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- One of the dinosaurs of media playback, RealPlayer has been on the scene since 1995. Sometimes it feels like it hasn't been updated since then, no matter what the version number says. Still, RealPlayer 11 beta introduces a major new function and takes care of some frustrating bugs, making it respectable once again.
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Idea Bombing Newcastle presents an interactive and engaging night of speakers, ideas and collaboration. Part pop-up bar, part think tank, part networking, Idea Bombing Newcastle seeks to empower and inform you, the audience, on the issues that matter to you!
Idea Bombing will present the launch night for HIF 2018, with a look into Newcastle's future.
We will be exploring the concept of the Living Lab with a line up of four amazing speakers from home and abroad. This international line up will challenge our perception of what is possible for our city.
The Living Lab is all about transforming our city into a test bed of innovation, ideas and technology to make our day to day life easy and sustainable. It will create jobs, encourage start ups and home grown innovation. The Living Lab is literally the city that 'has a go'. So come along, and bomb your ideas on taking risks and shaping a truely exciting future for our city.
We will put the question to you, the community of Newcastle.
"What is your Newcastle Future? How can the Living Lab get us there?"
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I hope you haven't had your fill of fireworks from this past Fourth of July weekend as Rogue Rocket Games' explosive puzzler Gunpowder is now available on the Steam Store. Available for Windows PC, Mac OS X, and Linux, it also supportsSteam Achievements, Leaderboards, Cloud Saves and Trading Cards.
Gunpowder can be purchased on Steam for $9.99, with a 15% discount price offered until July 15, 2015. Please check out the Steam page for Gunpowder here: http://bit.ly/1gbDnFj.
Gunpowder comes to Steam after a wildly successful Greenlight campaign where the game was voted through in less than a week. Recently also released to much acclaim for Apple's iPad, players can expect the same great gameplay as Gunpowder's touch controls translate perfectly to a mouse and keyboard setup.
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Scores of police lined the street outside Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning as two rival extremist groups clashed over the appearance of the controversial leader of the United Patriots Front (UPF).
Blair Cottrell faced court today, charged with serious religious vilifications, damages to property and offensive behaviour over a video posted to Facebook in October 2015.
The video purportedly showed Mr Cottrell and two colleagues beheading a dummy outside the Bendigo council building in country Victoria as a protest against Islam.
Today, the UPF, which claims to be a nationalist Australian group, and opposing group, the Campaign against Racism and Fascism (CARF), gathered outside the courthouse to peacefully protest.
Mr Cottrell is fighting the charges he has slammed as "ridiculous".
"It's all about getting attention," he said today.
"To bring to the attention of the public that the theology of Islam is quite barbaric. Some of its doctrines, some of its belief systems are quite barbaric.
"It's just not something we want in this country."
Liberal MP John Pesutto, who was at the protest this morning where both groups were shouting chants and slogans, said Victorians are "fed up" with both groups.
"God knows how many protests we've had to endure from these waring groups.
"It's clear that there are dozens of police and other operations groups officers here today who are being drawn away from important duties that they could be undertaking to keep Victoria safe."
Although Mr Pesutto said everyone had the right to protest, he branded today's demonstrations unnecessary.
"At least not in front of our courts," he said.
"It's outrageous and offensive behaviour."
Debbie Brennan, a member of CARF, criticised the UPF, saying it was "very dangerous".
"The reality is that they are about hate speech and that's very serious," Ms Brennan said.
"They are using nationalism as a way to divide people."
The court appearance was adjourned to resume later in the year.
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Once the list of candidates for the presidential election set, we sent five questions about their ideas concerning the Army and the land armament industry to 10 of the 11 candidates (François Fillon having already replied on 16 November 2016 we did not send the questionnaire to him). The first one to answer is Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the president of Debout La France.
1) In a difficult budgetary context, how much effort should be put into the defence budget?
Our country is directly threatened by Islamic totalitarianism and newly powerful states are devoting an increasing share of their budgets to rearmament. We live in an increasingly dangerous world. I agree with General Desportes in his recent book The Last Battle of France: "The French believe they are protected but that is no longer the case. The French armies have never been so widely deployed and they have never been so fragile." Energetic decisions must be taken to avoid the operational and technological breakdown of our armies, that's the whole point of my defence project. France must increase its efforts. A meaningful defence policy must be pursued with long-term objectives which, in the eyes of our allies, preserves our position as a reliable partner and makes it possible to avoid submission to any power or superpower.
