text:
January 17 2016
By John Nazareth
Every year the Archdiocese of Toronto invites one of the communities in Toronto to organize the special Mass. This year in their strategy meeting one of the Bishops recommended that the Goan community be asked because of its strong leadership and organizational skill set. Thanks goes to the Canadian Goan Christian Group and the Goan Overseas Association for organizing the wonderful event.
What a delight it was for the all people of Goan origin to have the opportunity of celebrating the Mass presided over by Cardinal Thomas Collins – and on what an auspicious day – one day after the feast day of the Goan saint Father Joseph Vaz. The Mass was attended by over 500 people, including dignitaries such as: Her Worship Bonnie Crombie – Mayor of Mississauga, Honorable Rona Ambrose – Federal Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Peter Fonseca – Liberal MP, Councillor Joe Mihevc (representing Toronto Mayor John Tory), Shelly White CEO of the United Way, Peel Police Chief Jennifer Evans, and Deputy Chief, and the ever popular former Mayor of Mississauga – Hazel McCallion. There was a special honor guard organized by the Knights of Columbus. We were also graced with the presence of the Rector of St. Augustine's Seminary Fr. Edwin Gonsalves who brought along several Goan seminarians.
After the Mass the congregation was treated to speeches by the dignitaries in the Parish Hall and some sumptuous snacks. The leaders of the hosts – Dr. Colin Saldanha of the CGCG and Selwyn Collaco – President of the GOA, led off by welcoming the Cardinal and all attendees in the celebration of this wonderful feast instituted by Pope Francis. They recollected that this feast was personal for the Goan community recalling that Canada welcomed South Asian refugees from Uganda in 1972 among whom were a sizeable number of Goans including many in the hall.
The Cardinal talked about the significance of the feast, and expressed his appreciation for the Goan community for their faith and hard work within the Church in the Archdiocese.
All the other dignitaries took turns in praising the work of the Church, and the role played by Cardinal Collins – whose birthday it was the day before, and recalling that Canada was known to be built by immigrants. They all remembered that as we speak Canada was welcoming a new batch of refugees from Syria. We were also treated to some wonderful Goan traditional dances and songs which were much appreciated by all.
Thank you CGCG and GOA, and all who attended, Goans, Mangaloreans, East Indians, Anglo Indians and many others. Thank you Pastor Fr. Marc-Andre Campbell (who was away) and Associate Pastor Fr. Joseph Alozie for the use of St. Joseph's. And in a special way, thank you to Canada and all Canadians for being welcoming to migrants and refugees.
For photographs of the event- click here.
Press coverage on our 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees celebration. Catholic Register Snapd.com Daijiworld.com


text:
Force of Destiny Trailer (2015)
"A journey of love on a transplant waiting list." 07 March 2015 Drama 92 mins
A journey of love and hope, of courage and sacrifice, and one man's miraculous salvation through a life-saving liver transplant. FORCE OF DESTINY is a story of survival inspired by Paul Cox's personal experiences and his recent book Tales From the Cancer Ward.
Watch the official Force of Destiny 2015 trailer in HD below or find more Force of Destiny videos on Vidimovie.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
A spacious, bright and comfortable city apartment, good location with a walking distance to the city centre and to the sea side and green areas. In the kitchen there is an ellipse table, that can seat 4-6 people. Double doors to the balcony, 2 m x 1.70 m towards a quiet inner yard, flower garden and BBQ. Living room, TV and media table, writing desk, leather sofa which includes a day bed.
A king size bed, 140 cm, sleeps 2. The 3 persons sitting sofa plus a day bed 105x160 cm, sleeps 2.
The building is from 1908 and typical for the area with its charm. Kungsholmen is popular due to the city atmosphere including many international restaurants, some owned by famous Swedish chefs, great shopping, Västermalmsgallerian, saluhall and several supermarkets just around the corner from the apartment. Great recreation areas in walking distance in Norr Mälarstrand and Ralambshovs park. Frequent cultural and musical events, two main churches. Walking distance to Södermalm in south and Vasastan in north.
Il Forno Italian Restaurant, Indian Lord, Petit France (french cuisine, popular, nice atmosphere), Gran Pa, English Pubs, Salu hall St Eriksplan, Västermalmsgallerian, Kungsholmen Church, Kronobergs Park, Rålambshov park.
Airport Bus from Arlanda, direction Liljeholmen-Arlanda, bus stop at Fridhemsplan 45 min, walk 100 m to the apartment at Fridhemsgatan.
Arlanda Express A-train takes 20 min and stops at the Central Station, take bus 1 (from Kungsgatan), or subway to Fridhemsplan (exit Drottninggatan) or take a taxi to Fridhemsgatan which will take 5 minutes and should not cost more than 200 SEK (ask the price before entering the taxi).
Frequent bus and subway connections with City center, bus stop at 100 m from the apartment. Blue bus 1 and 4, stops at 10 min from the apartment. Subway line St. Eriksplan and Fridhemsplan, 10 to 15 minutes from Central Station
To the airport 20.00km
To the metro 200 m
To the bus station 200 m
500 EUR security deposit for monthly bookings, payable directly to the apartment owner.
This will be replaced with the Google Map.
|Total for cleaning
|Total price
|Your name
|Your email
|Friend's email
|Your message
|Send a copy to me


text:
Before they were named...
View Single Post
August 11th, 2009, 10:27 PM
Mega Super Mommy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada.
Posts: 1,508
Before you chose your LO's name, did you have any other names in mind?
Before we knew we were having a boy, we had Holden, Camden, Auden, and Ezikiel on our list. We discouvered the name Koen around the same time I had my gender u/s, and settled on his name shortly after. The mn was going to be either Hayden or Ezra, but I decided to add my Dh's name instead (Philip).
What would they have been named if they were the opposite gender?
His name would have been Amelie Essa.
What would your name have been if you were the opposite gender?
I'm not sure. I should ask my mom that. I know she wanted to name me Fair, but decided not to at the last minute.
View Public Profile
Find all posts by Wednesday


text:
Our friends down south at the AFL-CIO have developed a fantastic media training series for union communicators. The series has beginner, intermediate and advanced workshop topics. The series is free for folks affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and focuses on very specific and practical skills. Thanks Jessica Morales and others at the AFL-CIO for organizing! Videos of the webinars can be accessed by all.
Some of the workshops include:
- SMS text practices
- Social media
- Video
- Email list management
- Online ads best practices and more.


text:
14 years after the first Austin Powers hit theaters in 1997, Mike Myers has signed on to star in the fourth installment in the franchise. This news comes after nearly a decade since Austin Powers in Goldmember, the last film in the franchise, hit theaters in 2002.
Hitfix.com reports that Mike Myers has signed on to be both the writer and star in the upcoming film as the person we've come to know a love — a silly British spy who fights evil and yet is a ladies man.
The title of the film is still not revealed. Nor is the director, but the hope is that Jay Roach, the director of the original three flicks, will be making a return.
Myers has not starred in a live action film since 2008's The Love Guru, which he helped write and produce. The film, however, was considered a flop both critically and financially and left many of his fans wondering if he still had it and if he was still serious about his career.
Austin Powers in Goldmember was considered to be the final installment of the film in 2002, but the film was a financial success, drawing the best box office of all three films — a rarity in franchises as films usually take dips after initial success. With reviving movies and television shows a hot commodity these days, Austin Powers seems like one of those that are getting a reboot.


text:
The Best 1992 Airshows
1992 · Canoga Park, CA
Canoga Park, CA: Challenge, 1992. Fine. First thus. Fine in pictorial stiff paper covers. Information about each airshow, articles on how to enjoy an airshow, etc. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. (Inventory #: 141487)


text:
Alexander Wang x H&M Shot Glass - Black
Exclusive designer pieces for less!
Packaged in its original box - a great gift idea!
From the highly anticipated collaboration between the Swedish retail giant and NYC's king of Downtown cool, H&M and Alexander Wang have created a unique, futuristic and edgy collection full of sports influences. From thick pullover sweatshirts and mesh-panelled leggings to sports accessories like boxing gloves and yoga mats, each piece stands out boasting top-quality materials custom-blended in Italy with WANG branded, of course!
- Alexander Wang x H&M collection
- Design: Low Rise Scuba Look Boot
- Ideal for table, kitchen & mantelpiece displays
- For decorative purposes only
- Materials: Ceramic
- Dimensions (approx. cm): 5.5 x 8
- Country of origin: China
Customer Reviews
5 Star
4 Star
3 Star
2 Star
1 Star


text:
Date: March 23, 2017
Expired Ad
This ad expired onmore_vert
March 30, 2017 (297 days ago)
March 30, 2017 (297 days ago)
Park Avenue Manor
Call 905-333-3323Directions
Get directions to thisWebsite
location on Google Maps.
location on Google Maps.
Open website
in new tab.
in new tab.
burlington my home my Park Avenue Manor residents Helen, Kay and Billie at Hidden Valley Park Your neighbour in Burlington for over 25 years PARK AVENUE MANOR Come See Us! Please call Kathy at 905-333-3323 Discover why retirement living at for more information Park Avenue Manor is about living fully, every day. 924 Park Avenue W Book your Burlington, ON tour today.


text: Body Weight Loss Service In Edwardsville - Other Classified Ads in Glen Carbon Dr. Robert L. Wise, has joined her in practice. Dr. Wise is a Chiropractor with over 15 years of experience running a Wellness practice. He is an expert at quick relief for back and neck pain from car accidents, as well as sports and work injuries. He uses Acupuncture to treat a variety of conditions (from hot flashes to irritable bowel) which provides an alternative to prescription drugs. Last Updated May 27, 2016 Category Other Location 110 cottonwood Rd, Glen Carbon, Illinois Show Map Website drrobertwise.com/ More Info Find Other in Glen Carbon IL Send Message Share This Classified With Your Social Networks Subscribe to this RSS Feed Keywords Location: Category: Report Ad Member Spotlight John Passmore Graphicsbully.com Web Designer View Profile | Browse Other Members Business Spotlight PHIL'S EXCAVATING Http://philsexcavating.com View Profile | Browse Other Businesses


text: Tried to get it all in the title. Anyone remember a case like this and had their raise in the vacation check that is issued 2 weeks early? Talking a $500+ difference in the scenario of going from the 2nd year rate to top rate day 1 of vacation. Thanks for any insight.


