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The Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences continues its spring series with a discussion about the ongoing relevance of "To Kill a Mockingbird," as a novel, play, and film.
On Wednesday, March 9, Kevin Maillard, a professor in the University's College of Law, will present "To Kill a Mockingbird: From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter" at 2 p.m. in Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage (820 East Genesee St.) The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Humanities Center at 315-443-7192.
Immediately following the event is a 3 p.m. performance of the Syracuse Stage production of "To Kill a Mockingbird." The matinee is open to the public; however, tickets are required. To purchase tickets ($30-$48 for adults and $18 for children), call the Syracuse Stage Box Office at 315-443-3275 or visit syracusestage.org.
The discussion is organized by Syracuse Stage, whose critically acclaimed production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" runs through Saturday, March 26.
"We are honored to partner with Syracuse Stage and Professor Maillard, who studies several of the key issues in Harper Lee's iconic novel—issues such as race, sex, power, and justice," says Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and associate professor of women's & gender studies. "This discussion and Syracuse Stage's production are timely and relevant: The fight for civil rights continues, and the arts are pivotal for engaging these questions and confronting inequality."
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The Cats' Meow: Corner Market Clerk Lena Woods Provides Food and Affection to Community Cats
Feral cats are considered to be free-roaming cats with no owner. Truly feral cats do not seek human companionship, and are not candidates for adoption. It takes months to socialize a feral cat, and while they may bond to the person socializing, as the Corner Kitties have bonded to Lena, a feral cat will likely regress to a feral state when introduced to new people. It has been estimated that 100 million feral cats and dogs run rampant across the U.S. The majority of those animals are feral cats – basically house cats that were either lost or abandoned and then reverted to a "wild" state. Hands Helping Paws, an animal rescue group based in Norman, Oklahoma, estimates there are about 40,000 feral cats (224 per square mile) in the Norman area. There are an estimated 97,000 feral cats in Oklahoma City. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that there are as many as 50 million feral cats in the United States. Hands Helping Paws promotes Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) as the best, most humane way to control feral cat populations. With TNR, feral cats are humanely trapped, then spayed or neutered and vaccinated. TNR'd feral cats are then returned to their outdoor home while socialized cats and kittens are adopted into private homes. TNR improves the quality of life for existing colonies, prevents the birth of more cats, and reduces the number of cats over time. Lena called Hands Helping Paws for assistance with spaying and neutering the Corner Kitties, and especially with finding homes for the younger, adoptable cats. "Hands Helping Paws is awesome. If [the cats] are adoptable, they keep them. If they're not, they bring them back". Acknowledging the existence of groups advocating the eradication of feral cats by "kill methods," Lena insists, "There's nothing wrong with adopting these cats out, instead of just killing them all". The Oklahoma Spay Network estimates about 90% of animal related complaints to police involve animals that have not been spayed or neutered. In Oklahoma, animal control costs exceed five million dollars per year. Russell Anderson, a supervisor for the Norman, Oklahoma, Police Department Dispatch, says that funding issues have led to the police department having to field animal welfare calls. According to Russell, "lack of funding has left animal welfare shorthanded, and the police department now takes animal welfare calls, including calls about stray animals." One Norman Animal Welfare Agency spokesperson, who asked not to be named, admitted that people who do call the Agency requesting pickup of stray animals are advised that a welfare officer cannot be dispatched and are offered the loan of traps to capture the animals themselves and bring them to the animal shelter. The Agency spokesperson admitted that cats brought to the shelter have a "nearly 100%" kill rate. While many people argue that feral cats should be killed, others, like Lena Woods, believe feral cats should be allowed to live out their lives. The Central Oklahoma Humane Society (Oklahoma Humane) launched a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program in March 2007, to help bring Oklahoma City feral cat populations under control. Through the "Stop the Cattin' Around!" TNR Program, more than 6,500 cats have been trapped, neutered and returned in Oklahoma City. In May 2012, the Oklahoma City Council approved an ordinance allowing animal shelter staff to sterilize and vaccinate stray, feral, and free roaming cats without an ID and return them to their neighborhoods of origin. In partnership with Oklahoma Humane, the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter responds to requests from neighborhood residents to trap cats, and leaves information about the TNR program at each house on the block where a cat is trapped. Lena Woods believes an official TNR program similar to the programs in Oklahoma City could be just as successful in the City of Norman. In the meantime, Lena continues to care for her Corner Kitties in partnership with Hands Helping Paws, doing her small part in helping with a very large issue.You can assume Lena Woods is at work if you see a number of cats huddled outside the entrance to the Corner Market. Lena has worked for just over three years at the tiny rural convenience store perched against the side of a hill at an intersection east of the City of Norman, Oklahoma, and she has been caring for the cats there just as long. "They needed to be fed. They needed somebody to love them," she says about the "Corner Kitties". Lena's concern for the Corner Kitties didn't take long to spill over into the community, and she explains, "I just started feeding them, and people started bringing food and donating money. For about a year and a half people have been really getting into feeding the animals, which I think is awesome."


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On Sunday afternoon the Indianapolis Colts will host the Houston Texans in one of the early games. The New England Patriots will then host the Miami Dolphins in one of the late games. The goal of Sunday's game for the Patriots should depend on what happens during that first game.
The Patriots currently sit in the third seed in the AFC one game behind the Texans and Denver Broncos. While the Texans could certainly lose to the Colts who have clinched the fifth seed in the playoffs, the Broncos host the woeful Kansas City Chiefs who they should handle with relative ease to clinch a first round bye. Having beaten both the Texans and Broncos, the Patriots hold the tiebreaker against both teams meaning if one of the two loses and the Patriots win, the Patriots would move into one of the top two seeds and secure a first round bye.
If the Colts, who are no longer playing for playoff positioning, fall to the Texans, the Patriots will settle into the third seed and host the sixth seeded Cincinnati Bengals unless the 2-13 Chiefs miraculously beat the Broncos. Seeing how the Broncos losing is near impossible, the Patriots would be smart to rest their starters. While resting starters is a tricky concept that can backfire, the Patriots have been quite unfortunate with injuries this season and should not risk another key injury if they are no longer playing for playoff positioning.
If the Colts find a way to beat the Texans who have not played well over the past few weeks, resting key players will not be an option for the Patriots. While it looks like star tight end Rob Gronkowski will be available for the wild card round, the bye would be welcome for the AFC East champions. Unfortunately for the Patriots, a win by the Colts won't move them up as they have a wild card position and a loss won't move them down as they hold the tiebreaker over the Bengals.
When the Patriots host the Dolphins Sunday afternoon they will use one of two strategies: (1) either they will rest their starters for most of the game to make sure they stay healthy for the playoffs or (2) they will go for the win and play their key players. That strategy should depend on the result of the Texans game earlier in the day. If the Texans lose to the Colts then the Patriots should go for the win but if the Texans win the Patriots, unable to change playoff positioning, should rest their key players for the upcoming playoff game.


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Real Estate Do's & Don'ts, With Bob Jain
June 17, 2016 by Paul Martinez
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Purchasing and investing in real estate is a hobby that many people take part in. They enjoy the idea of looking into various pieces of property, before deciding on the options that will eventually net them the biggest investments. With this in mind, it's important to understand how to take part in real estate, so that you can make a profit as well. For those who would like to make the most out of this, here are a few do's & don'ts that Bob Jain can tell you about.