To give ourselves the means of our independence and our security it is imperative to sanctify the defence budget at 2% of GDP (except pensions). To reinforce our armies, we must urgently recruit 50,000 soldiers over the five-year presidential term to compensate for the dramatic downsizing which took place under the Sarkozy and Hollande mandates (-59,000 soldiers).
2) Is it the role of the military to undertake operations such as Sentinelle (deployed within France)?
I want to create a national guard composed of military reservists. The aim would be to set up a force of 100,000 men capable of backing the security forces, to supervise and to secure the whole of the national territory. The budget devoted to the reserve would be quadrupled compared to 2014. This national guard must particularly take charge of the Sentinelle operation which distorts the primary missions of the military. We have to change our organisation, soldiers must return to their regiments so they can train and be able to carry out their military duties and not act as a force to maintain order.
3) Do you think the Army is sufficiently well equipped?
The increased budget I am proposing will allow our country to truly face its international obligations. We must cease to restrict credits on equipment requirements (ammunition, weapons), maintenance, and the conditions our soldiers put up with in external operations. These external operations are necessary but I refuse to race to intervene. In this, as in all other cases, the national interest must prevail.
The Army has suffered intolerable cuts, and will benefit, like the Navy and the Air Force, from new recruits. In particular, we will need to review and reinforce the support of the forces and the organisation of the defence bases, giving priority to operational chains of command over administrative bureaucracy. A clear improvement in support will strengthen the operational capabilities of the forces as well as the morale and motivation of the military.
4) How can we grow our defence industrial base? Do you think that the examples set by MBDA and Nexter should be followed?
I propose to double the funds devoted to research by the Ministry of Defence (€800M in 2016). It is imperative to strengthen the role of the state in the major defence groups in order to improve the competitiveness of our industry and to guide major strategic spending. The major French groups in the defence sector must pool their research and production efforts in the service of the national interest.
I violently denounced the awarding of the market for the future assault rifle of the French army to a German group. Already the PA MAS 9 mn G1, produced in Saint-Etienne, was replaced in 2010 by the Sig-Sauer SP 2022, produced in Germany and Switzerland. The production of our defence equipment must be mainly French, I opposed the merger of Nexter, I refused that Morpho be sold to foreign interests. However, I propose that we strengthen European cooperation to protect patents and inventions in the defence industry and to keep our activities and jobs. In addition systematic preference must be given to European companies in tenders and equipment contracts launched by the Member States of the European Union. Finally I propose building a new strategic and global vision around alliances in the defence industry sector with emerging countries such as Brazil, India, Russia, Malaysia or Singapore. Let us not forget that France, through its maritime borders, is a country of the world and not just a European hexagon.
5) If you become President of the Republic in 2017 what will your three defence priorities be?
The first is to improve the living conditions of the military and their families. Most politicians speak of defence only as a cost and consider the defence budget as a simple variable of adjustment. Defence is also giving consideration to the men and women who risk their lives for France. That is why I want to revalue the military condition. In particular I want to guarantee the payment of salaries, so a thorough review of the Louvois system [the computerised salary payment system] must be undertaken. It is unacceptable for the military and their families to be deprived of income because of bureaucratic dysfunctioning.
My second priority concerns numbers, we must recruit 50,000 personnel as soon as possible to return to the level of 2007. For the sake of our independence and the safety of the French we cannot compromise on the strengthening of our armies.
Finally, my third priority: the army-nation link must be consolidated. To do this, I want to re-establish a 3-month national civic and military service. It can be converted into a one-year military service for those who wish. Engaging young people in the military is the best way to make them discover or strengthen their sense of belonging to the national community.


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If your hair extensions have been placed too close to the roots, you will feel uncomfortable. Hair extensions that have been placed too close to the scalp will usually stick out slightly, as they are too close to be able to lay flat against the head.
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By taking blood immediately after before and after performing the technique on a single day, researchers also showed that the gene changes happened within minutes.For comparison, the researchers also took samples from 26 volunteers who had practised relaxation techniques for at least three years. They had beneficial gene profiles even before performing their routines in the lab, suggesting that the techniques had resulted in long term changes to their genes.[...]"We found that the more you do it, the more profound the genomic expression changes," says Benson. He and his colleagues are now investigating how gene profiles are altered and whether these techniques could ease symptoms in people with high blood pressure, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer."


