeatedly condemning the fanatical extremism of the bullshit Muslims. Even better if they also ridicule, belittle and show contempt for the Blowback terrorists (just as I have endeavoured to ridicule, belittle and show contempt for the Halliburton terrorists in my writing). Ridicule can be a powerful tool to expose hypocrisy. Anyone who subscribes to the ideas of the Blowback terrorists (or, on our part, the Halliburton terrorists) should be portrayed as braindead fools, lackeys and stupid sheeple, which is in fact what they are. Buying into the views of the bullshit Muslims will be regarded as weak minded, uncool and pathetic by the majority true peaceloving Muslims. No one likes to be regarded as uncool in their peer group.
So as not to be seen as singling out the Muslim community, we need spokespeople from the non-Muslim community to stand alongside Muslim leaders and also condemn Christian, Jewish and Corporate fanatical extremists and the crimes committed by them. No particular religious, ethnic or corporate group can be seen as above the rule of civil law.
One perfectly understandable reason why moderate Muslim leaders may be reluctant to speak out prominently is the death threats they will receive from the fanatical bullshit Muslims. They do not want to become targets. Those will not be empty threats and we can be certain the Blowback terrorists will try their utmost to murder any moderate Muslim spokespeople as part of the terror agenda. As such, it is absolutely vital we provide round the clock tax payer funded police protection for the moderate Muslims (and their families) brave enough to speak up. This will be an essential national security investment. If police monitoring then uncovers any assassination plot, we can then identify, capture and sequester these potential Blowback terrorist assassins.
Why have the Blowback terrorists targeted the French recently?
Unlike the US, UK and Australia; France was essentially blameless with respect to Halliburton terrorism. France is also arguably a less racist society. Why then have the French recently been targeted? To understand this, it is useful to use an analogy:
Before 2013, Iraq was blameless with regard to Blowback terrorism. Nevertheless the Halliburton terrorists used 9/11 to motivate their braindead American followers to invade Iraq, even though Iraq had nothing to do with Al Qaeda. The prize for the Halliburton terrorists was of course, oil wealth (the original name for their campaign was Operation Iraqi Liberation, which was quickly changed as it made their motives too obvious).2
Similarly the Blowback terrorists used the history of French colonial crimes and exploitation in MENA (particularly in Syria, Algeria and Tunisia) and more recently the Charlie Hebdo cartoons, to motivate their braindead Daesh followers to target Paris, even though France had nothing to do with Halliburton terrorism. The prize for the Blowback terrorists will be retaliation of non-Muslim French against innocent Muslim French, the expectation being that some of latter may then radicalise to join the Daesh cause. France is fertile ground for this prospect due to the higher proportion of Muslims in their society3 compared with the US, UK and Oz.
Nevertheless the US, UK and Oz remain prime targets for revenge Blowback terrorism. The pinnacle goal of the Blowback terrorists will be to set off a nuclear device in a city such as New York, London or Sydney, whichever is the softest target. With the oil revenue available to Daesh and the numerous suitcase nuclear bombs missing from the inventories of impoverished States of the former Soviet Union, this eventuality will be just a matter of time, unless we can destroy Daesh and starve the terrorists of recruits by implementing the reforms above.
How to destroy Daesh
In order to destroy Daesh, boots on the ground are needed. If morons such as Donald Trump and Tony Abbott insist that American or Australian troops should be sent into Syria, then I suggest that Donald and Tony should themselves be kitted out and be dropped into that war zone. Donald's frightening hairpiece alone may fatally scare many Daesh to death and Tony can scare the rest to death with his budgie smugglers. Mission accomplished.
If the world had a single united goal of just destroying Daesh as soon as possible, then the answer would be simple. The only motivated and committed stakeholders who are willing to risk their lives in ground battle against Daesh are the Kurds4, the Shi'ites (including Alawites, Iraqi Shi'ites, Iranians and Hezbollah) and perhaps a few hardened Russian soldiers. If, armed and logistically supported by the Russian military machine, such an alliance is given free reign to directly combat Daesh, then the rapid rout of Daesh will be a forgone conclusion. This will however never happen because the outcome of such a victory will be the creation of an independent Kurdistan, which Turkey will never allow, and the dominance of the Shi'ites (and their allies Iran and Russia) over huge oil rich areas of the Middle East, which America will never allow.
In that light, it is easy to understand why the Turks in an act of despicable bastardry shot down a Russian jet (no doubt at the behest or tacit approval of the US) which purportedly strayed into Turkish airspace on 24 November5. The effectiveness of the Russian led interventions to date has been a major embarrassment to the utterly incompetent Americans. Hence we see this act of sabotage committed by a US proxy: yet more reckless brinkmanship in the dangerous Great Game between the Powers.