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By Valerie Barry, KPA-CTP
In Partnership With Dogs
Ups and Downs!
I sometimes wonder why our dogs don't just pack up their little bags and head off into the sunset leaving all of us humans behind. We are so confusing to live with!
One of the things that most people really hate is a dog jumping up on them. For dogs, I think this must be one of their most confusing interactions with us.
What exactly do we want?? The only consistent thing I see about how people handle this behaviour is that they are consistently unclear!
If you and your dog stop to chat with someone and then your dog jumps up on that person, how do you handle it? Are you a . . .
1. Reactive Screamer: Yell at your dog to "Get Off!"
2. Military Commander: Sternly cue your dog to get "Down!"
3. Apologetic Yanker: Yank your dog back by the leash/collar/harness apologizing profusely ("Oh my gosh, he never does that!" Hmmm – really?)
4. Late Trainer: Frantically cue your dog to "Sit, Sit, Sit, Sit, NO! Sit, Sit, Sit, SIT!"
5. Friendly By-Stander: Cheerily carol out the ever popular "It's OK – he's friendly!"
6. Blame Passer: Complain with annoyance "Oh you have treats in your pocket!" (My fault your dog jumped on me – SO sorry.)
Chances are you do at least one of those things – because I've been jumped on by a lot of dogs and I've seen and heard it all!
Why do dogs jump up in the first place? That's always the first question I'm asked. The answer: who knows? We will never know why that particular dog chose that particular person and that particular time to jump up. Luckily we can make some educated guesses and come up with a training plan to solve the problem.
1. Fearful or anxious dogs.
I do think that there are some dogs who jump up on people as a way to deflect or ward off unwanted attention. I've met some dogs who give every appearance of being uncomfortable around people, clearly dislike being touched and handled by strangers and yet will jump up on them at any opportunity. Actually, I think it's a particularly clever tactic, as it does tend to get people to back (or stumble) away from you. It's a much more peaceful gesture than barking and lunging and yet accomplishes the same thing for the dog – distance.
2. Youthful Reinforcement.
Most dogs get a lot of reinforcement during early puppyhood for jumping up on people, and I think this is where it starts for a lot of them. Everybody loves a puppy! There aren't many people who mind soft little puppy paws landing on their shins as they ruffle baby-soft fur and exchange adoring gazes. You can tell everyone you meet to "please ignore my puppy until he sits" and not a single person will comply – trust me, I know! The reinforcement puppy gets from happy, high-pitched voices exclaiming over his cuteness isn't matched by many things at that age – unless of course he's a fearful puppy (see paragraph above).
3. It just feels good.
I think that friendly dogs just like to jump up on us – to engage us, get some attention from us, get closer to us – who knows why, but they just like to do it. And because they like to do it, they're going to continue to do it unless someone gives them a better alternative.
Dogs don't speak English – really, they don't.
Once puppyhood has passed or at least once puppy more closely resembles a full-grown adult dog, there is no longer any appreciation for exuberant, jumping-up types of greetings. At this point, many owners immediately revert to their native tongue and expect dogs to clearly understand that "Get Down" means to take their paws off that person's pant legs and put them back on the ground. Many people seem to think dogs should just "get" this without any training.
Have you actually tried to do some training with your dog?
If you have, this is where things start to get even more confusing . . .
What word have you taught and are you using it consistently?
Many of us teach our dogs to lie down using the cue "Down". And, yet, the most common thing that pops out of many human mouths when a dog jump up is "Down"! Unless you've spent a lot of time "proofing" your Down cue, I doubt they're going to sink into a down right at this moment – and I'm guessing that's not what you were meaning anyway – right?
I had a friend who insisted that she used "Lie Down" for her Down cue and when she said "Down!" she meant for her dog to get down from the human they were jumping on. Again – unless you've worked very hard on training this AND are really consistent with the use of both things, that's a tough one for any dog. Frankly, most dog owners aren't that dedicated to everyday training to accomplish this level of precision – that requires hundreds of hours of practice.
What do you actually mean and what are you actually asking?
Let's say that instead of polluting your Down cue, you choose to use "Off" instead. Makes sense, right? "Get Off" is a common turn of phrase so our dogs should understand that easily. Well, see above…"Dogs don't speak English"…!
Even more confusing than what cue is most appropriate to train and use, is what you actually want your dog to do in the first place. Do you want your dog to get down after he jumps up OR do you want your dog to stop jumping up on humans in the first place? I would imagine that everyone really wants no jumping in the first place – but they really haven't thought through that question. If you don't want the jumping at all, why not train your dog to something other than jump up instead of spending all that time trying to "train" "Get Off"?! See – it's confusing even for us to understand – imagine how our dogs feel!
Are you creating a behaviour chain?
Even if you're very successful with your training – your dog understands "Off" and is happily getting down off the humans he jumps on when you give your cue – what are you really training?
Would it surprise you to know that you've actually just very successfully taught your dog TO jump on humans!
What you've unknowingly done is create a Behaviour Chain. In order for your dog to get the "Good Boy" and/or Treat that follows the "Off" cue, your dog must first jump on the human. If he wants the "Good Boy" / Treat / or simply the happier vibes he gets from all surrounding humans, this is the chain that you are building: Jump Up, Get Off, Get Reinforced. For some particularly "friendly" dogs this chain evolves to: Launch at High Speed, Jump Up (On), "Get Off!", Get Reinforced. The "Get Off" is what your dog thinks is causing the reinforcement and in order to get that, he must first do the initial step(s).
Training, training, training!
Here are 2 phrases that set most trainer's teeth on edge – kind of like biting into tinfoil with a metal filling:
- My dog "knows" what to do, he's just (pick one): (a) ignoring me, (b) being stubborn, (c) mad at me, (d) being spiteful, etc.
- Dogs want to "please us". I guess what follows is that they will, therefore, eventually figure out what to do in their desire to make us happy.
Because we cannot interview our dogs with any degree of confidence, there is no evidence to show that dogs "just want to please". And, there is a lot of evidence to support that if a dog "knows what to do" (i.e. the training has been consistent, thorough and there is a history of appropriate reinforcement for the dog), he will just do it when he's asked to.
Not jumping up on people is actually one of the easiest things to teach your dog – in terms of skills and equipment involved. There's really not much to it – BUT – you have to put in the time to practice. If your dog has already developed a habit of jumping up, you will have to work a little bit harder.
If you don't want your dog to jump up on people at all, then that's what you have to reinforce. The training challenge here relies on 2 things that are not easy:
- Controlling people's access to your dog; and
- Controlling your dog's access to people.
Like any training, when you are trying to change behaviour, management is critical. You simply cannot allow people to get into your dog's jumping range (or vice versa) without some plan to control the outcome (no jumping).
Every un-managed incident of jumping up ultimately reinforces the behaviour of jumping up. Science has taught us that once behaviour has been acquired, it is strengthened by a schedule of random reinforcement – think slot machines and how people continue to play despite rarely winning.
Management can be the hardest part of the training – it's really hard to control people!
- Stop at a good distance from people – be well aware of the range of your dog's leash.
- Ask people not to approach you too closely.
- Be prepared to just walk away if someone is not willing to comply with your request – your dog's training depends on it.