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A Chicago man has been left dazed and bruised after jumping out of a subway train as it pulled into a station.
In either desperation to not miss his stop or sheer idiocy, the man pries the doors open and leaps out of the moving subway train and takes a leap of faith.
It fails to come off, as soon as his foot hits the platform he falls onto his side and slams his head into the platform.
"Hey!" a bystander yells just as he jumps.
Video of the incident was uploaded to Instagram by user Queshabaybae overnight and has been liked more than 53,000 times.
It is unknown if the man suffered any lasting injuries.
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A Different Kind of Easter Egg Hunt
Does your house have an annual Easter Egg Hunt? My daughter has been talking about an Easter Egg Hunt for a while. She has a sweet tooth, as do I, but I wanted a little less of a focus on the chocolate this year, so we're going to be doing an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. This activity is a lot of fun and doesn't have to be limited to Easter. This hunt can also be adapted depending on the age of your children.
For Easter, we will be using plastic Easter Eggs to house the "clues," but if you're doing this hunt sometime other than Easter, the Easter Eggs are not necessary. Here are some examples of the "clues" we will be using in our egg hunt:
- Your next clue is hiding where you eat, it's on the seat closest to the heat (This clue will be placed on the chair closest to our heating vent).
- Search for your next clue on the bottom floor, you will find it in a spot close to the door.
- The next clue is hidden where you sleep. I had to tiptoe in your room, and not make a peep.
Our daughter is almost six, and these clues make her think, but aren't so tough that she can't figure them out. We will also be encouraging her to read the clues herself and we are encouraging her love of reading. If your little one isn't ready for reading yet, you may even want to use pictures or drawings as clues.
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Youths Speaks Competition
Tue 20th November 2012 at 19.00 - 22.00
First Round of the Youth Speaks Competition held at Brigidine School
Youth Speaks report by Event Organiser Rtn. Jon Davey reproduced from ilovewindsor.co.uk
Rotary Youth Speaks Windsor 20th November 2012
On the 20th November 2012 Windsor & Eton Rotary Club hosted the first round of this year's Youth Speaks Competition.
Most of the local schools take part in what is the most amasing display of youth talent, passion and energy to be seen for miles around. Each year our youth get better and better at getting their message across to an audience of their peers, local dignitaries, their teachers and family members.
The Mayor of Windsor & Maidenhead, Councillor Colin Rayner, kindly presented the prizes to the winners along with David Birch, Vice President of Windsor & Eton Rotary.
This year the following schools were represented: St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, St Peter's Church of England Middle School, Trevelyan Middle School, Windsor Girls' School & Brigidine School.
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The death penalty rests on a moral judgment about good and evil, responsibility and blame.
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The more we travel the more we love it. There are so many reasons to follow our dreams, most pertinently while we both enjoy good health – a great blessing! Our continuing wonder as we travel is this earth we inhabit; especially now that we are back at the edge of the Rockies - so old, spectacular and majestic. We appreciate and understand the American Indian philosophy that you cannot own the land, the air, the skies or the water – they are gifted for our enjoyment and use by the Great Spirit (God) - there were so many buffalo, deer, bear and goats to hunt while the soil is good for growing crops.As we travel along we have a better understanding of the fact that the US was not always comprised of geographically divided states; rather it was a number of different territories owned and controlled by English, French, Spanish and yes, the Native American peoples. All spoke different languages and had different traditions - more like Europe – where if you travel a hundred miles you encounter national and language differences. We also have a better appreciation of the American Indian, we used to think they all lived in Tipi's and ran around in animal skins, now we know that they had a highly developed society, were skilled builders (especially here in Colorado, in New Mexico and Arizona an advanced system of government with far seeing laws; for example woman was equal in all respects with man.