America's laughable attempts, as described by General Lloyd Austin6, to recruit "moderate" Sunni fighters, despite a program costing half a billion dollars and originally expected to recruit five thousand Sunnis, resulted in only four or five individuals actually taking up arms against Daesh. The problem in the chaotic Middle Eastern failed States, where information is sparse, incomplete and unreliable, is that it is impossible to identify who a "moderate" Sunni Arab may be. By training such people, the US could be training existing or potential Daesh members who will then immediately defect to the enemy. This has happened to the Americans time and time again in Afghanistan when training locals to fight the Taliban.
America has no useful, worthwhile or competent role to play in the turmoil that they have created. They are the architects of the problem and hence it is absurd to expect they will be any source of solutions. The Americans are determined to continue their role as spoilers and to maintain the chaos rather than allow Russia and her allies to stabilise the situation effectively.
How different the world would have been if the Kurds, Shi'ites and Sunnis had been allowed to establish their own stable sovereign States, run by leaders of their own choosing, in the Middle East after WW1. Those hopes were scuttled by the West and the Turks nearly a hundred years ago and they continue to oppose it.
In summary we can cure terrorism if we:
accept responsibility for the harm we have caused to others by our rapacious imperialistic and corporate meddling, institute corporate and foreign policy reform and provide material reparations to refugees
identify and root out the criminal Halliburton terrorists hiding in our midst and
work together with our Muslim brothers and sisters to identify and root out the criminal Blowback terrorists who are hiding in their midst. During that process we must aim for zero collateral damage
None of the above will, in fact, happen. Neither will there be any justice for those Palestinians who have been oppressed, abused and killed by Israel. Western hypocrisy will continue to reign supreme. Hence there will be no cure for terrorism, the underlying cause for which is Western hypocrisy. There will be no cure for the chaos in the Middle East.
The underlying cause of so-called Islamic terrorism is not Islam and therefore it cannot be "cured" by eliminating Islam or all Muslims, even if that were possible. Trying to win the "war against terror" by expelling Muslims from Western societies is like to trying to win the "war against poverty" by exterminating poor people. Mindbogglingly imbecilic, downright evil and utterly unworkable.
So-called Islamic terrorism should be called Blowback terrorism because that is truly what it is: blowback against previous Halliburton terrorism (and going back even further, blowback against previous Colonial/Imperialistic terrorism – for example by the French in Syria). Unless we admit to and address the underlying causes, we will never achieve any solutions.
The real solutions require that we be more conciliatory, courageous and cooperative across tribal lines than we have ever been in history, to join forces with moderate humane and humanitarian people of all persuasions to combat the agenda of the fanatical extremists, whether those fanatics be from the Muslim, Christian, Jewish or Corporate world. We cannot expect our Muslim communities to expunge the criminal extremists in their midst, unless we first expunge the state/corporate war criminals in our midst.
Unfortunately due to the default reptilian and tribal mindset of the masses who are easily brainwashed, polarised and terrified by the sensationalistic manipulative corporate media, and because of the existing power structures in the world, none of the above will ever happen and we will therefore never defeat the terrorists.
"There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth." – Louis Farrakhan
"Justice cannot be for one side alone but must be for both" – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Proportion of Muslims in 2010: France 7.5%, UK 4.6%, US 0.8%, Australia 1.9% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country#
Peshmerga is Kurdish for "one who faces death"
Words US 'think-tank-land' dare not speak
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Winston Churchill once said, "I feel lonely without a war." He also badly missed the loss of empire. Churchill's successor – the 'Empire of Chaos' – now faces the same quandary. Some wars – as in Ukraine, by proxy – are not going so well.
And the loss of empire increasingly manifests itself in myriad moves by selected players aiming towards a multipolar world.
So no wonder US 'Think Tankland' is going bonkers, releasing wacky CIA-tinted "forecasts" where Russia is bound to disintegrate, and China is turning into a communist dictatorship. So much (imperial) wishful thinking, so little time to prolong hegemony.
The acronym that all these "forecasts" dare not reveal is BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). BRICS is worse than the plague as far as the 'Masters of the Universe' that really control the current – rigged – world system are concerned. True, the BRICS are facing multiple problems. Brazil at the moment is totally paralyzed; a long, complex, self-defeating process, now coupled with intimations of regime change by local 'Empire of Chaos' minions. It will take time, but Brazil will rebound.
That leaves the "RIC" – Russia, India and China – in BRICS as the key drivers of change. For all their interlocking discrepancies, they all agree they don't need to challenge the hegemon directly while aiming for a new multipolar order.
The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) – a key alternative to the IMF enabling developing nations to get rid of the US dollar as a reserve currency – will be operative by the end of this year. The NDB will finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects not only in the BRICS nations but other developing nations. Forget about the Western-controlled World Bank, whose capital and lending capacity are never increased by the so-called Western "powers." The NDB will be an open institution. BRICS nations will keep 55 percent of the voting power, and outside their domain no country will be allowed more than 7 percent of votes. But crucially, developing nations may also become partners and receive loans.