text: > I said, "When you're replacing > it, why not put in a neoprene gasket?" "Because they don't make them > for these cars." > > Hmmmmmmm. From your post I would say this wasn't true. So, what > make of gasket can I use and where can I find one? And is replacing > one yourself as easy as it would appear? Or are there some things I > should know about. TIA I know at least Blaufergnügen has them; they may or may not be available as a standard Audi part, but you don't want to get it at the dealer anyway. I paid $20 for a neoprene valve cover gasket made by Elring, which is apparently one of the standard gasket manufacturers. Replacing it is as easy as it looks -- just be sure not to overtorque the nuts. It's a very low spec, I think 10 Nm. I cross-torque them as with head bolts; you don't have to, but it ca'n't hurt. Vorsprung durch Technik, eh? -- Shields. ['86 Coupe GT]


text:
Calafia's children; the California Heritage Poetry Curriculum, 1983-84
Oakland: Oakland Unified School District, 1983. 160p., wraps. Multicultural anthology for teaching poetry, with teachers Deborah Major, Opal Palmer, Carol Lee Sanchez, Kitty Tsui, and many others contributing.
Cat.No: 111381
Price: $15.00
See all items in California, Education, Multicultural studies, Oakland, California, Poetry
See all items by John Oliver Simon, ed


text:
When we opened our doors in 1976, Gingerbread Corner provided the first after-school care scheme in the UK - and probably the first in Europe.
We started to look after under fives in 1984, and now provide care for nearly 200 children a day in a spacious, accessible and purpose built child-care centre.
Providing a safe and fun learning environment for children aged between three months and 11 years, with experience caring for children with disabilities and individual requirements.
We have a soft play room, sensory room & garden, four dedicated nursery rooms, an Adventure Playground and many other special rooms. Our children enjoy a variety of home-made meals for lunch and snack which take into account the children's dietary needs.
Because Gingerbread Corner is a charity, we offer discounts based on your household salary income so, the less you earn the less you pay. To help you that little bit more, we also offer a discount for siblings and all military personnel, NHS staff and emergency workers.
Many of our "ex-children" have returned as parents - and quite a few as staff members - and I can't think of a better testimonial to our services and our continuity of care.
Sue Dzendzera
Chief Executive
Take the tour of our building
click here
Ofsted Registration Number 124925
Certificate available here
Our latest Annual Report & Accounts
Click here
What we offer
Full Time Nursery Places
- For 66 children aged 3 months to 5 years old, across four nursery rooms, with free flow access to gardens and play areas.
- Open from 7.45 - 6.30 p.m. every weekday, except bank holidays
Free Pre-school
- Robins Pre-school runs 15 hours per week, 9.30-12.30, term-time, with free flow access to the play terrace
- Free of charge
Breakfast Club
- Breakfast starts at 7.45am. Leaving at 8.30 for school drop off.
After School Care
- Registered for 100 children aged 5 to 11 years. Facilities include a Craft Room, Hall, Play Terrace, Games Room, Lounge, IT suite and a Den for under eights
Holiday Care Scheme
- Care for 5 to 11 year olds during school holidays.
Facilities Available for Hire
- Our facilities are perfect for children's birthday parties
- More information is available on request or click here.


text:
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Mark on Chickpea Tacos–Revisited… Mark on Chickpea Pesto Sandwich Chickpea Tacos… on Roasted Chickpea Tacos Lemon Buttermilk Sco… on Lemon Ginger Scones Foodie Friday: Scram… on Tofu Scramble
Tag Archives: ginger
Lemon Ginger Scones
Finding this recipe was inspired by a most delicious scone I had at Teaism in DuPont Circle this week. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It was also served with this delicious coconut spread that was also … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged ginger, lemon, scones 1 Comment


text:
"We lost our biggest customer nine months ago, and with them, about 25% of our business. We have no marketing plan and nobody's focused on marketing."
This is a virtual company that started selling research paper formatting software to college students about 12 years ago. They grew into the market leader of a small but healthy niche by building a great product and being one of the first to do it. Word-of-mouth took care of the rest and let them focus on improving the product.
But there comes a time for every business when you need more than word-of-mouth; when you want to grow faster than your referrals can take. And this was their time.
They invited me in to be their Virtual Director of Marketing.
I asked a lot of questions, talked to a handful of customers and went through the process of searching for the type of software they build – – including a lot of time using their website as well as their competitors'.
The news was mostly good. Their customers loved them, they had the best product on the market and their website made it relatively easy to buy. But…
Their website didn't persuade.
If you weren't there because a classmate said you HAVE a buy their software, chances are you wouldn't buy their software. They just weren't telling their story. The Google Adwords campaign had been running essentially unattended since it was first installed. And while it was generating sales, the cost per sale was $26.19 (on a $29.95 product). Ouch!
Plus, they weren't in conversation with their customers.
No real engagement. They dearly love their customers, they bend over backwards for them, but there was no ongoing communication – – no engagement. No relationship building.
The happy ending is that every semester since we started working together has been the biggest semester in the company's history (the business spikes twice a year at the beginning of each college semester).
So, how did we do it?
We made a couple of big changes:
- we fixed their website;
- we fixed their Adwords campaign;
- and we started communicating with their loyal customer base on a regular basis.
But mostly, we started chipping away on a weekly basis at all things marketing – – the dozens of little things that make or break the customer experience.
I doubt we'll ever be finished (are you ever finished?), but what they're spending on marketing has actually gone down, sales are up and continue to grow, their story is being told much more clearly and more students each semester are telling their friends and classmates what a fantastic piece of software the company makes.
I'd say clearly, the quality of their marketing has caught up with the quality of what they sell. And when that happens, look out!
This company has done a truly amazing job at staying aligned with the changing needs of their customers. And it's shown in their growth curve. And I'm proud to continue to be part of that exciting, fun and satisfying experience.
If you'd like to know more about this client and how we did what we did, I'm happy to talk with you. If you'd like to talk to the owner, I'd be happy to share his contact information.
Or, if you want to know about our client that sells flat-rate pricing software to HVAC contractors, or our client that reps EDM CAD/CAM software or our client that sells ERP software to the hospitality industry.
Or if you'd just like to talk to someone about what's going on with your marketing, let's start a conversation.
Send me an email or call 480-948-0029.


text:
CHARACTER Group, the maker of Fireman Sam and Peppa Pig toys, expects to reverse the loss it suffered during the first half amid "solid growth" in international sales.
In a trading update, the firm said on Friday that its performance during the second half of its financial year – which ended in August – was "satisfactory" and its full-year results should meet City expectations.
Character slumped to a pre-tax loss of £1.9 million in the first half, from a £5.6m profit a year earlier, as the tough retail environment
and weak consumer confidence contributed to a 31 per cent slump in revenues to £30.6m.
The group, led by executive chairman Richard King, said: "Although we are only at the start of the new financial year, we are encouraged to report that the group's forecasted sales remain on track for the 2013 calendar year, which should lead to a substantially better result for the 2014 financial year."
Character expects to publish its full-year results in early December.


text:
sharesShare this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share this on Google+ Share this on Tumblr Flip into Flipboard Share this on Reddit Share via SMS Share via Email
Alex Marvez of FOX Sports reports that former Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce is on his way to meet with the 49ers at their facility.
Bruce spent the past 14 seasons with St. Louis, including six (2000 to 2005) when Martz was head coach. The Rams released Bruce on Thursday to avoid paying him a $2 million roster bonus.
FOX Sports article