Every evening we look forward to a call, text or photo from Cearull giving us the news on little Sairsha and Leslie. TG for technology, it is so hard to be far away especially on Adele who is learning humility and patience. Really!Traveling through Colorado seeing mountains and feeling rain was a real luxury after the heat; the weather is cooler here at a mile and more above sea level. Colorado is a beautiful part of the US. We drove down the I-25 corridor with the Rockies to our right and plains to our left. Our first stop was in Loveland near Fort Collins where Jeanette and Dan Hoffman now live and like all of the other Newcomers we've visited have moved into an even bigger house which is situated in a gorgeous area outside Fort Collins. The basements are fully finished with guest bedrooms, a craft room and a big living area. We meet Jeanette and Dan for dinner the night we arrived in Henry's in the center of Loveland and had a great meal as we caught up on each other's news. They did offer their driveway to us to park the RV but, while appreciating the offer, we thought that their neighbors might not have been too happy. Jeanette advised that we should drive to the nearby Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park. We drove through three ecosystems to get to the National Park high up in the mountains. Adele felt the effects of the altitude so we took a slow 90 minute hike, then drove along the Trail Ridge Road which was an ancient Indian Pass. The highest mountain Long's Peak stands at 14,259 feet and still has visible glaciers on the higher points. We then drove back to Estes Park a cute ski village 3 miles from the eastern gate, had a coffee and did a little shopping for our little Sairsha Alice who as we write is two weeks old, doing well putting on weight (3lbs today) and looking healthy for such a tiny baby. We can now relax a little! We had a lovely day in the high Rockies with spectacular views at every turn.
Next day we strolled around Benson Sculpture Gardens in Loveland - another recommendation by Jeanette and a great one. This is a local park whose land was donated to the city by a farmer. The city encouraged the local sculpture association to hold annual competitions and display the statues in the park. On our stroll we went from one sculpture to another admiring every one, they were mostly cast in bronze; the subjects were both modern and traditional. All were beautifully made, clever, inspirational, and displayed in a lovely setting. It started to rain as we walked around but we just put up our umbrella and strolled on. Well worth a visit but surprisingly not on the tourist list of things to do. We went back to the RV had afternoon tea after which Adele said she was going for a walk and snuck off to the big Shopping Center next to the RV Park and returned much later with the telltale store bags. That evening we went to dinner in Jeanette and Dan's, had a lovely home cooked meal (a treat for us) all four of us tried not to watch the Olympic Opening Ceremony, eventually we heeded Oscar Wilde's advice "the best way to overcome temptation is to give in to it" and watched a most entertaining spectacular. We did not get to visit Fort Collins, sorry Jeanette. We cannot see everything on the trip - perhaps next time around!It was great to see Jeanette and Dan but we were sorry to miss Kim by a few days. She is now finished college and it would have been nice to see her as she looks forward to the rest of her life. Many of you will remember Kim who contributed significantly to everyone's enjoyment by playing the Irish harp at our St Patrick's Day parties.


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Real Cut 2D is a good computer program, but i look for a diferent aplication ,who allow me obtaining optimal cutting layouts for diferent shapes on the steel plates with diferent thickness.
Robin Usmc1 2009-07-22 18:43:18 #
I found your software ok. But I could not run cost on the version of your software you have to try out. You did not have an archive of material to pick from so that means I would have spend my time making one. You could use one with basic lists of different types of plywood LDF MDF HDF, and melamine. It would be nice if you had some the bigger suppliers for that and had them do up list with links for current cost that could be updated through your account with the company, of your choice. I think it would be win, win kind of thing, or at least on option or link to import from them. I also think you should have step by step tutorial on your trial version so the user could know they got it right. I just finished school for woodworking technologist two years ago and we had cut planner at school, so I was familiar but still was not shore I was doing the set up in the right sequence and that slowed things down. I am currently looking at bunch of Cut planners for the company I work for. See witch has best setup for us, it would have helped if you had put the cost of software so we could compare options and cost.
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I found the optimising engine to be very efficient, (You can adjust the level).
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As many oter cut-optimization software, i cant configure the maximun cut lenght, Ex. guillotin blade lenghe, in order to optimize the cuts
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I've use it only four times and was very helpful. When I made my entries, they would not list in the order that I entered them. This made it difficult to double check for any mistakes I might of made. There should be a freature that keeps that order and then one that would sort in any certain order. I perhaps haven't use it enough to be familiar with all the featurs.
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good software
quite good, except input work a bit taking time.


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Thanks to the media exposure, green coffee bean extract weight loss supplements has received a warm welcome among consumers who have been battling with excess weight. As you may know, excess weight leads to a long list of life threatening diseases which is why it is important that it is addressed before complications arise. The big question here is whether or not green coffee bean supplements really work. To answer this question, we must first discuss the components behind green coffee bean extract.
What Makes Green Coffee Bean Extract Different from Regular Coffee
While the coffee that we all love and enjoy today do deliver a lot of benefits on its own, a lot of compounds are broken down when the beans are roasted. Unfortunately, these compounds are the what makes coffee beneficial for your health. Aside from that, roasting also intensifies the caffeine content found in coffee beans thus making it more of a health hazard to most coffee drinkers.