Damn those communists
A tripartite entente cordiale is also in the making. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in China next May – and 'Chindia' will certainly engage in a breakthrough concerning their bitter territorial disputes. As much as Delhi has a lot to benefit from China's massive capital investment and exports, Beijing wants to profit from India's vast market and technology savvy. In parallel, Beijing has already volunteered economic help to Russia – if Moscow asks for it – on top of their evolving strategic partnership.
The US "pivoting to Asia" – launched at the Pentagon – is all dressed up with no place to go. Bullying Southeast Asia, South Asia and, for that matter, East Asia as a whole into becoming mere 'Empire of Chaos' vassals – and on top of it confronting China – was always a non-starter. Not to mention believing in the fairy tale of a remilitarized Japan able to "contain" China.
Isolating the "communist dictatorship" won't fly. Just watch, for instance, the imminent high-speed rail link between Kunming, in Yunnan province, and Singapore, traversing a key chunk of a Southeast Asia which for Washington would never qualify to be more than a bunch of client states. The emerging 21st century Asia is all about interconnection; and the inexorable sun in this galaxy is China.
As China has embarked in an extremely complex tweaking of its economic development model, as I outlined here, China's monopoly of low-end manufacturing – its previous industrial base – is migrating across the developing world, especially around the Indian Ocean basin. Good news for the Global South – and that includes everyone from African nations such as Kenya and Tanzania to parts of Southeast Asia and Latin America.
Of course the 'Empire of Chaos', business-wise, won't be thrown out of Asia. But its days as an Asian hegemon, or a geopolitical Mob offering "protection", are over.
The Chinese remix of Go West, Young Man – in fact go everywhere – started as early as 1999. Of the top 10 biggest container ports in the world, no less than 7 are in China (the others are Singapore, Rotterdam, and Pusan in South Korea). As far as the 12th Chinese 5-year plan – whose last year is 2015 – is concerned, most of the goals of the seven technology areas China wanted to be in the leading positions have been achieved, and in some cases even superseded.
The Bank of China will increasingly let the yuan move more freely against the US dollar. It will be dumping a lot of US dollars every once in a while. The 20-year old US dollar peg will gradually fade. The biggest trading nation on the planet, and the second largest economy simply cannot be anchored to a single currency. And Beijing knows very well how a dollar peg magnifies any external shocks to the Chinese economy.
Sykes-Picot is us
There have been rumblings that the remixed Sykes is Obama and the remixed Picot is Putin. Not really. It's the 'Empire of Chaos' that is actually acting as the new Sykes-Picot, directly and indirectly reconfiguring the "Greater Middle East." Former NATO capo Gen. Wesley Clark has recently "revealed" what everyone already knew; the ISIS/ISIL/Daesh fake Caliphate is financed by "close allies of the United States," as in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Israel. Compare that with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon admitting that ISIS "does not represent a threat to Israeli interests." Daesh does the unraveling of Sykes-Picot for the US.
The 'Empire of Chaos' actively sought the disintegration of Iraq, Syria and especially Libya. And now, leading the House of Saud, "our" bastard in charge King Salman is none other than the former, choice jihad recruiter for Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, the Afghan Salafist who was the brains behind both Osama bin Laden and alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.
This is classic 'Empire of Chaos' in motion (exceptionalists don't do nation building, just nation splintering). And there will be plenty of nasty, nation-shattering sequels, from the Central Asian stans to Xinjiang in China, not to mention festering, Ukraine, a.k.a Nulandistan.
Parts of Af-Pak could well turn into a branch of ISIS/ISIL/Daesh right on the borders of Russia, India, China, and Iran. From an 'Empire of Chaos' perspective, this potential bloodbath in the "Eurasian Balkans" – to quote eminent Russophobe Dr. Zbig "Grand Chessboard" Brzezinski – is the famous "offer you can't refuse."
Russia and China, meanwhile, will keep betting on Eurasian integration; strengthening the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and their own internal coordination inside the BRICS; and using plenty of intel resources to go after The Caliph's goons.
And as much as the Obama administration may be desperate for a final nuclear deal with Iran, Russia and China got to Tehran first. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Tehran two weeks ago; stressing Iran is one of China's "foreign policy priorities" and of great "strategic importance." Sooner rather than later Iran will be a member of the SCO. China already does plenty of roaring trade with Iran, and so does Russia, selling weapons and building nuclear plants.
And then there's the German question.
Germany now exports 50 percent of its GDP. It used to be only 24 percent in 1990. For the past 10 years, half of German growth depended on exports. Translation: this is a giant economy that badly needs global markets to keep expanding. An ailing EU, by definition, does not fit the bill.