It should go without saying that your dog must be on leash when outside with you and maybe even on leash (or confined) when guests come over to your house. If there's any chance that your dog is going to jump on someone, they simply cannot be free to do so if you ever hope to successfully "un-train" this behaviour. This is really hard for people to do too!
What about off leash activities? Again, you need to be in a position to control the outcome if you want Jumping Up to disappear. If your dog is off leash in an area where people are, he simply cannot be free until his training is really good and you are in control of his behaviour. Recall training is important here – if he has a fantastic Recall, then Jumping Up can be potentially controlled on leash if he will come when called and you're carefully watching the trail.
The Training: 4-On-The-Floor.
As I said, the training is simple!
With your dog on leash and tons of fantastic treats on hand:
- Click or Mark and treat your dog as people are approaching for keeping all 4 of his feet on the ground.
- The Clicking and treating should be rapid fire. Do this as fast as your dog can chew and you can Click. We need to plug a ton of information in his brain as quickly as possible – "keeping your feet on the ground pays off in BIG ways!"
- Tossing your treats on the ground closer to you than the oncoming human can help by keeping eye contact between dog and visitor to a minimum and keeping your dog closer to you as he collects his treat.
- Stop well beyond the range of his leash and continue to Click "4-on-the-floor".
- Discourage people from coming closer, turn and leave or move off to the side of the trail if close contact appears likely.
- Hundreds of repetitions of your dog practicing Not Jumping Up is required before your dog will naturally look to you for reinforcement rather look to the oncoming human as an opportunity to Jump Up.
- It seems like everyone is an expert! Don't get into a discussion with anyone you meet about better ways to do things – you have your training plan, stick to it!
Training an Alternate Behaviour.
The exercise above trains an alternate behaviour of Keeping Feet on the Ground vs. Jumping Up.
Some people prefer to have their dogs Sit when they meet people. This is fine too – but I would still do the exercise noted above for a long time before I started asking for a Sit and then Clicking and treating the Sit. Working on the exercise above will help get that initial excitement under some level of control so that a Sit is more likely to be successful.
Once your dog is used to the pattern of seeing a human and looking to you for reinforcement, it will be far easier to start adding in the Sit cue.
In the meantime, make sure you practice your Sit cue all by itself in many, many different contexts so your dog gets really good at it. When you start adding it in, it should then be very easy for your dog to Sit.
It's OK to Walk Away.
By the way, if you have a fearful dog who jumps up, consider being content with him keeping 4 paws on the ground vs. asking for a Sit. If your dog is worried about people, it may be hard for him to be "trapped" in a Sit cue – feeling unable to get up and leave if he needs to. It's not fair to expect a fearful dog to just Sit and potentially be handled by someone he finds scary. Teaching that particular dog that he can just walk away is important. In this case, follow the Click and treat for keeping his feet on the ground by a Recall back to you so he can learn the "walk away" behaviour. If he is fearful, the relief he feels by walking away will be highly reinforcing.
The Family Dynamics
This could be an entire training article all by itself. Our families aren't always helpful when it comes to training (or un-training) our dogs! If you have a dog who is super excited about people coming home (or even just coming out of the bathroom!) and you don't live alone, then I'm guessing your dog is practicing all his people jumping, at home, on a regular basis.
If you let all this jumping continue at home, no matter how much training you do outside your home will ultimately be compromised as your dog struggles to understand the difference between greeting strangers and greeting family.
The good news is that your family is pretty much a group of "captive" training partners – they can help you! Practice the "4-on-the-floor" exercise with your dog on leash and your family coming and going from the house. If you can spend 10 minutes each day training by having someone come in and out of the door repetitively – you can accomplish a lot in a short time. Ask family members to send you a text or a quick call when they are about to arrive at home so you can get organized and begin training as soon as they walk through the door.
Ensure that your dog is confined if you're not able to train during home arrival times so you're not, once again, compromising your training.
If you have anyone in the family who just will not or cannot help you with the training, you can still make progress as long as you can manage interactions as much as possible to avoid jumping up.
If you happen to have someone in the family who just loves having the dog jump all over them, there's a solution for that too! Ask that family member to, at the very least, throw out a cue – like "Jump Up Fido!" – before your dog launches himself at that one person. If they can't manage to throw out a cue just before the "attack", then ask that they ignore Fido until he jumps down, then cue the Jump Up. It's not perfect but it's likely to be more helpful than just letting it continue on your dog's agenda.
Side Note: On the topic of dogs understanding or not understanding English: while dogs do give every appearance of understanding a lot of what we say, they do not understand our spoken (or written) language. What they do is master our tone and body language and make really good guesses at our intent a lot of the time. This is a pretty impressive skill, actually, and comes with being our companions for thousands of years. Plus, with good positive training, you can teach your dog to associate words like Sit for example with the act you mean it to be – put your butt on the ground. The word could be "Sit" or it could be "blabbityboo" – the key is making that association with consistent, positive training.
So – are you really to get started with a different plan?! Remember to keep it positive!


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These are some of the compliance-related stories that recently caught my attention.
Detecting Managed Earnings With CEO Profiles by Tri Nguyen, Chau Duong and Sunitha Narendran in the CLS Blue Sky Blog
We offer the PSCORE, a composite grouping of individual characteristics linked with a higher likelihood of earnings management by prior research. We identified nine individual variables or signals from existing research to develop the PSCORE. These signals or variables can be sorted into four categories: financial expertise, personal reputation, internal power, and age. We used finance-related working experience and qualifications as the signals for financial expertise. The length and performance of a CEO's tenure as well as how often the media mentioned the CEO were used as signals for personal reputation. The signals for internal power included information about other significant positions a CEO held in a company (e.g. chairman, founder). Age was captured from curricula vitae in the public domain disclosing the actual age and distance from retirement of a CEO. [More…]
SEC Opinions Underused by Enforcement Targets, Official Says by Rob Tricchinelli in Bloomberg BNA
Parties accused of wrongdoing by the SEC don't take full advantage of the commission's opinions in guiding their defense, a top agency enforcement official said Feb. 24.
As it handles enforcement cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission often issues legal opinions, which cover many areas of securities laws that federal-court cases don't reach as frequently.
"It's really a missed opportunity to not be aware of what they are," Joseph K. Brenner, chief counsel in the SEC's Enforcement Division, said at a panel during the Practising Law Institute's "SEC Speaks" event in Washington. [More…]
Will Blockchain Transform Compliance? by Tom Fox in the FCPA Compliance Report
This is made even more powerful in the area of financial reporting. Typically, a search is "horizontal (across the web) and vertical (within particular websites). What you find can be out-of-date or inaccurate in other ways. On a blockchain, though, there's a third dimension: sequence. In addition to being able to obtain a historical picture of the company since it was incorporated, you can see what has occurred in the last few minutes." The authors correctly note, "The opportunity to search a company's complete record of value will have profound implications for transparency as it brings to light off-book transactions and hidden accounts. People responsible for records and reports will be able to create filters that allow stakeholders to find what they are searching for at the press of a button. Companies will be able to create transaction ticker tapes and dashboards, some for internal use". This would be extremely helpful in the difficult vetting of third parties around financial information. [More…]
And the Oscar for Control Failures Goes to… by Matt Kelly in Radical Compliance
If a company has multiple versions of a report floating around (which, in abstract terms, is what happened here), that tells me to look more at the risk assessment and control activities. Someone handing an announcer the wrong envelope is not a far-fetched risk to imagine; when you include the sky-high reputation consequences for PwC, it seems like a singularly easy risk to identify and anticipate. (COSO Principle 7: "Identify and analyze risks.")[More…]


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If you can get past January Jones' horrible Emma Frost, this is the best of the X-Men movies; if you can't, it still is.