text:
Hallows Eve: Slaughter On Second Street
(These Guys Also Take Credit For Writers/Creative Team/Etc.)
Here's a synopsis from the Official Website:
Days before the annual opening of Slaughter on Second Street, Owensboro's premiere haunted attraction, a tragedy befalls one of their own. Despite pleas from the manager, Buck Masters, the attraction is shut down until the mystery is solved. In his frustration, Buck devises a plan to get the haunt back on its feet and make some extra money while he's at it. Playing on the rumors that the attraction may in fact be haunted, Buck brings in a rag-tag group of paranormal investigators to prove the rumors true. The investigator's arrival is met with the feeling that something isn't right, but it's just another job…Or so they think! An unfriendly encounter with the building's maintenance man, Mr. Jenkins, makes the team realize that the history of the building is far darker than they could have ever imagined and they may actually be visiting one of Owensboro's most haunted sites. Locked in overnight, along with Buck, they begin their investigation which becomes interrupted when three volunteers appear from the dressing room amidst their goodbyes for the season they had worked so hard on. As the night goes on, the volunteers begin falling victim to fatal accidents that may or may not be supernatural. It is then that the investigators must solve the mystery of Slaughter on Second Street. One by one, the ghost hunters are preyed upon by malicious forces and must rely on each other if they are to survive the night. Who will live to see morning and who will perish before the true secrets of Slaughter on Second Street are uncovered?
Alrighty, so, what did I think? Well, first of all, it's much MUCH better than that shitfest Stockholm Syndrome, but that doesn't really do it justice (because I could take a shit, film it, and put it out on DVD and that'd be a better film). The reason I bothered to put the two in the same sentence is that they're both examples of independent horror filmmaking. Unlike 'SS', however, I really liked Hallows Eve.
First with the bad: Of course, given the "out of pocket" financing, there are going to be particular technical problems, sound, lighting, stage actors, etc. But hell, I mean, the actors were working for free from what I understand, and given that, they didn't do that bad of a job. There were particular moments that actually stood out as far as acting talent goes. I loved hearing the southern inflection from time to time (as I'm a southerner myself, and all these actors today just try to cover it up. FLY THAT SOUTHERN FLAG, ASSHOLES. Wait…that might come off as racist. Meh, fuck it.). If you can get past some of the Technical flaws, however, and sit back, pop some popcorn, drink a guiness, and relax, you'll experience what I experienced.
In Aug of 2007 we went to a film fest and watched a low budget film that we were less than satisfied with, but ultimately the film had garnered some amount of success & accolades from hitting up other festivals. Rodney Newton (Producer) & I work at a non-profit tv station here in Owensboro KY & had been wanting to do a film together for a long while and decided it was time to put our head together and create a project that would eventually become Hallows Eve. Our motivation was simple, we believe that we have an amazig talent pool in our community and using all local resources we wanted to bring artists together from all walks of lifes an backgrounds to be apart of something unique. Johnny Depp is not the only real actor that was born here and we felt it was time they got their chance to prove it. So with that in mind we began to process of recruiting individuals from around our area to help out in our endeavor. The budget for the film came directly out of mine & Rodney's pocket; all cast and crew were volunteering their time and efforts to help bring the project to fruition. We had someone compose an original score as well as had 8 original songs created by 8 local bands in the area, all donated to project. We had an 8 month pre-production process, shot the film over 2 months and then spent the next 2 editing the film. We premiered Hallows Eve on October 31st 2008 to a full house that was also a benefit where all proceeds were donated to a non-profit organization. Essentially our goal was to amass an army of likeminded individuals from FX to costuming to sound and so forth to help bring our vision to life. The project may have started with us but it ended with a lot of dedicated and passionate souls who without their help this could not have been possible.
This movie was just a fun little horror/mystery romp. If you don't notice right away, I'm going to give away the obvious connections to Scooby Doo. All the characters are there (Scooby was a black guy named Doobie), and "Scooby and Shaggy" are smokin' weed all the time (as we ALL know they did in the cartoon, baking out the Mystery Machine). Fred, Velma, and, uh…the Hot one. They were all there. But imagine if Scooby Doo was on ACID! This film delivered on the gore, let me tell you. A chick's nose gets ripped off, guts hangin' out, hatchet to the crotch, WHAMMY! HA! just to name a few. And the story was a pretty damn decent little mystery (even though I called it), however it's left sort of open ended where you could draw your own conclusions towards the end. There was even a "And I would've Gotten Away With It Too" speech. I got Owen from THE BACKWOODS HORRORSHOW to watch it with me and he also said it was a pretty decent little film. I'm not sure about when or where you'll be able to buy this flick, but I'd suggest you SUPPORT INDEPENDENT HORROR and check this one out. KEEP AMERICA STRONG, WATCH (INDEPENDENT) HORROR MOVIES!!
I'd like to see what these guys could do in the future with a higher budget. There's definitely a spark of talent there I'd like to see become a flame of independent horror greatness.


text:
Deluxe listings are in order of their start date to reward loyalty – especially those that have been with us for many years! Please look below the deluxe listings for our free listings in alphabetical order.
Von Sarco Rottweilers
Where Temperament and Quality Come First! "Buying a puppy is a lifetime commitment,………….as is breeding one."
Here at Von Sarco Rottweilers, we have Loved & Bred Rotties for the past 20 years. We also Breed for Quality, not Quantity. We are very selective to ensure our puppies go to only Good, Loving & Quality Homes. Our Pedigree is one of the Top German Pedigrees Available Worldwide. This is to ensure the sound Temperment of these Brilliant Working Dogs. We Strive for the Correct Conformation and Working Ability. Yet, our puppies are Raised in a Family Environment, where they are SOCIALIZED with Children and Other Animals.
Sara & Cody Bird
Portland, Oregon
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: http://www.vonsarcorottweilers.com/
[Deluxe Listing Started 10/25/2007] [Deluxe Listing Updated 10/4/2016]
Get A Deluxe Listing!
Upgrade your free listing for only $30/year.
For more information or to sign up, visit our Get Listed page.
*To get a box around your free listing, become a Link Partner!
br> br>
Other Rottweiler Breeder Pages:
[All Locations] [California] [Florida] [Louisiana] [Michigan] [Mississippi] [Missouri] [Nevada] [North Carolina] [Ohio] [Oregon] [Texas] [Utah] [Virginia] [Washington] [Alberta] [British Columbia] [Ontario] [Australia] [India] [New Zealand] [Romania] [United Kingdom]
Other Oregon Breeder Pages:
[All Breeds] [American Staffordshire Terrier] [Australian Labradoodles] [Boxer] [Bulldog] [Chesapeake Bay Retriever] [Chihuahua] [Chinese Shar-Pei] [Dachshund] [English Bulldog] [English Springer Spaniel] [French Bulldog] [German Shepherd Dog] [Golden Retriever] [Goldendoodles] [Labradoodles] [Labrador Retriever] [Maltese] [Miniature Australian Shepherd] [Other] [Pekingese] [Pomeranian] [Poodle (Standard)] [Rottweiler] [Siberian Husky] [Tibetan Spaniel] [Tibetan Terrier] [Wirehaired Pointing Griffon] [Yorkshire Terrier]