German exports are changing their recipient address. Only 40 percent – and going down – now goes to the EU; the real growth is in Asia. So Germany, in practice, is moving away from the eurozone. That does not entail Germany breaking up the euro; that would be interpreted as a nasty betrayal of the much-lauded "European project."
What the trade picture unveils is the reason for Germany's hardball with Greece: either you surrender, completely, or you leave the euro. What Germany wants is to keep a partnership with France and dominate Eastern Europe as an economic satellite, relying on Poland. So expect Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy to face a German wall of intransigence. So much for European "integration," it works as long as Germany dictates all the rules.
The spanner in the works is that the double fiasco Greece + Ukraine has been exposing. Berlin as an extremely flawed European hegemon – and that's quite an understatement. Berlin suddenly woke up to the real, nightmarish possibility of a full blown, American-instigated war in Europe's eastern borderlands against Russia. No wonder Angela Merkel had to fly to Moscow in a hurry.
Moscow – diplomatically – was the winner. And Russia won again when Turkey – fed up with trying to join the EU and being constantly blocked by, who else, Germany and France – decided to pivot to Eurasia for good, ignoring NATO and amplifying relations with both Russia and China.
That happened in the framework of a major 'Pipelineistan' game-changer. After Moscow cleverly negotiated the realignment of South Stream towards Turk Stream, right up to the Greek border, Putin and Greek Prime Minister Tsipras also agreed to a pipeline extension from the Turkish border across Greece to southern Europe. So Gazprom will be firmly implanted not only in Turkey but also Greece, which in itself will become mightily strategic in European 'Pipelineistan'.
So Germany, sooner or later, must answer a categorical imperative – how to keep running massive trade surpluses while dumping their euro trade partners. The only possible answer is more trade with Russia, China and East Asia. It will take quite a while, and there will be many bumps on the road, but a Berlin-Moscow-Beijing trade/commercial axis – or the "RC" in BRICS meet Germany – is all but inevitable.
And no, you won't read that in any wacky US 'Think Tankland' "forecast."
Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007), Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge (Nimble Books, 2007), and Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009).


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This dress was bought at David's Bridal in Paradise Valley. I loved it because it is a simple A-line with a train that is just long enough to be fancy but not too cumbersome. It has five bustle ties so it can be danced in too. I wore it to the reception, and danced in it. For that reason the hemline got a little dirty, but I barely got a chance to eat so the rest of it is still pretty clean. It is zipper back, so that is convenient, but the zipper doesn't look tacky.
As you can see, the original price was $650, and I'm asking $400. This is because I am also including the crinoline and the bridal bra (32B), but I don't remember what their original cost was.
I want the buyer to know that I am still happily married to the groom; I'm just selling the dress now because it seems like we won't have kids, so there isn't really anyone I'm saving it for.
My left shoulder is higher than my right, so the shoulders were taken in to reflect that. Also I was really skinny when I got married (not anymore, lol) so the waist got taken in a little.
The dress has not been cleaned yet, and was just stored in a box in my closet for 4 years. However, since it is 100% polyester, it hasn't discolored at all. The pictures where the dress is hanging show how it looks now. I will get the dress professionally dry-cleaned before handing it off to its new owner.
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Today marks Local Charities Day. This year I have chosen to share my Christmas Wishes with you here and donate the funds I would normally spend on Christmas cards to one of our many fantastic local charities.
As a Member of Parliament, my favourite part of my job is getting to help you, my constituents, with issues that matter to you. This year I have travelled to all corners of Selby and Ainsty to meet with residents, assisting with a variety of issues and gathering views on a wide range of topics.
The hot topic of the year has, understandably, been Brexit. As we edge closer towards Britain's formal exit from the European Union on 29th March 2019 the government is working hard to secure the best deal for Britain. With almost 60% of my constituents voting to leave the EU, I know that this is an important issue in our part of North Yorkshire. If you have any questions or comments throughout the negotiation process, please do not hesitate to contact me, I am always happy to hear from constituents.
Sadly, throughout 2017 we have witnessed several horrific acts of terror across our nation. I am proud of the way our country has united in the wake of these tragedies, supporting each other and showing that terror will not win. I would like to pay tribute to our fantastic emergency services – locally and nationally – who work tirelessly to protect and care for us every day.
I would like to give a particular mention to PC Keith Palmer, who tragically lost his life during the Westminster terror attack on 22nd March. PC Palmer paid the ultimate sacrifice to guarantee the safety of myself, my colleagues, and my staff team in Westminster, for which we are all immensely grateful.
Locally, planning has been a popular topic this year. Whilst I cannot interfere in planning decisions, I endeavour to obtain the views of local residents and represent these in a written submission to the application wherever appropriate. I have also continued to push for step free access at Selby Station.