I saw someone upthread remark about how they were disappointed that they didn't make Mystique a 'sexy blue woman'. I for one am glad they didn't. I thought that going for a slighty more agendered look was simply more visually interesting and unexpected.
But oh man I loved this movie and it's use of the word 'groovy', it was just wonderful.
The rumoured Rosamund Pike would have been a much better Emma Frost.
Strong movie, overall, apart from some supporting characters who are just kind of there (this only really becomes problematic when real plot points hinge on them, as with Angel's defection, which happens way, way too quickly).
Here's my thing about Emma Frost's portrayal: You can't think of her as Emma Frost.
I mean, if you've read the comic books, you bring to this movie an entire understanding of who Emma Frost is and how she behaves, and that's great. But think about Azazel in this film. In the comics, he's an ancient demon/spirit/whatever the fuck Azazel is, with all these powers and he's constantly sleeping with mutants and everything's crazy. In the film, he's Shaw's servant who has a big-ass knife. In the same way, the film took the name, appearance and powers of an extremely complicated character, and turned her into another servant of Shaw's, this time with telepathy and diamond skin.
I'm not saying that this was a good way to handle it, but I would be quicker to blame the writing than the acting. Given what they did the character, maybe "more sexually liberated Betty Draper" was precisely what they were looking for.
you don't have to be a Nazi to commit crimes against humanity, and committing such crimes will not automatically make you a Nazi
The original question is whether it would have been better characterization to portray Shaw as a racist. Lots of people were racists in that time and place. The fact that he was willing to work in the Nazi death camps, helping exterminate Jews among other things, that he was not morally outraged by this, seems like a pretty good reason to assume, yes he would more likely than not have been a racist, whether or not he was actual a member of the German National Socialist party.
So is the story of Magneto's training under Shaw and his eventual escape from the camp the subject of the next franchise?
Joseph said: "1. Erik didn't even TRY to kill the doctor after the doctor murdered his mother. Obviously with Shaw's power-set he wouldn't have been able to, but Erik didn't know that at the time. But the fact that he didn't even try–after killing both guards no less–was just stupid. Painfully, jarringly stupid."
Erik had little control over his power at that point. Note that the two soldiers already had metal surrounding their skulls, all Erik had to do was vaguely crunch out of anger to kill. He couldn't fling anything with any aim, just crush and flail object around without direction.
OK movie, fun but flawed in several ways. Certainly not better than the far more tense and credible X2.
CommenCzar says One of the most important lessons of the research into how the camps could at all function was that many, if not most, participants and collaborators were not actually Nazis.
With all due respect, the movie itself contradicts this, when Erick says to the German men in Argentina that his family was killed by pharmacists and tailors.
Your presumption that Nazism is a mere philosophy to be discussed over beer and cigars in a Bayeruth beer garden seems to me ahistorical. Nazism was a philosophy; it was a also a political party, a political movement, a social movement and a military movement. Those who participated in its' military and death camps were part of the political and military movement — and bloody well deserve the title of Nazis. Forgiveness and reconciliation are possible, but that's really another discussion. Shaw never sought forgiveness — nor his Argentinian cohorts. Remember, in the movie itself, Erik did not know what the 2 Germans in the bar had done during the war. But he knew what they were. Nazis.
Others are free to disagree, but to me, if you were an officer at Auschwicz, if you were a member of the SS (and only SS were officers at Auschwiz), if you murdered innocents there — you were a Nazi.
Frankly I am stumped and stunned that people are rushing to defend an Auschwicz doctor against charges of Nazism. Because he was a mutant supremacist? Frankly, Shaw's final plan, which would have killed a billion humans (and mutants also) was one no better than Hitler's final solution in any understandable sense of morality —
Last his denials of Nazi affiliation were made when he was grooming a small frightened Jewish boy to be his willing subject in genetic experimentation. Even young Erik didn't buy that — why should I?
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And he straight up told the audience the reason why he wanted to start a nuclear war – he believed that increasing the amount of radiation would cause more children of the atom (mutants) to exist.
Yes I heard that. And that's why I called it the stupidest plan ever. A billion people, including most of the living mutants in Europe and North America, die — and mutants will rise out of the irradiated world?
Sure mutants would rise, but that doesn't make the plan un-stupid. Shaw could not have known the nature of mutants born from the heavily irradiated future. Would they be homo superior or something else? Would they really follow the lead of the man who'd pretty much destroyed the world? Killed their forebearers in an awful way?
Ah well, if his plan had worked, those second generation mutants would at least have killed Shaw … there's a plan I can admire…
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Shaw told his people not to kill mutants when he was still making the sales pitch. He killed Darwin because Darwin had betrayed him, as an object lesson to the rest of the FC who had chosen not to side with him.
You're right, once the pitch was over, he was not as worried about killing mutants. But I've seen it twice now and you're filling in gaps when you say he powerballed Darwin due to betrayal. Nothing in the movie gives us his motive. So my guess — he wants a mutant future w/o mutants who look like Darwin — is as good as any. (But yes, I think your guess is what the writers intended).
And why an object lesson for XFC? Why not just kill them with a big powerball right then?
Because he was still hoping to lure the rest of them over, I think. Darwin he clearly couldn't trust; and even if Darwin had a genuine change of heart later–which seemed unlikely anyway–you just don't let people into your inner circle who have already tried to betray you.
I don't think it's out of line to consider Shaw a Nazi, mind you–I doubt the people who suffered under the Reich really gave much of a damn what the individual personal beliefs were of the people who tried to destroy them–but I'm pretty sure his idea of racial purity was mutants-only, not Aryans-only. I mean, with the exception of Frost, his crew was not exactly filled with people a Nazi would want to hang out with. And he seemed pleased with who he got to defect: Angel and Darwin (when he thought Darwin was sincere), the only people of color on the X-team.
@Candlejack: Mystique is a "person of color" too!
1. Shaw's not a Nazi, he just had an office at their death camp? How would he even have gotten that position, except by doing Nazi stuff for a reasonable length of time? Complete philosophical commitment is a minor detail when your job description is "war criminal."
2. Having no preconceived notions of Emma Frost as a character, I didn't find her portrayal terrible. I thought that she and Shaw had a good casual villainy going on.
3. Rose Byrne spied in her underwear believably and with dignity.
4. Charles shafted Moira MacTaggert pretty badly, but to what end? Is the C.I.A. not just going to find him at the massive castle he lives in that's been in his family for decades and was his childhood home? Hell, it's probably in the phone book under "Xavier, C."
5. Was there no plan to stop the missile ship? Magneto could surely have bent its rudder.
Well, you got me there, Chalkwhite.
"Mystique is a "person of color" too!"
Heh, but she's played by white girls in all the movies. I guess what that means is real-life has far more resonance than the fictional in this regard.