text:
Russell Means: UN Listening Session is US Smokescreen
March 18, 2010 by Russell Means Freedom
Filed under Featured, News
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Russell Means: UN Listening Session is US Smokescreen
Statement by Russell Means, Republic of Lakotah
on the Occasion of the United States State Department "Listening Session" in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 16 March 2010
Once again, the occupation government of the United States of America has trotted out its dogs and ponies to provide a smokescreen and diversion from its continuing crimes against the indigenous peoples and nations of the Western Hemisphere. The reason for today's media spectacle is supposedly for the US State Department to "listen" to input from indigenous peoples and nations for inclusion in the U.S.'s report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, universal periodic review process.
As we can see, many indigenous people have been duped to participate, yet again, in a lying and duplicitous process of the United States. The United States has absolutely no interest or intention of admitting to the world its human rights record that is neither justifiable nor defensible. In particular, the record of the United States with regard to historical, and ongoing, violations of over 370 treaties that were negotiated and signed with indigenous nations must be, but will not be, addressed by the United States. Instead, as is its ongoing practice, the United States will use this session, and the one tomorrow on the territory of the Diné (Navajo) Nation, as its justification that indigenous peoples were "consulted," and "listened to," while the U.S. simultaneously lies to the world about its disgraceful human rights record.
The Republic of Lakotah will not legitimize this embarrassing process. Instead, we will submit our report directly to the UN Human Rights Council, not to be filtered or sanitized by the State Department. Let us be clear, our report will be scathing. The United States continues, on a daily basis to violate the terms of the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties with the Lakotah. Our report will indicate that the United States never intended to abide by the terms of the treaties, and has violated them consistently from the time of their signing to the present.
Our report will also cite the United States' own language in acknowledging that "the treaties retain their full force and effect even today because they are the legal equivalent of treaties with foreign governments and have the force of federal law." Periodic Report of the United States of America to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, April 23, 2007, paragraph 335. In light of the United States' own admissions, in addition to reporting to the Human Rights Council on the egregious human rights record of the US towards indigenous peoples, the Republic of Lakotah will report to the Council and to the world, the exercise of its own rights under principles of international law. The United States has continually breached the treaties with the Lakotah, and international law allows the Lakotah to return to our status quo ante position prior to the signing of the treaties.
On March 30, 2010, the Republic of Lakotah will repeat its position to the United States, and will transmit its communication to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of State, demanding that the United States cease and desist it activities in Lakotah territory, and insisting that the United States withdraw its presence from our homeland.
Posted at Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Ward Churchill provides Examples of Genocide – Documentary Evidence
Garry Rowland speaks about the Republic of Lakotah
March 12, 2010 by Russell Means Freedom
Filed under Commentaries
Garry Rowland – Tegheya Kte speaks about the history of treaties with the United States and the issues that eventually led to the establishing of the Republic of Lakotah in 2007.
Nationwide Seccessionists – The Wall Street Journal
Remember that classic Beatles riff of the 1960s: "You say you want a revolution?" Imagine this instead: a devolution. Picture an America that is run not, as now, by a top-heavy Washington autocracy but, in freewheeling style, by an assemblage of largely autonomous regional republics reflecting the eclectic economic and cultural character of the society.
There might be an austere Republic of New England, with a natural strength in higher education and technology; a Caribbean-flavored city-state Republic of Greater Miami, with an anchor in the Latin American economy; and maybe even a Republic of Las Vegas with unfettered license to pursue its ambitions as a global gambling, entertainment and conventioneer destination. California? America's broke, ill-governed and way-too-big nation-like state might be saved, truly saved, not by an emergency federal bailout, but by a merciful carve-up into a trio of republics that would rely on their own ingenuity in making their connections to the wider world. And while we're at it, let's make this project bi-national—economic logic suggests a natural multilingual combination between Greater San Diego and Mexico's Northern Baja, and, to the Pacific north, between Seattle and Vancouver in a megaregion already dubbed "Cascadia" by economic cartographers.
Devolved America is a vision faithful both to certain postindustrial realities as well as to the pluralistic heart of the American political tradition—a tradition that has been betrayed by the creeping centralization of power in Washington over the decades but may yet reassert itself as an animating spirit for the future. Consider this proposition: America of the 21st century, propelled by currents of modernity that tend to favor the little over the big, may trace a long circle back to the original small-government ideas of the American experiment. The present-day American Goliath may turn out to be a freak of a waning age of politics and economics as conducted on a super-sized scale—too large to make any rational sense in an emerging age of personal empowerment that harks back to the era of the yeoman farmer of America's early days. The society may find blessed new life, as paradoxical as this may sound, in a return to a smaller form.
This perspective may seem especially fanciful at a time when the political tides all seem to be running in the opposite direction. In the midst of economic troubles, an aggrandizing Washington is gathering even more power in its hands. The Obama Administration, while considering replacing top executives at Citigroup, is newly appointing a "compensation czar" with powers to determine the retirement packages of executives at firms accepting federal financial bailout funds. President Obama has deemed it wise for the U.S. Treasury to take a majority ownership stake in General Motors in a last-ditch effort to revive this Industrial Age brontosaurus. Even the Supreme Court is getting in on the act: A ruling this past week awarded federal judges powers to set the standards by which judges for state courts may recuse themselves from cases.
All of this adds up to a federal power grab that might make even FDR's New Dealers blush. But that's just the point: Not surprisingly, a lot of folks in the land of Jefferson are taking a stand against an approach that stands to make an indebted citizenry yet more dependent on an already immense federal power. The backlash, already under way, is a prime stimulus for a neo-secessionist movement, the most extreme manifestation of a broader push for some form of devolution. In April, at an anti-tax "tea party" held in Austin, Governor Rick Perry of Texas had his speech interrupted by cries of "secede." The Governor did not sound inclined to disagree. "Texas is a unique place," he later told reporters attending the rally. "When we came into the Union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that."
Secessionist feelings also percolate in Alaska, where Todd Palin, husband of Governor Sarah Palin, was once a registered member of the Alaska Independence Party. But it is not as if the Right has a lock on this issue: Vermont, the seat of one of the most vibrant secessionist movements, is among the country's most politically-liberal places. Vermonters are especially upset about imperial America's foreign excursions in hazardous places like Iraq. The philosophical tie that binds these otherwise odd bedfellows is belief in the birthright of Americans to run their own affairs, free from centralized control. Their hallowed parchment is Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, on behalf of the original 13 British colonies, penned in 1776, 11 years before the framers of the Constitution gathered for their convention in Philadelphia. "The right of secession precedes the Constitution—the United States was born out of secession," Daniel Miller, leader of the Texas Nationalist Movement, put it to me. Take that, King Obama.
Today's devolutionists, of all stripes, can trace their pedigree to the "anti-federalists" who opposed the compact that came out of Philadelphia as a bad bargain that gave too much power to the center at the expense of the limbs. Some of America's most vigorous and learned minds were in the anti-federalist camp; their ranks included Virginia's Patrick Henry, of "give me liberty or give me death" renown. The sainted Jefferson, who was serving as a diplomat in Paris during the convention, is these days claimed by secessionists as a kindred anti-federal spirit, even if he did go on to serve two terms as president.
The anti-federalists lost their battle, but history, in certain respects, has redeemed their vision, for they anticipated how many Americans have come to feel about their nation's seat of federal power. "This city, and the government of it, must indubitably take their tone from the character of the men, who from the nature of its situation and institution, must collect there," the anti-federalist pamphleteer known only as the Federal Farmer wrote. "If we expect it will have any sincere attachments to simple and frugal republicanism, to that liberty and mild government, which is dear to the laborious part of a free people, we most assuredly deceive ourselves."
In the mid-19th century, the anti-federalist impulse took a dark turn, attaching itself to the cause of the Confederacy, which was formed by the unilateral secession of 13 southern states over the bloody issue of slavery. Lincoln had no choice but to go to war to preserve the Union—and ever since, anti-federalism, in almost any guise, has had to defend itself from the charge of being anti-modern and indeed retrograde.
But nearly a century and a half has passed since Johnny Rebel whooped for the last time. Slavery is dead, and so too is the large-scale industrial economy that the Yankees embraced as their path to victory over the South and to global prosperity. The model lasted a long time, to be sure, surviving all the way through the New Deal and the first several decades of the post-World War II era, coming a cropper at the tail end of the 1960s, just as the economist John Kenneth Galbraith was holding out "The New Industrial State," the master-planned economy, as a seemingly permanent condition of modern life.
Not quite. In a globalized economy transformed by technological innovations hatched by happily-unguided entrepreneurs, history seems to be driving one nail after another into the coffin of the big, which is why the Obama planners and their ilk, even if they now ride high, may be doomed to fail. No one anymore expects the best ideas to come from the biggest actors in the economy, so should anyone expect the best thinking to be done by the whales of the political world?
A notable prophet for a coming age of smallness was the diplomat and historian George Kennan, a steward of the American Century with an uncanny ability to see past the seemingly-frozen geopolitical arrangements of the day. Kennan always believed that Soviet power would "run its course," as he predicted back in 1951, just as the Cold War was getting under way, and again shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed, he suggested that a similar fate might await the United States. America has become a "monster country," afflicted by a swollen bureaucracy and "the hubris of inordinate size," he wrote in his 1993 book, "Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy." Things might work better, he suggested, if the nation was "decentralized into something like a dozen constituent republics, absorbing not only the powers of the existing states but a considerable part of those of the present federal establishment."
Kennan's genius was to foresee that matters might take on an organic, a bottom-up, life of their own, especially in a society as dynamic and as creative as America. His spirit, the spirit of an anti-federalist modernist, can be glimpsed in an intriguing "mega-region" initiative encompassing greater San Diego County, next-door Imperial County and, to the immediate south of the U.S. border, Northern Baja, Mexico. Elected officials representing all three participating areas recently unveiled "Cali Baja, a Bi-National Mega-Region," as the "international marketing brand" for the project.
The idea is to create a global economic powerhouse by combining San Diego's proven abilities in scientific research and development with Imperial County's abundance of inexpensive land and availability of water rights and Northern Baja's manufacturing base, low labor costs and ability to supply the San Diego area with electricity during peak-use terms. Bilingualism, too, is a key—with the aim for all children on both sides of the border to be fluent in both English and Spanish. The project director is Christina Luhn, a Kansas native, historian and former staffer on the National Security Council in Ronald Reagan's White House in the mid-1980s. Contemporary America as a unit of governance may be too big, even the perpetually-troubled state of California may be too big, she told me, by way of saying that the political and economic future may belong to the megaregions of the planet. Her conviction is that large systems tend not to endure—"they break apart, there's chaos, and at some point, new things form," she said.
The notion that small is better and even inevitable no doubt has some flavor of romance—even amounting to a kind of modern secular faith, girded by a raft of multi-disciplinary literature that may or may not be relevant. Luhn takes her philosophical cue not only from Kennan but also from the science writer and physicist M. Mitchell Waldrop, author of "Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos."
Fighting to Secede
From Texas to Hawaii, these groups are fighting to secede
American secessionist groups today range from small startups with a few laptop computers to organized movements with meetings of delegates from several states.
The Middlebury Institute, a group that studies and supports the general cause of separatism and secessionism in the U.S., has held three Secession Congresses since its founding in 2004.
At the most recent gathering, held in New Hampshire last November, one discussion focused on creating a new federation potentially to be called "Novacadia," consisting of present-day New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. An article highlighted on the group's Web site describes Denmark as a role-model for the potential country. In the months following the convention, the idea "did not actually evolve into very much," says Kirkpatrick Sale, the institute's director.
Below the Mason-Dixon Line, groups like the League of the South and Southern National Congress hold meetings of delegates. They discuss secession as a way of accomplishing goals like protecting the right to bear arms and tighter immigration policies. The Texas Nationalist Movement claims that over 250,000 Texans have signed a form affirming the organization's goal of a Texas nation.
A religious group, Christian Exodus, formed in 2003 with the purpose of transforming what is today South Carolina into a sovereign, Christian-run state. According to a statement on its Web site, the group still supports the idea, but has learned that "the chains of our slavery and dependence on Godless government have more of a hold on us than can be broken by simply moving to another state."
On the West Coast, elected officials representing greater San Diego County, Imperial County and Northern Baja, Mexico, have proposed creating a "mega-region" of the three areas called "Cali Baja, a Bi-National Mega-Region."
Hawaii is home to numerous groups that work toward the goal of sovereignty, including Nation of Hawaii. The group argues that native Hawaiians were colonized and forced into statehood against their will and without fair process, and therefore have the right to decide how to govern themselves today. In Alaska, the Alaska Independence Party advocates for the state's independence.
There is also a Web site for a group called North Star Republic, with a mission to establish a socialist republic in what today is Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
A group of American Indians led by activist Russell Means is working to establish the Republic of Lakotah, which would cover parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska. In 2007, the Republic presented the U.S. State Department with a notice of withdrawal.
Even for the hard-edged secessionist crowd, with their rapt attentiveness to America's roots, popular texts in the future-trend genre mingle in their minds with the yellowed scrolls of the anti-federalists. "The cornerstone of my thought," Daniel Miller of the Texas Nationalist Movement told me, is John Naisbitt's 1995 best seller, "Global Paradox," which celebrates the entrepreneurial ethos in positing that "the bigger the world economy, the more powerful its smallest players."
More convincingly, the proposition that small trumps big is passing tests in real-life political and economic laboratories. For example, the U.S. ranked eighth in a survey of global innovation leadership released in March by the Boston Consulting Group and the National Association of Manufacturers—with the top rankings dominated by small countries led by the city-state republic of Singapore. The Thunderbird School of Global Management, based in Arizona, has called Singapore "the most future-oriented country in the world." Historians can point to the spectacularly inventive city-states of Renaissance Italy as an example of the small truly making the beautiful.
How, though, to get from big to small? Secessionists like Texas' Miller pledge a commitment to peaceful methods. History suggests skepticism on this score: Even the American republic was born in a violent revolution. These days, the Russian professor Igor Panarin, a former KGB analyst, has snagged publicity with his dystopian prediction of civil strife in a dismembered America whose jagged parts fall prey to foreign powers including Canada, Mexico and, in the case of Alaska, Russia, naturally.
Still, the precedent for any breakup of today's America is not necessarily the one set by the musket-bearing colonists' demanded departure from the British crown in the late 18th century or by the crisis-ridden dissolution of the U.S.S.R. at the end of the 20th century. Every empire, every too-big thing, fragments or shrinks according to its own unique character and to the age of history to which it belongs.
The most hopeful prospect for the USA, should the decentralization impulse prove irresistible, is for Americans to draw on their natural inventiveness and democratic tradition by patenting a formula for getting the job done in a gradual and cooperative way. In so doing, geopolitical history, and perhaps even a path for others, might be made, for the problem of bigness vexes political leviathans everywhere. In India, with its 1.2 billion people, there is an active discussion of whether things might work better if the nation-state was chopped up into 10 or so large city-states with broad writs of autonomy from New Delhi. Devolution may likewise be the future for the European continent—think Catalonia—and for the British Isles. Scotland, a leading source of Enlightenment ideas for America's founding fathers, now has its own flourishing independence movement. Even China, held together by an aging autocracy, may not be able to resist the drift towards the smaller.
So why not America as the global leader of a devolution? America's return to its origins—to its type—could turn out to be an act of creative political destruction, with "we the people" the better for it.
—Paul Starobin is the author of After America: Narratives for the Next Global Age, recently published by Viking, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Weekend Update 05 – Part I
December 29, 2008 by Russell Means Freedom
Filed under Commentaries
Somber, tragic description of the Imperialist Patriarchies attacks on the peoples of Gaza and Iraq; some of the USA's latest, but not so well hidden, Indian Reservations
Weekend Update 03
December 15, 2008 by Russell Means Freedom
Filed under Commentaries, Media
Russell comments on the dinosaurs of American Industry; the car manufacturers and the bankers. He also discusses pollution and climate change.
Russell Means on OST Elections, his Candadacy and Sovereignty
In this November, 2008 Interview with South Dakota Public Radio's Jim Kent, Russell Means discusses his running for Oglala Souix Tribal Chairman, his take on issues of foreign and domestic aid and his vision on how the Republic of Lakotah will function. He discusses as well the pillars of economic development, education, health and energy in this half hour program.