I was pleased to see Tadcaster host the start of the second leg of the Tour de Yorkshire this year, and to see the boost this has given to cycling in the area. This follows on from Selby hosting a previous start and I'm also delighted that race organisers have also responded positively to my request for next year's race to again use part of my constituency on the route. An increase in the cycling and tourism industry has contributed to the economic growth we have seen locally, and I am proud that the constituency has record levels of employment. Throughout the year I have spoken to residents who have found new jobs or apprenticeships, some of whom as a result of my Selby District Jobs Fair.
As a Yorkshireman I take great pride in our sense of community, and I would like to thank all those who work so hard to make our towns and villages what they are. From volunteers to teachers, NHS staff to foster parents, carers to public representatives, our communities are full of people working tirelessly to ensure they thrive. I am pleased to have visited many of our great NHS facilities throughout the year, as well as our local schools. I am proud, as I know many of you are, of the brilliant changes and improvements to our schools, enabling more of our children and young people to attend good schools.
As we near the end of the year, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful time with friends and family, and that 2018 brings you all that you wish for. I am, as ever, always pleased to hear from constituents and encourage you to get in touch if I can be of any assistance.
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Major entertainment firms and movie studios commissioned specialized architects to build grandiose and extravagant theaters.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for not adhering to the schedule for granting recognition to institutions and not intimating this to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University in Uttar Pradesh, thereby endangering prospects of the students.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for not adhering to the schedule for granting recognition to institutions and not intimating this to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University in Uttar Pradesh, thereby endangering prospects of the students.
"We can be exemplarily ruthless in dealing with any flouting of our order," an apex court vacation bench of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Amitava Roy said during the course of the hearing, indicating that it may issue 'contempt of court' notice on the concerned officers.
"I am willing to issue the contempt of court (notice) to the officers," the bench said.
"You (AICTE) don't know how ruthless we can be if we realise you are hurting the future of the students of 608 institutions," Justice Roy said taking exception to AICTE leaving just eight days for the university to decide on the application by the institutions seeking its affiliation.
Pointing out that the court could not be taken for a ride or held to "ransom" by projecting the cause of the student to hide their own failures, Justice Roy said: "(Do you think) We are sitting here for nothing? I strongly feel about it."
Pointing out that the AICTE acted in the matter casually and without adhering to the calendar fixed by the court in December 2012, the bench said there was serious laxity in following the time frame.
The bench asked the AICTE to file an affidavit explaining the delay in intimating the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University about the recognition granted by it to 612 institutions. Of these, 608 are old and four are new.
Based on the reply by AICTE, which is the regulator of technical education in the country, the court would decide "cost and damages" to be imposed on it, the court said. The court gave AICTE one week's time to file the affidavit.
The apex court by its December 13, 2012 order had set a schedule for grant of recognition to institutions which AICTE failed to adhered to.
The court had then said: "Both grant/refusal of approval and admission schedule shall be strictly adhered to by all the authorities concerned including the AICTE, university, state government and any other authority directly or indirectly connected with the grant of approval and admission" and "no person or authority shall have the power or jurisdiction to vary the schedule".
In the instant case, the bench extended the time till June 10 for the university to decide on the applications seeking affiliation. However, the court said that it was a one-time exception, considering the peculiarity of the case and should not be a treated as a precedent.
Appearing for the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Amitesh Kumar told the court that AICTE was to intimate the university about the recognition granted by it to 612 institutions by April 11 which it did 25 days later on May 7 at 7.00 p.m.
He told the court that May 7 was a Saturday, thereby pointing out any follow-up action by the university for the processing of applications for the grant of affiliation to these institutions commenced only on May 9.
Seeking an extension of time for the processing of the applications for the grant of affiliation, Amitesh Kumar told the court that rest of the admission process would be strictly in accordance with the schedule fixed by the apex court by its judgement of December 13, 2012.
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Do you have any pests crawling around your house? Are there any spiders, bugs, snakes, or slugs that you just can't eliminate? If there are, you don't have to live with them any longer. You'll find out how to solve all of your pest problems with the tips in this article.
Eliminate pests naturally. Sometimes you don't need to resort to chemicals to control pests. Removing sources of water, food and shelter is one way to get rid of them. This is particularly effective in the case of rodents. If you have pets, don't leave food or water bowls outside, and ensure that you don't have any holes or cracks in the exterior of your home.
Are ants infesting your house? A mixture of borax and sugar can help you eliminate ants from your home. The sugar lures the ants in with its sweet smell, while the borax kills them dead. All you need is a cup of both sugar and borax and a jar. Poke holes through the lid and then sprinkle the mixture around the foundation of your home and along baseboards.