At X-Men FC tonight I was happy, THIS one seemed cool. Then, they killed the black guy…WTF? Darwin had one of the coolest powers. Why couldn't he live? It's not like they're really sticking to the comic books anyway. Stan Lee purports to encourage acceptance, racist garbage like this makes him look like an ass. US movies just barely have people of color play regular folks not just "the black/Asian/Indian guy/gal". That's it! Hollywood can no longer kill the black people first (and NO substituting another non-white race either). I say we let Stan Lee, Matthew Vaughn and the rest know we want change, NOW.
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Via Inkygirl. I remember doing this at the breakfast table when I was younger, reading the back of cereal boxes–even if I'd seen that cereal box every morning for weeks. It was something to read! Click on the image to see it larger.
I can so relate!
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Annie on March 20, 2008 at 3:19 PM
HAHAHA! I STILL do this!!
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Marg on March 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM
This is totally me as well!
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T on March 20, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Of course, of course.
Grammar Geek on March 20, 2008 at 6:57 PM
This is sooo me, too. 🙂 Sometimes, if I know I'm in a hurry and I don't want to get caught up in my book, I'll actually choose the cereal box.
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anne NY on March 20, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Oh my god ! I still do it and my 12 yo daughter do it too…. when she first learned to read, she even said she didn't want to go to McDonalds…. No menu to read while eating!
Ann on March 20, 2008 at 11:13 PM
I used to read cereal boxes at the breakfast table, if the newspaper didn't come that day. Mom wouldn't let me bring a book to the table, but the newspaper was okay. 🙄
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Kate Davies on March 21, 2008 at 2:09 AM
Not just me, but my two oldest children as well. All of us have been known to bump into walls or doors because we're engrossed in some form of reading material.
And the kids fight over who gets which side of the cereal box to read — they can share it across the table if there's enough print on front and back.
Can't wait to share this with them! :exactly:
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Mad on March 21, 2008 at 9:09 PM
:muahaha: Hey, I *still* do this!
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NSW Govt urged to reveal GM canola farms
The New South Wales Opposition says farmers need to be told where the state's first genetically modified (GM) crops will be planted.
The move became legal in New South Wales yesterday.
Nationals MP Rick Colless says it is now up to the Government to inform people where the first GM crops will be grown.
"If there are neighbouring farmers they need to know if they are going to have GM crops next door to them," he said.
"I think Mr Macdonald made those locations public so that we can make sure that all farmers, both GM and non-GM growers, can take the right precautions to make sure there's no mixing of this material."
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says he does not know where the first crops will be planted, because it is not something he is required to give approval for.
Asked whether anything had come across his desk that would suggest where the crops would be grown, he replied: "No, and I wouldn't be involved in that."
A spokeswoman for the Federal Office of Gene Technology says it is up to the industry to regulate GM crops and she says they do not have to give advance notice about where they will be planted.
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- 1 Efficiency in cosmetology
- 2 Application
- 3 5 nuances for use
- 4 Effective recipes
Efficiency in cosmetology
ForThis material was used the seeds of the castor bean.The grains are subjected to pressing and for the needs of production (chemical industry, lubricants) are used as is.For pharmaceutical purposes further refined, and then poured into jars and sent to the pharmacy.
Value castor oil lies in its composition.It consists entirely of fatty acids: ricinoleic, linoleic, oleic .From the air, the mixture does not change its consistency remains liquid and forms a film.
Eyelash Enhancing castor oil helps prevent hair loss, to enable growth, to give thickness.Due to saturated fatty acids provided food eyelashes valuable vitamins and trace elements, which contributes to their recovery.
In cosmetology is used as a standalone tool, or in combination with other substances.For example, the combination with burdock oil can not only stop the loss of eyelashes, but also to get rid of their fragility.And in combination with vitamin E to provide more intensive eyelash growth.
Apply oil can be at home.The only contraindication is the presence of allergic reactions.Check it should be before the first procedure, causing a droplet on the eyelid.If you experience intense itching and burning, it must be removed with a cotton swab and refuse from the procedure.Note that the itching should be just intense, since a slight burning sensation is a normal reaction to the use of the drug.
So, how to strengthen the eyelashes castor oil?procedures following technique.
- Clean eyelashes - wash, remove any excess mascara makeup remover.
- Heat a little oil - it can be done in the microwave.It is not necessary to heat the whole jar, pour off better than a teaspoon in a saucer.To make it warm enough to heat for 5 seconds.
- Apply oil to the eyelashes, since their mid to tip .No need to put it on the roots - the way it is distributed more evenly.If you smazhetsya roots, means will be collected on the eyelids, causing irritation.
- Remove excess with a cotton pad.
- Within an hour hold on the eyelashes castor oil .Duration of treatment is not dependent on their status.More time for their recovery is not required.
- means Remove with a cotton pad, wash with warm water.
5 nuances for use
eyelashes castor oil treatment will be more effective and easier when you consider some of the nuances.
- Do not buy the most expensive facility in pharmacy.Composition and expensive, and cheap oil is exactly the same, regardless of the name and brand.
- not exceed the time recommended to apply castor oil to eyelashes .How to use it without harm to health?Suffice it to 1:00 in the evening, before bedtime.Leaving for the night, you may get redness and swelling of the eyelids in the morning.
- Get generally lubricated cilia means every night.And do it for at least 1 month.Take a break and then repeat the course after a couple of weeks.
- For the application, you can use your fingers, a cotton pad, cotton swab .But it is more convenient to do it with a brush from the old carcasses.Rinse the brush, drip a drop of oil on it and gently distribute.
- the same way you can improve eyebrows.Apply them on a daily basis means.
Effective recipes
Strengthen means the effect will allow its combination with other natural ingredients.
- Castor oil and vitamin E for eyelashes .The proportions are as follows: 4 drops of oil use 1 drop of vitamin.The latter can be taken from the capsules, which are sold in a pharmacy.Mix the ingredients and apply on the lashes for a better diet, to give them a velvety texture and elasticity.
- Mask for eyelashes with castor oil and vitamin E, aloe vera juice supplemented .It strengthens the roots of the cilia, it stimulates their growth.Mix a teaspoon of butter, add 3 drops of vitamin and as much juice from fresh aloe leaf.Apply makeup in 30 days 1 hour.
- Castor oil and carrot juice .3 drops of juice per teaspoonful main component.This tool will make the lashes darker, saturated.
- combined composition .Use a teaspoon of castor oil, burdock, linseed, almond, grape, wheat germ.You can not take all, but only some, for example, to create a combination of 3 types of your choice.This composition will be a real storehouse of vitamins for your lashes will give them strength, elasticity, will take care of the rapid growth and eliminate the loss.
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Jeremy Corbyn snubs Queen by saying he's too busy to attend Privy Council ceremony
JEREMY CORBYN has snubbed the Queen by turning down an invitation to a ceremony to join the Privy Council.
Jeremy Corbyn has snubbed the Queen
The Labour leader, a staunch republican, is known to have reservations about kneeling in front of the monarch and kissing her hand while swearing an oath of allegiance, which is the normal process when a new Privy Councillor is sworn in.
And after refusing to sing the National Anthem at a Battle of Britain 75th anniversary service last month this time was no different for the left-winger as he refused to attend today due to a diary clash.
It is understood Mr Corbyn could use a loophole to join the advisory body without ever meeting the Queen. He could join through a mechanism called an order in council whereby the council agrees to appoint a member in absentia.