text:
Sugarloaf Lake Improvement Project
The Sugarloaf Lake improvement project is no longer active.
This project provided lake improvement to Sugarloaf Lake by controlling invasive and nuisance aquatic weeds through chemical application and subsequent spot applications for a five year period (2006-2010).
The special assessment district for the Sugarloaf Lake improvement project was situated within Lyndon Township, Washtenaw County. There were 127 parcels located in the district.
Publications & Reports
Special assessment district information
Public Hearing Notice: Official notice of January 23, 2006 hearing
- Property Listing (pdf): View the complete Special Assessment District by property tax identification number. Listing includes the total Amount Assessed against property over five years.
Contact information
Jeff Krcmarik
Environmental Supervisor
Washtenaw County Office of the Water Resources Commissioner
(734) 222-6865


text:
|Clone of : Udemy
|Developer : Agriya
|Language : PHP
|License : Commercial
Agriya's user-friendly Udemy clone script, Teachr will help you create an efficient and innovative online learning marketplace. This online teaching software is packed with features that will help you as a web host to run your website at an optimal level. The most exciting feature of this online teaching software is that it can be used to cater into multiple high-end business verticals like academics, design, marketing, music, health & fitness, etc. By reaching out, you are creating endless opportunities to withstand competition and grow successfully in the tremendous learning and teaching platform.
Udemy is an online learning platform (website) that allows instructors to host courses.


text:
Paris Jackson congratulates mum for completing chemotherapy
Paris Jackson shared a picture of Debbie Rowe holding a sign which read "Chemo done!" on Instagram.
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris took to social media to celebrate her mum Debbie Rowe completing her cancer treatment.
It was confirmed in July (16) that the pop icon's ex-wife was battling breast cancer, and her 18-year-old daughter reached out to her estranged mum to support her as she went through treatment, which included chemotherapy.
On Tuesday (03Jan17) Paris, Debbie's second child with Michael, announced Debbie had finished her last round for chemotherapy by posting a picture of a smiling Debbie in a hospital chair holding a sign which reads, "Chemo done!"
In the Instagram caption, Paris praised her mum by writing, "my bada*s mom, kicking (sic) butt n takin names. ain't she **kin fabulous????"
Back in October (16) Paris posted a sweet snap showing her kissing her mother's bare head as she underwent treatment and wrote, "I'm a fighter because she's a fighter. Love you mom," and Debbie, 58, gave a rare interview that month (Oct16) in which she revealed her health issues had made them closer than ever.
"She's amazing," Debbie said. "She's been with me the whole time. She was there. First phone call, (it) took her 30 seconds (to reach out) when she found out.
"For her to kiss my bald head... (Her love) is pretty unconditional... I can't tell you how much I love her. We go for sushi, we talk about music, and we text all the time."
The nurse was married to the King of Pop between 1996 and 1999 and is also mother to Paris' older brother Prince Michael. Following their divorce, Michael raised the children and Paris only reconnected with her mother after his death in 2009.
The teenager reportedly cut off all contact with Debbie a year before her diagnosis due to her mother's tough disciplinarian ways.
© Cover Media
Belfast Telegraph Digital


text:
Catalogues247 is an up and coming new website which displays a huge amount of information related to the credit catalogue market. They offer a guide on pretty much everything you can think of. For example, they have reviews on the UK's top catalogues explaining each retailer in detail including their product range, so whether or not the store sells women's clothes, electricals, furniture, appliances, etc. They also show the returns and delivery details for each catalogue and even their credit options.
In regards to credit options, Catalogues247 also goes into detail of what each option entails and gives you the benefits and negatives of each. So, if you want to know more about buy now pay later, pay monthly or pay weekly, check out their site.
If you're looking for a particular product that you want to buy on finance, Catalogues247 has you covered there too! They've researched the best catalogues to buy from when looking for some of the most popular products including laptops, iPads, tv's, games consoles, cookers, fridges, sofas, beds, and clothing for men, women and children!
Then there is the bad credit side of things. For those who have a poor credit rating you may be having trouble getting approved for a catalogue credit account. Catalogues247 talks you through this and tells you which catalogues are more likely to accept you. They can't guarantee that you'll get approved of course but they can certainly improve your chances.
They also offer a great newsletter whereby when you sign up they send you the latest voucher codes which can save you up to 20% off your first order! They also send you an email whenever a new sale is on or when any new voucher codes become available, and it's free!
Our recommendation is, if you're looking for a credit catalogue and need some more information first, go to catalogues247.co.uk!


text:
3DOcean Schematic city 12093226
3DOcean Schematic city 12093226
3D Model \ Buildings and Architecture
Cartoon \ Street \ Town \ Square \ City \ Background \ Road
3D Model - Schematic city 12093226 by ShaporAndrei @ 3DOcean
3D Model \ Buildings and Architecture
Animated: No; Low-poly: Yes; Materials: Yes; Rigged: No; Textured: No; UV Layout: No; 3D File Formats Included: .3ds (multi format), .max (3ds Max), .obj (multi format); Created In: 3ds max 2014; Geometry: Polygons; Poly Count: 35648.
?artoon low-poly city, a simple model that is easy to use
Fruit set.
Keywords: background, cartoon Background, cartoon city, cartoon map, cartoon road, cartoon square, cartoon street, cartoon town, city, map, road, square, street, town.
Download Link