Make sure that every single night, you do the dishes in a dishwater or at least wash the food off of the dishes in the sink. The last thing that you will want to do is leave food in the sink, which can be a breeding ground for insects to come in your home.
If you live on a farm and have a problem with mice, or even rats, consider getting a couple outdoor cats to provide natural pest control. Make sure the cats have not been declawed, and have access to every part of the outdoor buildings. Make sure to provide food and water to the cats because they will still catch mice even if they are not hungry.
Before you attempt to get rid of any pests, you must identify them. Not knowing what kind of pests you're dealing with can lead to using ineffective methods or methods that make the situation worse. By properly identifying the type of pests you're dealing with, you can develop control measures that can get rid of them.
Make your own inexpensive ant traps using boric acid and sweet liquid. Mix a couple of tablespoons of boric acid powder into a cup of honey, molasses, or simple syrup. Pour the mixture into bottle caps or shallow plastic lids. Place these traps in areas where you have seen ants, but keep them out of the reach of children and pets.
Make sure your home's roof and water sills are draining properly. Standing water can lead to pests. If you've got puddles forming that just won't go away, look to the root cause and fix it. Sometimes it's as easy as cleaning out a gutter. Otherwise, you may get more unwanted visitors than you bargained for.
Now that you have the tips from this article, it's time to take back your home. You don't have to live in fear from the pest that have taken residence in your house. Show them who's boss by using the pest control information you've gained. They'll be sorry they ever messed with you.


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Hidden behind tall fencing on a 725m2 (approx) block in a quiet residential enclave within paces of the local shopping strip and the beach, this 3 bedroom renovator is brimming with potential to restore to its former seaside glory or redevelop into contemporary townhouses (STCA).
Transporting you back to the 1970s with its thick shag carpeting and kitsch wallpaper, the brick-veneer home flaunts excellent bones for an exciting modern refurbishment offering an open-concept living area adjoining an original kitchen with gas stove through saloon doors, while the full family bathroom with shower, tub and 2-way toilet through the laundry will come up a treat with a glamorous update.
With timber floorboards waiting to be restored beneath the carpet, the classic design places 3 bedrooms down the hall, with a luminous master bedroom with bay window already stripped down to the timber boards to hint at the potential throughout.
Directly adjacent the Kananook Creek Reserve with the beach just beyond, the residence sits among pretty floral gardens within walking distance to Crackerjack Beachfront Bistro, the Riviera Hotel, Seaford North Primary, Patterson River Secondary and Carrum train station.


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STRANGER BY THE LAKE (L'inconnu du lac) B+
France (97 mi) 2013 'Scope d: Alain Guiraudie Website Trailer
France (97 mi) 2013 'Scope d: Alain Guiraudie Website Trailer
A sexually explicit film that might qualify as porn noir, where if there is an insatiable public appetite for watching gay sex onscreen, this is the film of choice, as the salacious titillation is just the preliminary course, so to speak, only part of what evolves into a modernist existential thriller, one that evokes a darkening mood of murder and enveloping danger. What's immediately apparent is the meticulous precision of the film, which gives pause for reflection, as it does exhibit a rare intelligence, but the overly detached, deeply repressive territory may be too subtle for most viewers, as this minimalist, near Bressonian exercise offers few clues as an intricately probing psychological thriller. What it does do is perfectly capture an enclosed space, a restricted territory, a perfectly secluded summer lake that becomes a haven for gay men to lie around naked on the beach, occasionally swimming, before pairing off in the nearby woods for actual unsimulated sex, where the director confines his camera to the same few locations, never once leaving the beach surroundings, becoming stiflingly claustrophobic, and eventually suffocating. The film's structure is built upon a carefully designed monotony of surface detail, where the rhythm is established through a series of repetitive routines, where the audience gets lulled to sleep by the familiarity, as each new day begins with the exact same camera shot of an approaching car searching for a spot to park in the small lot, then there's a short walk through the woods to the beach where unadorned figures are seen sporadically lying about sun-bathing nude, as friends politely acknowledge one another with kisses to the cheek as they arrive. While there's an interesting geometry to the way bodies remain at a careful distance from one another, perhaps more intriguing is the realization that this view of the beach can't be shot from anywhere except the middle of the lake, which becomes a disturbing point of view as the film unravels. The characteristic long shots and extended takes from cinematographer Claire Mathon are reminiscent of Michael Haneke's CACHÉ (2005), which invite the viewer to focus their attention on anything out of place and on carefully placed details.