This is used for leaders of Commonwealth countries.
The Queen has arrived back in London after her holidays in Balmoral
Firstly it is deeply insulting and secondly it is not grown up - not to go to see the monarch is just extraordinary.
He would be the first Labour leader of the Opposition not to carry out the traditional ceremony.
Conservative MP Keith Simpson said: "It is a snub for the Queen in the sense that she is a constitutional monarch and she represents the constitutional way in which we do business."
Another unnamed member of the council condemned Mr Corbyn's snub.
He said: "Firstly it is deeply insulting and secondly it is not grown up - not to go to see the monarch is just extraordinary.
"I am sure that what they would have done is not make him kneel. But what this really means is that he is not prepared to put himself in the position of a serious leader who can be trusted."
But a spokesman for Mr Corbyn insisted the refusal of invitation was due to a "prior commitment".
He said: "He was unable to come on that day due to a prior commitment, and he is going to be offered an invitation on another day."
Corbyn says he has 'prior engagements' to attend
The Queen, who returned to Buckingham Palace from her summer holidays in Balmoral on Wednesday will meet her Privy Councillors for the first time in ten weeks today.
Mr Corbyn was invited to join the Privy Council by Prime Minister David Cameron when he phoned to congratulate him on becoming Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition after he became leader of the Labour Party on September 12.
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You can't help but smile at this little video right here. If you're having a bad day, this should be your antidote!
These adorable girl twins are 8 months old. And they're absolutely enjoying being in their bouncers. Every time they're bounced closer together, they let out the most delightful giggle! They also seem to have similar laughs.
It doesn't seize to amaze them each time they're swung closer. They appear just as fascinated and excited…well, except towards the end of the video when one of them seems to lose focus….followed by her sister sounding like she's whimpering and wants to continue with the fun.
A lovely video to watch. A day brightener. The simplest of things.
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I'm in college and have a summer job in my home town. While working over the summer I've met a girl who also works there. We get along and I kind of like her; but the catch is that she's 17 and I'm 21. I don't want to be a creep or rob the cradle but I can't help that I have feelings for her. What to do, what to do?
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It's really not a big deal. You like her, so what? It's not like you're getting married tomorrow.
4 years isn't a big deal if she's mature & you're mature. Chances are she will be turning 18 soon so she will be legal. Ask her out & see how she reacts & go from there... You may end up being better off as friends. Who knows?
Age is only important as you make it. And logistically, is your college close by in case this thing goes over from a summer romance?
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By Maria Dunne
Nikki Britton has always loved love; her grandmothers had even taught her lessons on compassion and "true love". Yet Britton, the strong female she is, still finds herself in laughable scenarios on her quest to find it.
Britton has spent the last three years touring the country with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, performing shows like The Other 3 Percent in 2015. Nikki Britton Is Romanticide is a wonderful edition to her collection, continuing her confessional, open environment of comedy.
As Britton puts it in Nikki Britton Is Romanticide, she has lost the "lolly hunt". In a world full of 30-something "musk sticks", she still can't seem to find the perfect man or the "cookie" that won't crumble.
Britton relies on her unbelievable situations, fabulous friends and the sh*t going down through her tale of romance up until the inevitable and often sudden breakup. These stories wonderfully contrast with her bubbly and bold personality.
For just an hour, Britton takes you down the cathartic path of how cruel love can be. But she also lets her audience know that although it can be bad, Britton has had it worse and is still surviving. With humour, Britton was able to present a show that was sincere and honest to her "clumsy" and "curvy" self.
However, the show's ending 'dictated' her whole experience to the audience. It was odd and unexpected, but it also showed that love isn't always a Disney fantasy; as Britton sees it, a "dove" and a "pigeon" are the same "f*cking bird".
This show is not for everyone. Britton's brashness when talking about love and relationships can be somewhat intimidating, but as Britton stated in her performance, "if you stay with me it gets better". This frankness is something refreshing, as is how influential her personal experience is to her work. This show is recommended for anyone who feels like relationships have never been for them.
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WordPress is among the most popular blogging software and millions of sites and blogs run on it. There are also many web hosting companies, which have specialized in WordPress hosting, so if you have already decided that you will be running your blog on WordPress, the next step is to choose the right host for your WordPress blog.
Why You Need WordPress Hosting and Not Just a Random Web Hosting Provider
When you are choosing the right host for your WordPress blog, you might be wondering what is so special about WordPress hosting that you can't do without it. As a matter of fact, you can go with a web hosting provider who doesn't explicitly label themselves as WordPress hosting and this doesn't mean that the service you will be getting won't be top-notch but it is much better if you select a web hosting provider with experience in WordPress hosting.
When you choose a web hosting provider with experience in WordPress hosting, this is much better because the hosting provider will know how to administer servers, where WordPress blogs are hosted. Well, most likely you will still have to install your WordPress blog on your own (or use Fantastico) rather than hope that your web hosting provider will do this for you (though there are such offers on the market) but an indisputable benefit of choosing a WordPress hosting provider is that they will have more experience in configuring the host operating system and the other software (i.e. Apache and PHP) the way a WordPress blog requires it.
There are many settings in the operating system, the Apache server, or the PHP environment, which are specific for a system where WordPress blogs are deployed. In many cases it is possible to run WordPress even if these settings are not modified, but this leads to all sorts of problems, including security and performance issues.
Criteria to Choose the Right Host For Your WordPress Blog
There isn't a universal list about the criteria a web hosting provider should meet in order to be considered the right WordPress host but generally in addition to the typical requirements a would-be client has to his or her hosting provider, such as a reliable service, no frequent downtime, friendly and competent support staff, etc., some criteria in relationship to experience with WordPress are also important. Here are some questions you could ask your potential WordPress hosting provider:
Choosing a WordPress hosting is not very difficult but you need to do your homework because if you pick a web hosting provider with a poor service, this can hurt you a lot.


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Multicultural Relations Turn Sour in Ohio
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A Muslim "multicultural relations officer" for Ohio's Office of Homeland Security claims in court that Internet bloggers defamed him and cost him his job by posting that he was an "Islamist mole" who sympathized with terrorists.
Omar Alomari sued the City of Columbus, Todd Alan Sheets, Stephen Coughlin, John Guandolo, Patrick Poole and a John Doe known on the Internet as "Rusty Shackleford," in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Alomari was hired as a full-time multicultural relations officer in 2006 by the Office of Homeland Security (OHS), and was in charge of building relationships between the state agency and the Muslim community.
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Scottish & Newcastle UK has launched a series of radio ads for Strongbow, to back the brand's Total First Pint Refreshment TV campaign. The radio ads will run nationally for three months, and are part of a £27 million investment in marketing Strongbow this year.
Daniel Thwaites has redesigned its consumer website to make it easier to navigate and give it a more contemporary feel. The site includes tasting notes for the whole Thwaites portfolio, as well as a history of the company, competitions, promotions and a "view from the north", in which key figures from Thwaites give their views on the latest issues affecting the industry.
This year's Great British Beer Festival will be held at Earls Court on Aug 7-11, and will feature more than 700 beers from microbreweries to large regional breweries. A range of ciders and perries from independent producers will also be on show.