text:
I've heard a lot of people commenting on 2015 as a year for movies, and surprisingly, I've heard a lot of negative remarks about it. While making my top fifteen list throughout the past few weeks though, I was struck by how many films this year I truly loved. Movies that when I thought about them, I was instantly ready to revisit and jump back into. Even more than usual this year too, I feel like I found a number of films that in a few years time, could end up being on my personal all-time favorite list.
But we'll get to those soon.
Below you can find fifteen of my personal favorite movies of this year. Unlike my reviews though, this list is based purely on my own personal preference, and as such, while I might have given a more favorable review to one film than another, I may love the lesser more. For instance, last year my favorite film was Paul Thomas Anderson's divisive Inherent Vice, and while it managed to frustrate more people than it excited, it continues to hold a special place in my heart as one of my favorite films of the decade so far.
So, with that being said, these fifteen films are the movies this year that spoke the most to me from either an emotional standpoint or from a purely cinematic level, that no other films quite achieved, and are the ones this year that I would most recommend.
Alex Garland's directorial debut is visually exciting and intellectually stimulating in the best possible ways. Featuring one of the best sci-fi stories of the past few years, reminiscent of films by directors like Stanley Kubrick or even David Lynch at times, Ex Machina is something special from its very first frame and all the way to its last. Held together by an endearing performance by Domhnall Gleeson and an even more charismatic turn by Oscar Isaac as Nathan, the aggressive genius behind Ava (Alicia Vikander), an AI who the film centers on – Ex Machina manages to deliver an original and tense twist on the robot vs humanity stories we've become so familiar with over the years. At times funny, terrifying, shocking, and always awe-inspiring – Ex Machina has never let go of its grasp as one of the best films this year.
Let's face it, we all knew this was going to be on here somewhere, and while Mad Max: Fury Road didn't grab me emotionally like some of the other films on this list did, this mayhem extravaganza is one of the best action films of the past few years. Director George Miller managed to resurrect his franchise through not only a lead actor replacement, but also through a completely different film industry than the one he began the franchise in. Frankly, I have no idea how Fury Road exists, and judging by the comments that its stars and production team have made in the months since the film's release, it doesn't seem like they do either. All I know is, 2015 was better off for it.
Director Justin Kurzel followed up his brutal Snowtown Murders with this harrowing, gorgeous Shakespeare adaptation that, I believe, will be able to speak to both fans of the bard's plays, and those who have always been somewhat resistant towards the material. The action sequences are stunning and Adam Arkapaw's cinematography is some of the most gorgeous I have ever seen, but the performances from Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard are where the film truly shines, as they navigate this familiar material in new, uncharted ways that left me pinned to my theatre seats as if under their spell. I saw this movie almost two months ago, and I still find myself thinking about it on a daily basis.
Director Adam McKay replaces his usual comedic projects with one of this year's funniest, and angriest films. Its pure white rage is evident in every frame of The Big Short, as its entertaining cast of characters try to survive the 2008 housing market crash that left so many American citizens on the streets, and bank executives shrugging their shoulders and moving on. Featuring one of Steve Carell's funniest and best performances to date, as well as a predictably solid turn from Christian Bale – the writing, directing, and acting in The Big Short are what will get you through its often hard-to-navigate financial terms and lingo. But its the film's message that will make it resonant with you in the weeks to follow. Seeing Ryan Gosling shouting in a men's bathroom about financial bonds is never a bad thing either.
Charlie Kaufman's return to the film industry was a welcome one after films like Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. But with the stop-motion animated Anomalisa, Kaufman has not only delivered his simplest film to date, but also one of his most resonant. Touching on some of our deepest feelings of loneliness and longing, while telling the simple story of one night in the life of a motivational speaker, and Kaufman and his co-director Duke Johnson have created a dreamlike film that will not only make you sit back and think about it, but also will make you feel emotions that not many other films are capable of. I said it in my review of the film, but there really isn't anything else like Anomalisa.
Director Todd Haynes is no stranger to these kinds of period dramas, but with Carol, he has outdone himself. Based off of the novel "The Price of Salt" by Patricia Highsmith, the film follows the story of two women in the 1950s (played by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara) as they slowly fall in love with each other, despite the personal and societal hurdles in their way. Carol is one of those few movies that I believe truly captured what it felt like to fall in love, from the small glances out of the corner of your eyes, to the shaky breathing before an intimate moment, Carol just felt authentic from beginning to end. While its style may leave some people cold, the gorgeous aesthetic only boosted the film's story and emotion for me, making Carol one of the most engrossing experiences I had in 2015.
Director Ryan Coogler's newest installment in the Rocky franchise might just be its best outing yet. Perfectly combining the elements of the original film that made it so beloved in the first place, while also telling a modern and updated version of a similar story, Creed was exactly the film that Rocky fans were looking for. Led by a charismatic pairing of Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone, the film feels alive and justified from its first scene. Featuring a strong supporting performance from Tessa Thompson as well, it also contains one of the best one-take sequences I've ever seen in a movie. And no, I'm not exaggerating there. Stallone will likely be on the receiving end of a lot of awards buzz in the coming months as well, and after looking at his performance in the film, I'd be more-than-happy if he wins for Best Supporting in February.
8. Mission: Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation
The Mission: Impossible franchise has taken many forms at this point, and shown us an equally varying array of Tom Cruise haircuts. But the franchise finally reached its peak in my opinion this summer with Christopher McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation. Hitchcockian in its tone and characters, Rogue Nation is the kind of enthralling summer blockbuster that I go to the movies to see. Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa Faust is one of this year's best female characters, and once you see the film, it won't take long to understand why she's one of 2015's biggest breakout stars. Seeing her double-cross Ethan and his crew left and right is by far one of my favorite adventures I saw onscreen this year, and it was more than worth the price of admission for a third act chase sequence shot almost entirely in silhouette by cinematographer Robert Elswit.
Oh man, this one's a trip. Alex Ross Perry has been slowly working towards Queen of Earth for years now, and I don't think any of us quite realized it until we sat down to watch it. Opening with an unflinchingly tight shot of Elisabeth Moss' Catherine in a state that we don't usually see female characters in movies, Queen of Earth had me hooked from the moment she began her first of many contradictory statements. The film's trailer boasts its story of "broken women", and while that might sound like a gimmick, the film is a callback to those 1970s psychological thrillers that ran the art house scene at the time. Showcasing two of 2015's best performances from Moss and her co-star Katherine Waterston as well, I felt sick to my stomach by the time Queen of Earth was over, and in the best way possible.
Director Denis Villenueve continued his recent streak following the phenomenal Prisoners and Enemy with one of the most intelligent crime thrillers I've ever seen in Sicario. The slow-moving, calculated film from screenwriter Taylor Sheridan is the perfect combination of style and substance, aided greatly by Roger Deakins' breathtaking cinematography. Benicio del Toro delivers one of the best performances by an actor this year, and perhaps the best performance of his career up until this point. Tackling the war on drugs is no easy task, and after opening with one of the most horrific sequences of the year, the film's tone is set. The best thing to do after that is to sit back and enjoy a tour-de-force outing from one of Hollywood's most skilled filmmakers.
After a few years of mostly disappointing sequels and prequels, Pixar Animation took the year off in 2014 to work on some new projects and this year they came back with one of their best films yet in Inside Out. Diving into the mind of an 11-year old girl following a life-changing move across country, the film focuses on her central emotions including Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear. Containing universal truths about the way our emotions work, what could have been a heavy handed film, ended up being one of the most complex and intelligently-written films of the year, which has planted itself firmly near the top of my favorite Pixar movies. Every time I think they can't get any better, they manage to prove me wrong.
I walked into Brooklyn expecting a somewhat formulaic romance film that would continue to cement my ever-growing love for actress Saoirse Ronan, and boy, did I underestimate Brooklyn. Based off of a spectacular screenplay from Nick Hornby, the film is the very definition of charming. Telling the story of an Irish girl, Eilis, who immigrates to America in the 1950s, falling in love in the States, before returning home for what is meant to be a short trip and meeting an equally endearing suitor. Emory Cohen as Tony, Eilis' New York love is one of the biggest revelations this year and his and Ronan's chemistry in the film is some of the best I've seen in 2015. Overall, Brooklyn is one of the most well-rounded films I've seen this year, and it's been stuck in my mind, and heart, in the months since I saw it. I adore this movie.
I saw this film back in April when I caught it at a local film festival and I remember going into it expecting something hopefully great, both based on the film's intriguing premise, and the idea of seeing the usually comedic Jason Segel playing real-life author David Foster Wallace. What I got was one of the most insightful films about ego, expectations, writing, and friendship that I've ever seen, and I knew the minute the film had ended that it would most likely be one of my all-time favorite movies by the time 2015 had ended. I was right. Segel is Oscar-worthy as Foster Wallace, and while he likely won't be recognized in this year's awards season – that doesn't make his accomplishment here any less prolific. See The End of the Tour when you can, if I could recommend only a few things about this year in movies – that'd be one of the first ones.
2. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Oh go ahead, tell me I'm having a knee jerk reaction to this. Do it. Because I don't care. I absolutely, unabashedly loved The Force Awakens. Going into the film, I had high expectations (to say the least) both as a Star Wars fan and as a movie fan in general, and I wasn't entirely positive it would live up to them – but J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Lawrence Kasdan, and the rest of the team at Disney and Lucasfilm not only managed to exceed my expectations, but also deliver new surprises that I didn't even seen coming. Giving all of us Star Wars fans out there a new set of characters that we can root for and fall in love with, The Force Awakens was in my opinion, exactly the film that we needed it to be. Combining familiar elements from the original films with exciting new twists, and The Force Awakens has managed to not only be a loving homage to the previous films in the Star Wars franchise, but also a modern and refreshing take that is accessible to all generations. I didn't have a better time in the theatre this year than I did seeing this film.
Oh man, I can talk about Room endlessly, and over the past few months since I saw the film – I have. You see, in a year that saw the return of beloved movie characters, worlds, and love stories that both made me smile and cry, nothing quite grabbed me like the mother and son connection shown in this film. Featuring two of the year's best performances from Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, Room tells the story of a girl who was kidnapped when she was a teenager and her five year old son, Jack, who was born inside of "room" – the small shed that she and Jack are being trapped inside by her captor.
Telling the story of their lives in and outside of Room, the tale told by director Lenny Abrahamson and screenwriter Emma Donohue is one of those transcendent tales that I believe will live on for decades to come. This is an extraordinary cinematic accomplishment that will make you think of your life, and the lives of others, in ways you never have before. In an overall eventful year for movies, Room is the film that holds the strongest place in my heart, and is something that I don't think I will ever forget.
So that does it for 2015. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and make sure to come back in a few days to see a sneak peek at some of our most anticipated films in the new year. We'll see you then!
Make sure to keep checking back for more updates — right here on GeekNation.
Alex Welch
Latest posts by Alex Welch (see all)
- 'War For the Planet of the Apes' First Synopsis Released, Footage Premiere Date Announced - September 30, 2016
- 'Luke Cage' Star Simone Missick Was Actually Shot While Filming The Netflix Series - September 30, 2016
- First Image of The Justice Society of America in 'Legends of Tomorrow' Revealed - September 30, 2016
- Full 'Murder on the Orient Express' Remake Cast Includes Daisy Ridley, Michael Pena, and More - September 30, 2016
- Ryan Gosling Announces New 'Blade Runner 2' Set Visit Contest Online - September 30, 2016


text:
View Full-Size Image
Chocolate Peanut Butter Giant Fortune Cookie
Price per Unit (piece):
|Ask a question about this product
|Item Number: TFC11
Say anything you want in a BIGÂ BIG way with our Giant Chocolate Peanut Butter Fortune Cookie! It's a Perfect Gift & Greeting All In One!
Our Confectionery Artisans start with an enormous vanilla fortune cookie baked to order and hand dip it in your choice of Belgian Chocolates. Each cookie is finished with an expert hand drizzle of rich and creamy Peanut Butter Confection to finish an elaborate and artistic presentation.
Each cookie is wrapped in a cello bag and finished with a satin bow. Our cookies are gift boxed with tissue paper and hand packed in our Glossy White Gift Boxes.
Your personalized message goes on the 1-ft-long fortune inside each cookie for an unforgettable and unique gift.
Giant Cookie Measures Approximately: 6.5" x 6" x 6"


text: Dr. Lamberton is a urologist specializing in all aspects of urological care, including kidney stones, testicular concerns, prostate cancer, robotic-assisted surgery, bladder cancer, blood in urine, laparoscopic surgery and sexual dysfunction. Dr. Lamberton received his medical training and completed an internship and residency at Loma Linda University. He is a member of the American Urological Association and Endourological Society. A native of Brewster, Wash., Dr. Lamberton enjoys snowboarding, running and hiking.