The film is seen through the eyes of Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps), a twentysomething who is a regular at the beach, where we follow his vantage point even as he is swimming in the water, where his surveillance of the shoreline reveals a man sitting off to the side away from the others, Henri (Patrick d'Assumçao), a somewhat chubby but congenial outsider who remains clothed and never goes into the water, striking up an easygoing friendship, chatting each day until someone more desirous arrives. Henri is a recent widower, a reported bisexual who remains a picture of loneliness and solitude, never venturing to the cruising section of the beach, never talking to anyone except Franck, but often comments on gay behavior. Since there are so few doors into this enclosed culture, his insights are particularly welcome, even when offered so casually, as they offer a window into this tightly constricted universe. Franck's sexual interest perks up with the arrival of Michel (Christophe Paou), sort of a cross between Mark Spitz and Harry Reems, a muscular swimmer with a perfect physique, where everything about him is desirable, except he has a needy partner, with whom he disappears after a brief exchange. Later that evening, however, when Franck is alone in the woods overlooking the tranquil lake, he watches Michel drown his partner before swimming ashore. Despite the continuing presence of the murdered man's car in the lot and his beach towel and clothes on the beach, Franck remains silent about what he saw while entering into a furiously passionate, sexual affair with the killer, as if the murder was an aphrodisiac to his senses. As the relationship deepens, Franck attempts to expand it beyond the confines of the beach, but Michel continually rejects the notion, insisting his private life remain private. When the body washes ashore and the police begin asking questions, Franck is surprised when Michel shows no discomfort whatsoever over the loss of his partner.
Much like Henri, the Police Inspector (Jérôme Chappatte) offers curious insight into this secretive community, becoming a commentary on sad and empty lives that mechanically have sexual experiences with no lasting value, often without sharing names, as almost immediately, they're in need of sexual replenishment, routinely changing partners. The film bears an uncanny resemblance to Éric Rohmer's A SUMMER'S TALE (Conte d'été) 1996, especially the idyllic seaside location searching for love, becoming a summertime flirtation without the sexual explicitness, but featuring characters who are unable to make commitments and are constantly avoiding emotional connections. In this secluded spot on a picturesque lake, there is no real love or commitment, but an anonymous game of musical chairs, where man is often seen as a hunter surviving on animal instincts, searching out sexual conquests or liaisons, yet remaining imprisoned by the existential nature of remaining isolated and alone. Aware of the potential danger, or more likely excited by it, Franck ignores the advice of his friend Henri and indulges his passion, where an alarm bell goes off when Michel invites him into the water to go swimming, which all of a sudden exudes a sense of overwhelming danger. In the water, Michel is the alpha male, where all others must submit to his dominating physical prowess, becoming an object of obsession in Franck's eyes, who still remains hopelessly drawn to him. It's impossible to understand what possible self-justifying logic Franck uses where he's willing to risk death for a love he barely understands and instead feels controlled by, veering into the psychological void of amorality, questioning the limits of illicit sexual desire and the eroticism inherent in dangerous situations. The film appears heavily influenced by French writer/philosopher George Bataille, author of Christophe Honoré's MA MÈRE (2004), a transgressive work that equates base sexuality with the divine, where transcendence is achieved only through indulgence. Elaborating on a Sartrian No Exit theme, Guiraudie may be drawing upon a gay preoccupation with self loathing, failing to live up to "straight" society's conception of beauty and sex, and in pursuit of an ever elusive perfect erotic desire, may equate sexuality with a drive towards death (including anal sex without condoms), where in perhaps the scene of the film, Franck joins Michel *in* the lake at the scene of the crime, at the exact same evening hour when no one else is around. What happens afterwards only punctuates the intrusive presence of blackness that has pervaded Franck's desirous soul, like an otherworldly presence, forced to live in the self-imposed blindness of a murky void, where the director offers no comfort that there is any way out.


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To pay tribute to its active-duty and veteran students who are recipients of the Purple Heart medal and who made great sacrifices to ensure U.S. citizens' freedoms, Jacksonville University is dedicating two parking spots on campus in collaboration with the …Read More »
Student Veterans of America Cookout draws in JU community
I would like to thank our JU students, faculty, staff and alumni for the tremendous turnout at the Student Veterans of America Cookout this past Wednesday. The SVA team was pleasantly surprised by the attendance. The purpose was to help …Read More »
JU a top "Best for Vets College" on prestigious Military Times list
Jacksonville University has been selected among the top schools on the Military Times "Best for Vets Colleges 2017" list, the most prestigious of such designations.
The eighth annual rankings are based on results of Military Times' comprehensive school-by-school survey of …Read More »
Senior VP Michael Fleming honored with Kevin F. Delaney Hall of Fame Award
For his positive impact on the Jacksonville community, Brigadier General (ret) Mike Fleming, Senior Vice President for University Relations and Development, is this year's winner of the Kevin F. Delaney Hall of Fame Award presented by the JAX Chamber.