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We've been watching the development of social impact bonds (SIBs) and the interest surrounding them for some time. As they progress here in Ontario, we are proposing some key terms and conditions we believe are required for SIB success in the short term. It is important that the voices of service providers are heard at this formative stage. The SIB model is in early development and nonprofits have a unique perspective to bring to the table. We also propose a SIB Evaluation Panel to address the longer-term questions about the role of SIBs. Will SIBs help or hinder governments and their service provider partners provide better outcomes for the people of Ontario? It's an issue that warrants further examination.


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I wrote the following for something (probably Southern Weddings?) but never published it. At least, I don't remember publishing it. So, I'm not really sure if you've already seen this one somewhere. I figured I'd go out on a limb and recycle it here today. Sorry for re-gifting you a blog post, imaginary friends. Don't take it personally.
Once upon a time, a handsome blonde boy fell in love with an incredibly attractive and intelligent redhead, and they decided to get married.
"Let's live happily ever after," the redhead said dreamily, batting her eyelashes at her handsome love.
"Okay," he agreed. "With you, life will be perfect. We will never fight, our babies will be delivered by stork and raised by fairies who will teach them how to sleep through the night and pee in a toilet, our jobs will pay us millions of dollars to sit around eating bonbons all day, and your mother will only interfere when we ask for her opinion. Life will be wonderful."
And they lived happily ever after.
Until the first day back from their honeymoon and they got into a fight in the car on the way home from the airport about if his new authentic Hawaiian shirt was really "accidentally" left at the hotel or if she left it on purpose. She'd never appreciated his ability to pull off a bold print.
And then there was that whole nine month pregnancy thing before their first baby arrived when she pretty much complained from the time she opened her eyes in the morning until she closed them at night, occasionally throwing in an appropriately timed, "You did this to me!" when the mood was right.
Oh, and there was that whole period of time they were potty training their toddler that the handsome blonde boy seemed to go temporarily deaf in the middle of the night when the tot cried out, "Daddy! I had an accident!" And yet, his clever, redheaded wife pointed out, he still managed to hear her change the channel from ESPN to Lifetime from three rooms away.
Of course, they ended up with respective careers in public education and public theater, so the million dollar paychecks never quite made it into their bank account. And sitting around eating bonbons all day was replaced by walking around all day telling middle school boys to keep all of their body parts to themselves and insisting that all flying scenery be fire proof.
And they moved only about 30 minutes away from the mother-in-law, so it's anyone's guess how that whole opinions-to-herself thing is working out…
No, that fairy tale never came to pass. Very few actually do. Which is good, because if all fairy tales came true, we'd all be walking around dodging angry dwarfs, fire-breathing dragons, and ugly stepsisters.
The idea of a happily ever after in marriage has always intrigued me. Mostly, because I've changed my own mind about if that's actually possible in life at least a dozen times so far. When I was a newlywed, I believed that happily ever afters really existed and that the goal of marriage was to work towards that happy ending. Later in my marriage, during those transformative years when we were transitioning from a couple to a family, I had a hard time believing in happily ever afters at all. I felt like babies were going to cry and poop on me for the rest of my life, and whoever saw a princess ride off into a sunset with poop on her dress?
But as life has settled down for us in the past year or so, I've changed my mind once again about happily ever afters. I do think they are possible. But who really wants one?
Did you ever stop to think about why most fairy tales end with that catch phrase? It's because the real story, the real meat of the fairy tale, comes from the action before the ending. No one cares too much about what happens after the prince and princess ride off into the sunset. That's no fun. Just rolling around, making out on the back of a horse that's walking over beds of rose petals. That'd be fun for about five minutes. The real story in a fairy tale is in the struggle and the imperfection of the characters. It's not about looking forward to the ending in a story. What makes a story worth reading is what happens before the story ends.
Marriage is one of those things that is best lived in the present tense. You can't go forward if you're holding on to the past, and you can't honor the past if you refuse to move forward. This means, happiness in marriage lands you somewhere in between. And what's in between the past and the future? The present.
Be present in your marriage. Plan for the future, yes. Remember where you've been, yes. But be present in the here and now. Appreciate your spouse for what they have given you today. One of the recurring complaints my husband makes about me in our marriage is that I don't appreciate the little things he does. And he's right. I really struggle with focusing on today in my marriage, and, instead, I point blame at things he's done in the past or I worry about what's to come in the future. And all the while I'm fussing over those things, the day-to-day love in our marriage passes me right by.
Last weekend, my husband had to work from 9:00am until 10:00pm from Friday through Monday. That left me home over a three-day weekend with our two kids, one toddler who is potty training and one baby who had pink eye. I knew it wasn't his fault, but I was really irritated. But you know what? Every night Chris came home for dinner and to help me put the kids to bed and then he'd head back up to his office to keep on working. So, I had a choice. I could be mad at him for how my weekend had turned out, or I could choose to be grateful for what he was doing in that moment. I chose to be grateful and for three full hours every night, we had a really great time getting the kids fed, bathed, and put to bed together. And then, yes, he had to leave. And, yes, I was irritated to be alone again. But had I not chosen to be grateful for what he was doing in that present moment, I would have missed those fun moments splashing with him by side of the tub during bath time and I would have missed catching up with him in the kitchen while I cooked dinner and he gallantly fended off our hungry children (who were starting to resemble fire-breathing, hungry dragons by that time).
When we wait for and expect the happily ever after ending, we sometimes miss the once upon a time that's happening today. So, be present in your marriage and appreciate the happiness that is in your relationship today. Don't worry about the angry sea witches and the evil queens. They are there to keep you striving and growing. And sometimes it takes a fire-breathing dragon to fan the flames in a relationship. Enjoy your once upon a time, and I promise you that the happily ever after will work itself out.
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On February 7, 2009, a fight broke out in a Veszprém disco. Present were some star members of the local handball team. In the end, one of the players, Marian Cozma, also a member of the Romanian national team, was dead and two others were seriously wounded. It turned out that a group of Gypsies was responsible for the crime. Anti-Roma sentiments, always strong in Hungary, were inflamed. The description of the events as recorded a day after the event can be read on Hungarian Spectrum.
Soon enough the Austrian and the Hungarian police rounded up the suspects and in due course three of the chief suspects received harsh sentences. Iván Sztojka got twenty years; Sándor Raffael and Győző Németh, life.
Cases in Hungary are automatically reviewed by appellate courts. On April 27, 2012, the Itélőtábla of Győr (the Hungarian name of the appellate courts) had to make its final decision on the cases of these three men. And to many people's chagrin Judge Zoltán Nagy lessened their jail terms. Sztojka instead of twenty years in a penitentiary received only eight years, while the other two received eighteen years each instead of life sentences.
Soon enough a Jobbik member of parliament, Ádám Mirkóczki, addressed a question to the prime minister concerning the verdict of Judge Zoltán Nagy. What kind of message is conveyed to the general public by these, in his opinion, far too light sentences? After all, a world-renowned sportsman was killed. According to Mirkóczki, members of the profession—I guess members of the judiciary, the world of sports, and all men of good will are outraged. "Only the murderers are satisfied." In his opinion this case clearly indicates what's wrong with the Hungarian judiciary today.
Viktor Orbán answered him in a way which in my opinion was inappropriate. He told the Jobbik MP that he agreed with his assessment and wished he could share his opinion with him in private but he cannot do so in public. After all, if he criticized the verdict he would give the impression that the government wanted to pressure the judiciary which is supposed to be independent.