text:
Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by rovex, Mar 13, 2010.
This grey hoodie with the zip on the sleeve.
Someone's gotta know!
well, except the big adidas logo on the chest, and the colour, we have it in our store in black...it's from the adidas equipment line which I love
you can see EQT written on the zipper in the photo....I guess the one in the pic won't be released for the public...too bad
I'll post a pic on monday after I come from work of the one I have in the store so u can see it's identical without the big logo on the chest and colour
Thanks Adista! Pics would be great!
BTW, has your shop had this hoodie since a long time or has this recently been out?
recently....it's from spring/summer 2010
So i guess there is hope of seeing this appear somewhere.
the price for this is 60 EUROS
Thanks! That black one is pretty nice too! Hope they release them where i am.
no problem...I ordered one for myself when I saw your thread cause they didn't have my size in stock anymore
adista is correct its an equipment range hoodie its available now, only change is its had murrays patches put on and a promo logo very cool piece, lovely fabric,
Hey Strober, would you happen to know where i could find this? I realise that it's part of summer 2010, so maybe i have to wait and it'll be available then.
generally equipment range is only available in adidas stores, where are you based? the article code on mine is P43522 that might help you with your search, good luck
Your name sounds very English!
try the store on Champs elysees its massive, went there last year after RG trip,
Ahh yes! Thank you! I will try and go when i can, and yes, it's very, very big!
hey Strober, how much did you pay for the hoodie? Or how much is it?
think it was 60 euro or there abouts
Went there, and they did not have it...
I mean, this thing where only Adidas stores can stock this yet when you actually got to one (largest in the world) they don't have the product. Really poor maketing...
i think its out of season now, i got mine 4-5 months ago and they change the ranges in store quarterly now, i'll keep an eye out for one for you, what size?
Hey Strober, that would be great if you know somewhere they have it. I'm really wanting it!
found a large one available, which country are you in again, was it France, i will be there for RG so could get it to you if you are there?
Hey Strober bro! You got any good news about Adi 2011?
Separate names with a comma.


text:
Dating in Riverview for Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies
Riverview, Florida is filled with singles, but how do you know they're going to offer you what you want and need? Are you a Sugar Baby looking for the generous and wealthy Sugar Daddy of her dreams, or are you a Sugar Daddy who needs a sexy and loyal Sugar Baby? Find the mutually beneficial relationship in Riverview that you deserve on SugarDaddyForMe today!


text:
An Orleans Parish Prison deputy who had been ordered to subdue inmate Kerry Washington in five-point restraints testified Tuesday that jail officials restrained Washington's ankles and wrists but had not yet fastened a strap around his chest when he suddenly stopped breathing.
"It was like he just gave up," Sgt. James Tyler told Civil District Court Judge Tiffany Chase, who will rule at a later date whether Washington's family deserves to receive compensation for his April 2006 death. Chase is hearing the case without a jury.
Washington's wife sued Sheriff Marlin Gusman and two deputies she accused of mistreating her husband during his brief stay at OPP, where he was being held on a warrant for failing to appear in court, plaintiffs' attorneys said.
After fighting with other inmates, Washington was ordered into the restraints — which immobilize a person's arms, legs and chest — to undergo a mental-health evaluation.
Tyler's remarks, which came on the second and final day of the trial, contradicted assertions by the plaintiffs' attorneys that a tightly applied chest strap might have been a contributing factor in Washington's death.
Tyler offered a detailed account of the moments before Washington stopped breathing, saying the inmate had "tensed up" trying to avoid the restraints for several minutes before suddenly "slacking" off.
"He resisted us pretty much the entire time," Tyler said. "We were all pretty tired from the incident."
During cross-examination, Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft underscored Tyler's limited on-the-job training in using five-point restraints and established the dangers of misapplying them. She noted the Sheriff's Office had no formal policy in place at the time regarding use of the restraints.
The Sheriff's Office no longer uses five-point restraints in the jail, but a Gusman spokesman has refused to say when or why the practice was abandoned.
No criminal charges were filed in Washington's death.
The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office concluded he died from cardiac arrhythmia, respiratory insufficiency, excited delirium and "death during restraint." A pathologist hired by Washington's family challenged those findings in testimony Monday but said he could not determine a cause of death after conducting a second autopsy.
Chase also heard Tuesday from W. Lloyd Grafton, a law enforcement policy expert who reviewed the case and alleged that Washington's constitutional rights were violated because deputies had failed to prevent him from being attacked by a group of inmates who got out of their cells. He said the jail should have corrected a well-known deficiency in the now-shuttered House of Detention that allowed inmates to easily pop open cell doors and roam about the tiers.
"That's just almost unheard of," Grafton said. "They were responsible for his security and well-being, and that was violated."
Blake Arcuri, an attorney for Gusman, noted on cross-examination that neither of the pathologists who examined Washington concluded that his wounds from the jailhouse fracas contributed to his death.


text:
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City
I love coffee, but I can only drink so much before it manages to keep me up all night. I also love cocktails, but I can only drink so many before I completely pass out. The solution?? Coffee cocktails!!!
I'm only half kidding as I don't want my heart to explode, but that might have been thinking at Kobrick Coffee Co.
Last year, the almost century-old coffee roaster and wholesaler opened up a bar and café in the heart of the fashionable Meatpacking District. The idea is that during the day, coffee reigns supreme and you can get a selection of beans brewed many different ways. But also, this is a full-on cocktail bar. And get this: an entire page of the cocktail menu is dedicated to coffee cocktails.
I had to check this out so I stopped by late in the afternoon and spent some time studying their cocktail menu. One drink kept calling my name and when I asked the bartender for a suggestion, it was the same one he recommended.
Negronis are a favorite of the cocktail world since the bitter Campari and the sweet vermouth add a nice balance to the zing and minerality of dry gin. Why not throw in some Kenyan coffee?
Well Kobrick's doesn't just throw in the coffee. They actually make the cocktail by using the kyoto method (slow-dripping the brew over ice), but instead of dripping water, they drip the alcohol ingredients. It makes for an incredibly complex and fully-composed drink. It's rich and refreshing, boozy and strong, and bitter with a touch of sweetness.
It's a fantastic twist on both a coffee and a classic cocktail. This could be very, very dangerous.
|24 Ninth Avenue (between West 13th and West 14th Street),
Meatpacking District
(212) 255-5588
About the Author
One Response to DISH OF THE WEEK: Three Hour Kyoto Negroni at KOBRICK COFFEE CO.
very well written


text:
In a thoughtful and poignant memoir, literature professor Mark Edmundson remembers his years watching and playing football. With reflections drawn from Homer and the Old Testament, Coleridge and Jim Brown, he acknowledges the lessons he gained from the game and cautions against its inherent dangers. Robert Kehoe gives his review.
"Be a football player!" was the rallying cry for the Medford Mustangs. As Mark Edmundon says at the outset of his touching memoir Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game, "We yelled those words loudly, with pride . . . but I doubt that any of us – least of all me – really knew what we were saying." He probably wasn't alone then, nor would he be now.
While many give lip service to clichéd ideals of football being anchored in character development, moral formation, and leadership, the sport has become so wildly popular as a source of entertainment that its educational aspects have become secondary considerations at best, or simply ignored.
The result is a simultaneous overvaluation of football's entertainment quotient, and a reduction of the importance of athletic education for the players who entertain. This leads to further confusion when football's leaders, coaches, and players behave badly – and when fans, communities, and institutions have overcommitted themselves to being entertained, without investigating what football is all about. Why Football Matters works to minimize that confusion. In a climate where NFL and college football news is rife with scandal, this is a book that offers football lovers and haters a chance to pause, think, and learn.
Edmundson – who teaches English at the University of Virginia and proves as conversant with Sam Huff and Y.A. Tittle as he is with Plato and Freud – argues that sports are always educational, whether learning happens by design or by accident, for good or for ill. While football can "develop character, stir courage, enhance manliness, and cultivate patriotism, faith and loyalty," it can just as easily yield to, "brutality, thoughtlessness, dull conformity, love for the herd mentality and the herd." Naturally, we all learn by imitation, so the questions athletes must ask – no different than practitioners of any other discipline – are who are the models they are imitating, and what are they learning. Edmundson takes on these questions through personal reflections of watching and playing the game, and a contemplative investigation of the historical and cultural conditions that have led so many young men to pursue glory on gridiron.
His education in the game began as a boy on lazy Sunday afternoons in Medford, Massachusetts. "It was 1958, 1959. We rooted for the New York Giants. My father loved getting ready for the game. He pushed his king-dad's chair into the middle of the living room, sat down, and tested it. Fine!" With everything in place, Edmundson took to observing the nuances of the sport, the emotion of the spectacle, and his father's running commentary. Soon he started to appropriate the language of football in the same way he would later appropriate the language of philosophy and literature in his study of literary criticism as a graduate student in English at Yale.
His father's favorite player was Jim Brown. Edmundson remembers that the running back "had the feet of a ballerina when he dodged tacklers or skipped along the sidelines, but he had the muscle of a bull. He never ducked a hit: He ran over his enemies. When he finally was tackled, he rose with slow dignity." Little did he know, but watching football was his introduction to interpreting an aesthetic encounter.
Of course, observing, interpreting, and opining about athletics is very different than challenging oneself to pursue true knowledge and wisdom by taking action. For Edmundson, that pursuit began when he mustered up the courage in high school – well, at the time he wouldn't call it courage – to try something he wasn't particularly good at: a physically demanding sport. He recollects, "I was doughnut soft around the waist, nearsighted, a slow runner, and not quick at all." But in making the football team at Medford High School, he would soon discover, "that underneath the soft exterior I had some muscle," it just took some blocking, hitting, tackling, lifting and running "through your pads" to find it.
While football helped him understand the meaning of courage, commitment, camaraderie, and loyalty, the unanticipated byproduct of his athletic habituation was a foundation upon which his intellectual virtues could be revealed. "Like a lot of men I came to times in my life when I had to call on the kind of strength football helped me develop. I needed the resources the game helped me create." As a memoir of how the game helped him gain that strength, Why Football Matters is a moving tale of a boy coming of age, processing experiences of triumph and defeat through the lens of family, community, and self-discovery.
At the same time as Edmundson bears witness to the educational values football can cultivate, his book also serves as a criticism of the game's contemporary landscape. Utilizing his understanding of literature and intellectual history, he gives a circumspect analysis of football's sinister side and the dangers of its devolution into abject savagery. He recognizes, without equivocation, that football is inherently violent. Edmundson writes, "At the center of football is a religion of winning. You've got to beat the other team, knock them down, drive them off, impose your will on them."
Connecting his experience as a player to a compelling analysis of the battle between Achilles and Hector, Edmundson shows that football players, like the warriors in Homer's Iliad, are capable of bending and breaking rules to avoid facing loss and humiliation. At the outset of the epic poem, Homer does not evoke the god of courage. Rather, he draws from the god of anger and the immortal song of mighty Achilles' rage and hunger for power that is fueled by fear. On this reading, it is not bravery that inspires Achilles to take the field against the Trojan warrior Hector. It is fear of humiliation, and "his drive to compensate for his shame brings him close to being a beast." Achilles announces to Hector, "I'm so enraged I could eat your flesh." As Edmundson makes perfectly clear: "That is the way of the lion and the wolf but not the way of man." But if you worship at the altar of winning, the way of the lion and the wolf may be just what your fans and coach (or drill sergeant) are looking for: "Football players and soldiers constantly behave like Achilles. They go berserk. Whether they are fed by shame or primal rage or some other more noble quality, it is not easy to say. But we can say this: Those who have access to their rage often triumph." In other words, nice guys finish last.
Here, Edmundson reflects on the Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who "by his own admission … turned himself into something like an animal. He was an assassin on the field. Off the field he was all about cocaine and fast driving and sex with whoever." His Hall of Fame coach, Bill Parcells, was well aware of Taylor's objectionable moral comportment, but he never asked anything more of his prized linebacker. The religion of winning demands a different catechism.
Whereas Achilles' fear of failure and hunger for power drives him to glory in battle, Hector is motivated by the love of his family and the defense of his city. He is capable of violent action, but his appetites are more refined and he does not take pleasure in the acts themselves. In the end, Hector's nobility is no match for Achilles' rage. When Achilles drags Hector's defeated body around the city of Troy, the religion of winning is given one of its greatest literary victories.
In real life, football has fielded plenty of players who resemble Hector (Reggie White, Barry Sanders, and Steve Young come to mind), but Hector can only hope to outwit and outlast Achilles. In football's religious hierarchy, if Achilles – or Lawrence Taylor – assumes authority, we can do little more than cower at the feet of the winner.
With that, football's supremacy as America's pastime has significant ramifications. Because football games are often vital communal events, and football players are necessarily role models, Edmundson's understanding of football as an inherently educational and moral exercise needs to be taken seriously. But the power and beauty of football's spectacle is so moving that it becomes very easy to ignore, or trivialize, the educational and moral aspects of the game. The costs of that ignorance have already yielded grave consequences. As the sport's audience grows, football players' appetites appear to be leaning in Achilles' direction.
Edmundson points out: "Every Saturday and Sunday in American football, players do astonishing deeds. They jump and bound, leap and dodge, and run at eye-searing speed. They seem for a while as if they're more than human." But the problem is that athletes are not more, or less, than human. They are human, and if we allow the beauty of athletic performance and achievement to result in an assertion of otherworldliness, we deny the athletes we watch the essence of their own humanity. For Edmundson, this is a moral catastrophe – one that players and families from Pop Warner football all the way to the NFL are paying for with their bodies, and sometimes their lives.
Essayist Stanley Crouch once wrote, "We are now mightily perplexed by the vulgarity and the brutal appetites of our culture." With football's popularity and commercial power, it appears that perplexity has given way to acceptance and assimilation. The religion of winning is winning. Ben Roethlisberger's possible rape of a woman in the bathroom of a Georgia bar in 2010 has been virtually forgotten. Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy and a national championship last year in spite of suspicion that his university and Tallahassee civic officials shielded him from facing rape charges. And if it wasn't for TMZ releasing a video of Ray Rice knocking out his soon-to-be wife, he would be playing for the Baltimore Ravens right now.
Though football's leaders would like us to believe these are exceptions to the rule, Why Football Matters makes it abundantly clear that the way football players behave depends on what they learn from the game and the coaches who teach them. Edmundson's reflections on the virtues and vices of the sport present a serious challenge to coaches, players, and fans to confront the vulgarity and brutality of recent headlines with more than a blind eye, or veiled ignorance.
"Be a football player!" the Medford Mustangs would say.
Ben Roethlisberger, Jameis Winston, and Ray Rice are football players. What it means to be a football player today and in the future will reveal whether we, as a people, have sided with Hector or Achilles.
Mark Edmundson, Why Football Matters: My Education in the Game
Penguin Press, 2014. 240 pp. ISBN: 9781594205750
Robert L. Kehoe III is a writer who lives with his wife and sons in Madison, Wisconsin. You can follow him on Twitter at @robertkehoe3 and read his essays for Point Magazine, Howler, Eight by Eight, and other journals on his personal website.