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"Everything we do, we do together" – A time to grow bonds for football team at Camp Blanding
By Sheri Webber
Summer training for college football can look like a lot of different things. With 50 incoming team members, all new to the JU Dolphins, this year's camp needed to accomplish many things—getting to know the player on …Read More »
'K9s for Warriors: Making a Difference' is topic of talk Nov. 10
From Marine Corps Officer Candidate School to two Afghanistan tours to promoting animal therapy for veterans, Becca Melesky has always been up for a challenge.
The Jacksonville University Doctor of Business Administration candidate will give a free talk on "K9s …Read More »
A JU student's winning app at 'HackaJax' may unite city as never before
How do you solve the riddle of bringing together a sprawling city of nearly one million people, from dozens of separate neighborhoods and diverse subgroups, to help residents find a common bond and unique culture?
Turns out, there may be …Read More »
Former JU athlete Haywood Range builds a following as he forges gold from tragedy at Warrior Games
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"I never had a Plan A or B … I thought life just worked itself out," said Haywood Range III.
But after struggling through college, missing important opportunities and becoming increasingly unable to provide for himself, Range …Read More »
Honoring those who serve: Military Appreciation Day Saturday at Milne Field
Continuing its commitment as one of the most military-friendly schools in America, Jacksonville University hosts its annual Military Appreciation Football Game at noon Saturday, Oct. 15, at Milne Field vs. defending Pioneer Football League champion Dayton.
The game is dedicated …Read More »
Nursing students awarded STAR Scholarships funded by Kirbo Charitable Foundation
School of Nursing students Taylor Mulligan and Ivagba Adeoye have been awarded STAR scholarships for Summer 2016 funded by a $25,000 gift to the University from the Thomas M. & Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Foundation.
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Who doesn't want to illustrate the ultimate victory over death, over sin?
There is no greater place in history. No better example of what looked like the end being the beginning of true life and freedom. God always has a plan, period. God is always working. He works everything for our good. We can never look at things, events, even ourselves, the way the world does. In God's economy, death of one thing brings life and wings to a new and greater path. This is His way. I am so grateful. It's where the hope of my heart dwells.
When Shanna Noel of Illustrated Faith shared the Easter printables, I knew I had to use the beautiful cross in my Bible. I thought it would be fun to share how I made the page. (Hint: if you don't want to miss free printables, sign up for the Illustrated Faith Newsletter)
I started by printing and cutting out the printables.
Added a bit of my own art. I have been working through Daniel Donaldson's All Creatures Lovely and Small Workshop and I just love, love her ideas with watercolor squares. You will be seeing lots of these in the future. Anyway, I punched out a butterfly. A symbol of new life, freedom, victory and beauty in Christ.
I laid out my pieces on the page. I chose to illustrate in Matthew 28.
I loved Valerie Wibbens' "Risen" so I slipped it behind my Bible page and traced it. I used my Faber Castell Pens to highlight the story of the angel telling the women, "He is not here, He has RISEN!"
I had my Illustrated Faith Bible mat sitting out and decided to trace the random crosses onto my page. I added additional texture with Gina Lideros' stamp and gold highlights using my gel pen.
I adhered the printables on the page and then I made a "mistake." I scribbled around the images.
I normally like the imperfect look of scribbles but I didn't like how is made the Risen seem fuzzy. Mistakes and disappointments are always an opportunity to learn! Perfection is NOT the goal. Worship and spending time dwelling in His Word is. Breathe. Focus on Him. Enter gel pens.
The introduction of color to the scribbles reminds me of constant movement toward beauty, toward victory.
Continuing lesson for me.... "If you don't like something, push through, learn, and embrace His plan."
A finished journaling page is more than an illustration to me. It represents a journey. And every page in this precious Bible is a visual and tactile adventure and reminder of Him and of His voice speaking over me. It reminds me daily that I am on His journey and I am never alone. It reminds me, just as the butterfly does…to not despair, to not give up. It reminds me to focus on the hope of His ultimate victory over all things that are not right. He wants His children to fly with the beautiful wings of resurrection and freedom and not remain wrapped in the cocoon of despair.
Lord, help me not to despair when I see what I perceive as failure, death, and defeat. Help me to rejoice knowing you are working out your plan of victory and beauty in all things.
Happy Easter friends!
Grace and peace,
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Aide au développement : sommes-nous plus ou moins solidaires ?
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- Guillaume Daudin & Bruno Ventelou, 2003. "Aide au développement. Sommes-nous plus ou moins solidaires ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 85(2), pages 297-310.
- Guillaume Daudin & Bruno Ventelou, 2003. "Aide au développement: Sommes-nous plus ou moins solidaires ?," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/689, Sciences Po.
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- William Easterly, 2002. "The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262550423, March.
- Kindleberger, Charles P, 1986. "International Public Good without International Government," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 76(1), pages 1-13, March.
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- F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
- O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
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