That was bad enough, but what came afterwards was really outlandish. A day later, on May 15, Tibor Navracsics, minister of justice and administration, wrote a letter to Péter Darák, the new chief justice of the highest Hungarian court, the Kúria. Navracsics complained about the verdict, which upset public opinion. Navracsics asked Darák "to study the possibility of reviewing judicial practice." Navracsics in fact repeated his opinion on the matter on the local TV station of Veszprém, Navracsics's hometown.
Navracsics in this television interview told the audience that naturally he cannot influence the verdict itself. He simply wanted to know "the chief justice's professional opinion on the practice of the Hungarian judiciary which doesn't show the severity the public expects."
If we think about this just a little we must shudder at the very suggestion. First, the minister of justice is putting pressure on the justices, demanding more severe sentencing. Second, Navracsics here suggests that judges should mete out sentences not according to the Criminal Code but should adjust their verdicts to public expectation. If we took this seriously, Hungary would, as Jobbik actually has been demanding, re-introduce capital punishment. After all, this is most likely what the majority of Hungarians would like to see. But for that Hungary would first have to leave the European Union.
Three days later Tibor Navracsics received letters from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and TASZ (Társaság a Szabadságjogokért), the Hungarian version of the American Civil Liberties Union. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, "it is difficult not to interpret [Navracsics's letter] in any other way but an attempt of putting government pressure on the members of the judiciary."
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee very rightly pointed out the incongruity of such a letter from someone who for years taught at a law school. Of course, we ought to keep in mind that Navracsics, although he finished law school, didn't teach law but political science to law students.
Navracsics felt compelled to answer the Helsinki Committee's letter on the same day. He emphasized that he as the minister of justice is responsible for the operation of the Hungarian judiciary and if "he perceives deficiencies it is his moral duty to indicate them to the person whose responsibility it is to safeguard the uniformity of judiciary practices, and that person is the chief justice of the Kúria."
Here I would like to remind readers that the Kúria is simply the new/old name of the Supreme Court. This highest court in Hungary was called the Kúria until 1949 when, following the Soviet model, it was reorganized and named "Legfelsőbb Bíróság." With the new/old name came a new chief Justice, Péter Darák who, most people suspected, was picked because of his good connections to Fidesz.
Darák showed remarkable independence today, however. He wrote a very polite letter in which he emphasized that "the Kúria finds the raising of such a subject unfortunate because it gives the impression that the Kúria has instruments or competence to interfere with the decisions of the lower courts when this is clearly not the case as it shouldn't be in a constitutional state." If the Kúria interfered it would violate the theory of judicial independence.
This letter indicates to me that the Hungarian judges are still jealously defending their independence and that intimidation has thus far been ineffectual. Let's hope this remains the case. However, the Orbán government is resourceful and is able to change laws at will retroactively which can tie the hands of the judges. So, I'm not terribly optimistic.


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"From the New York Times, Jan 29, 2010. Eggs are poached in a rich, pork-infused tomato sauce, then served over chestnut polenta. The reserved meats may be shredded and added to leftover sauce, then served over pasta. Prosciutto scraps may be used if available (and will generally be cheaper). Chestnut flour may be obtained from Italian specialty stores, or online. NOTE: Since the pork shoulder, pork belly and prosciutto are not actually served in this preparation, the nutrition information is very inaccurate."
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- 1 lb boneless pork shoulder, cut in large chunks
- 1⁄2 lb pork belly, cut in large chunks
- kosher salt
- 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 red onion, peeled and halved
- 2 (28 ounce) cans whole canned tomatoes (San Marzano if available)
- 1⁄2 lb prosciutto, cut in large chunks
- 1 cup coarse-ground polenta or 1 cup cornmeal
- 4 1⁄2 cups water, divided
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1⁄4 cup chestnut flour
- fresh ground black pepper
- 10 -12 basil leaves, washed
- 4 -6 eggs
- extra virgin olive oil
- grated ricotta salata
- Salt the pork shoulder and belly well, and refrigerate overnight.
- In a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, heat oil until shimmering. Add onion, cut sides down. Cook gently until well-browned, moving occasionally to prevent sticking, about 20 minutes. Remove onion.
- Pour tomatoes (and juices) into a large bowl. Squeeze tomatoes in your fist to crush into large chunks. Season with salt and add to pot. Add pork shoulder, belly and prosciutto to pot and bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce to a very low simmer, cover, and cook 4 hours. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
- Remove meats from sauce and save for another purpose. Adjust salt to taste.
- In a medium pot, combine polenta, 4 cups water and salt. Bring to a boil, whisking continuously. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in chestnut flour and cook another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and cover.
- In a saucepan, combine 3 cups of the ragu with the basil (roughly torn) and 1/2 cup water. Bring to a gentle boil over medium heat. Make wells with a spoon for each egg; crack one egg into each well. Cover pan and cook until eggs are set, 5-10 minutes.
- Divide the polenta into warmed bowls. Place one egg, with some ragu, into each bowl. Top with ricotta salata. Serve immediately.
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Have just returned from seeing The Wolfman which is officially in cinemas from Friday, though appears to be actually in cinemas from today. Buzz for this film started so long ago that I had almost forgotten about it; the hype having died down what feels like a year ago. Because of this I went into the film almost completely blank, but for an image of the werewolf itself, which is always a good thing.
I really enjoyed the film, it provided genuine scares, an interesting plot and action scenes that pulled no punches; limbs and blood flew everywhere. Anthony Hopkins did at times seem to be merely saying his lines, and neither his nor Benicio Del Toro's accents were easily identifiable, but otherwise the acting was strong. There's always a special joy to be found when actors from Coronation Street and Holby City make it into real films.
The real success was in making a werewolf that was frightening rather than silly looking, along with a few brutal transformation scenes reminiscent of An American Werewolf in London, though clearly utilising the advances in CGI. The Wolfman was a surprisingly enjoyable film, one that kept me interested and did not outstay its welcome. A return to the darker style of the tale of a supernatural beast, far from the realm of Twilight. Go and see it.


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I love Halloween. I start planning the kids' costumes months before. This year, with baby Shep joining our clan, B wanted to make sure we planned a theme for the entire family. We ran through several ideas and finally settled on Peter Pan, with him being Peter and Gigi being Tink. She loved the idea. Then, he ditched us all and decided he wanted to be the "Black Panther." (At first I thought he meant he wanted to be the animal.) But, no, as confirmed by the 50 million kids I saw donning the same garb, it was this year's hot superhero costume. So, baby Shep took one for the team and was Gigi's Peter Pan. They all turned out precious.
I decided to make Gigi's costume again this year. Last year, I made this Cinderella costume for her and we both loved it.
I decided I wanted to make her costume every year that she would let me. In my head, I picture a closet full of these elaborate "tutu" costumes…though she'll probably put the kibosh on that and want the store bought kind next year, ha! Anyway, here are two of my darlings. (Turns out our Peter Pan was either too tired for photos or having a blow-out in the costume.)
I found out one of my closest friends had her own Peter and Tink duo, so we made plans to get photos in the woods behind our house before trick-or-treating. They were some of my favorites.
There's something so magical about Halloween.