text: China may ease foreign ownership restrictions on financial firms China may relax its foreign ownership rules, allowing foreign investors to own controlling stakes in financial institutions, such as insurers and fund management companies. The Chinese and British governments made the joint announcement at the annual UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue, which aims to develop and deepen the economic and financial relationship between the two countries. Present were the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai. "China commits to gradually raise the permitted equity holding of qualified foreign financial institutions in securities and mutual fund companies," said the joint statement. It added that the China Insurance Regulatory Commission was "willing to work towards increasing foreign ownership of life insurance companies conducting business in China." Currently, foreign investors can own only up to a 49% stake in mainland mutual fund and securities brokerages, while the maximum amount is 50% for life insurance companies. Allowing foreigners to have controlling stakes in firms can be a game-changer, as global financial institutions will have increased power in major decisions and the general direction of Chinese joint ventures. Over the past few years, China has been relaxing its various economic restrictions on joint ventures, as well as making it easier for foreigners to launch new products and purchase Chinese stocks and bonds. Related stories: CIRC warns Evergrande to 'stop acting like a hedge fund' CIRC to keep an eye on pseudo-insurers UK family faces US$37,000 medical bill in China Leave a comment SHARE


text:
Click here to print the obituary below
In Memory of
Crum "Buddy" Bates Jr.
December 8, 1948 - February 24, 2012
Crum Bates, Jr., 63, of Montgomery, passed away at a local hospital on February 24, 2012. He was a Marine who served his country proudly. Survivors are his wife of 42 years, Brenda Louise Parker Bates; sons, Michael Wayne Bates and Mark Anthony (Michelle) Bates; daughters, Frankie Elaine (Joseph) Luster and April Marie (Matthew) Luster; and son, David Allen (Kellie) Bates; as well as 12 grandchildren; Dillon, Summer, Justin, Joseph, Nicklous, Parker, Lindsay, Chase, Connor, Hunter, Daniel and Margaret. Pallbearers will be Kevin Ray, Joseph M. Luster, Jr., Dillon Bates, Justin Bates, Matthew C. Luster, III, Jason Paul Evans and William Mack Bates, Jr. A visitation and reception will be held at White Chapel Funeral Home on Monday, February 27, 2012 from 5pm – 7pm with the funeral service on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 2pm. Burial will follow with military honors being rendered at Greenwood Serenity Cemetery.
Visitation and Reception
Monday, February 27, 2012 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
White Chapel-Greenwood Funeral Home
909 Lincoln Road, Montgomery, AL 36109 | (334) 272-3181
Driving Directions
Funeral Service
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | 2:00pm
White Chapel-Greenwood Funeral Home
909 Lincoln Road, Montgomery, AL 36109 | (334) 272-3181
Driving Directions


text:
Our campground is accessible to both tents and RV's and has many amenities for your convenience:
Background Photo Credit: Destination British Columbia
Copyright © 2018 BC Lodging & Campground Association.
All rights reserved.
British Columbia Lodging & Campgrounds Association
209 – 3003 St John's Street Port Moody, BC, Canada V3H 2C4 Tel: 778-383-1037 | Fax: 604-945-7606


text:
North East Wales Emergency Duty Team. Agenda. Welcome and introductions Susan Lewis Purpose of the meeting Susan Lewis Project overview Vicky McCourt Governance and accountability – open discussion. Proposal.
Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.
Provide an emergency social work response
outside normal office hours
(from SSIW)
Overall total: 390 / month (97 / week)
Total visits of 55 per month ( 14 per week)
i.e. 14% of calls result in a visit.
Estimated budget for new service: £600,000
(to be 3 way split for first 3 years)
However, current expenditure is under estimated as management and other costs (eg travel) are hidden


text:
Captain Bill Payne started sailing his home built 8' pram in 1964. In the following almost 50 years he moved through various day sailors and into pocket cruisers. Ten years ago he started keelboat sailing and his most recent sailboat is 27' Splendor built some 35 years ago.
His schooling, for the first 35 years, was trial and error. Then he took courses at the Orange Coast College of Sailing and Seamanship and he started sailing to Catalina and the coastline of Southern California. But it wasn't until about 2004 that he connected with the American Sailing Association. Since that time he has taken his ASA instructor's certificates for Basic Keel Boat (101) through Coastal Navigation (105) and, most recently, his USCG OVUP license. About 10 years ago he founded Bill's Little Informal Sailboat School in Osaka. While BLISS started as a solo operation to provide basic sailing skills, along the way there have been several associate instructors who have added their talents and skills. Bill fancies Bliss as an alternate sailing school where the focus is on the student as the center of the course – not the class. Thus, we are more like coaches than teachers.
A spin off of Bliss is the Juku. The Juku is an online training site to prepare sailors for the 2 kyu and 1 kyu English exams. In a former life Bill took his PhD in educational test wiseness and he gets a kick out of deconstructing the 2 kyu exams. Bill has crewed on four passages: Hong Kong to Japan, Japan to Russia and return, and Osaka to Okinawa.
Capt. Dave Harris, Associate Instructor
Dave began boating at age 9 and was towing competitive skiers by age twelve. In his High School and College years he worked at marinas in Northern California, chartering, delivering, and maintaining large house boats. Dave has owned and operated a 27 foot ski boat for most of his life.
Six years ago Dave decided to take up sailing in Japan. He now owns a 33 foot Denmark X-99 which he has raced with the Kansai Yacht Club. He has chartered and captained 45 foot catamarans and monohulls in the Caribbean, Greek Isles, and Gulf Islands off the coast of Vancouver. His current goal is to sail the ten most spectacular locations on the planet.
Dave is now an ASA certified instructor and has completed ASA courses 101 Basic Keelboat, 103 Coastal Navigation, 104 Bareboat Cruising, 105 Coastal Navigation, 106 Advanced Coastal Cruising, and the 118 Docking Endorsement. Dave loves any excuse to get out on the water. His 35 years teaching experience make him a very patient and thorough instructor.