If you aren't familiar with the negative effects of caffeine, one is it can be extremely addictive. High consumptions of caffeine can lead to insomnia, gastrointestinal illnesses, and even depression. You see, when you aren't able to get enough sleep, your body fails to regenerate thus making your immune system weak. Aside from that, caffeine is a diuretic and that means more of the vitamins and minerals that you consume is excreted through your urine rather than absorbed by your body.
Green coffee bean extract contains less caffeine than that in roasted coffee fruit thus eliminating the aforementioned risks. Aside from that, the supplements are taken in controlled doses to ensure that the ingredients will actually deliver positive effects rather than negative ones. Also, since these supplements are made from natural ingredients, you won't be consuming chemicals that can harm your body because most of them can actually found in food you regularly eat.
How Green Coffee Bean Extract Weight Loss Supplements Work
Coffee on its own is already an antioxidant, however, due to the breakdown of components that happens during roasting, a lot of this essential compound is lost. This is something that scientists and pharmacologists have addressed by coming up with a way to extract chlorogenic acid from green beans without heating them up. This is the main active ingredient in the weight loss supplement that has now taken the world by storm.
Chlorogenic Acid
Chlorogenic acid can be easily broken down when the beans are roasted which is why it can only be found in green coffee beans. It can be found in other forms of plants such as honeysuckle and fresh sunflower leaves. However, studies have shown that higher concentrations can be found in green beans which is why scientists focused their research on how to extract it without breaking down the essential components.
How Chlorogenic Acid Aids in Weight Loss
This powerful antioxidant is known to stimulate the production of lypolytic enzyme, which is responsible for breaking down fat deposits in the body and facilitating reabsorption so it can be converted into energy. Aside from this, chlorogenic acid has also been proven to fight off the body's tendency to convert unused energy into stored fat. These two aspects makes green coffee bean extract very effective in weight loss.
Green Coffee Bean Extract Weight Loss Supplements
If you have already done an initial research on green coffee bean extract weight loss supplements, you may be wondering why they only contain up to 45% of chlorogenic acid. The truth is, the other ingredients help in making this antioxidant effective in weight loss. Among the ingredients that can be found in green bean extract based supplements is caffeine.
While we have discussed the negative effects of high doses of caffeine, when taken in small amounts this can help in how chlorogenic acid converts fatty acids found in stored fat into energy. Since it has a diuretic effect, it will help you lose a significant amount of water weight. Lastly, it has the natural ability to help suppress your appetite thus allowing you to control your food consumption. However, you should keep in mind that you should still make it a point to eat because starving your body will only stimulate its ability to store fat in your body instead of burning it.
Green coffee bean extract weight loss supplements will significantly increase your body's metabolism and this is very important when you're trying to lose weight. However, don't expect to start losing weight just by popping a capsule. While your body will be able to burn off unwanted fat even when you aren't moving, you need to exercise to so you can see a significant difference in your weight.
Green Coffee Bean Extract and Other Health Benefits
While coffee bean extract has been noted for its weight loss effects, it can actually help you achieve optimum overall health. For one, since it is packed with antioxidants it can help your body get rid of the free radicals that have accumulated over time. This will allow your body to absorb essential vitamins and minerals which in turn, will allow your body to regenerate more effectively. This slows down the signs of premature aging.
Another benefit of extracts from green coffee bean is its antihypostensive ability. A study was conducted among a group of people suffering from hypertension where they were given small doses for a two week period. The results state that green coffee bean extract has greatly improved the blood pressure levels of people in the control group thus making it effective for controlling hypertension.
The anti-diabetes effect of green coffee bean extract is another thing that is worth noting. You see, the components of this supplement also facilitate the controlled release of glucose into the bloodstream while helping the body lose excess fat. As such, the body is able to use up most of the glucose so very little goes into the blood.
Lastly, people who have concerns about the negative effects of pharmaceutical drugs on their body will benefit well from green coffee bean extract. For one, it is made from all natural ingredients thus ensuring that your body will suffer very little or no negative side effects at all. However, it is important to note that those who are sensitive to any of the ingredients that can be found in this supplement should first consult with physician to ensure that ensure that no problems will arise. The same can be said for pregnant and lactating mothers.
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By Paul2032
Often when I buy a new Amaryllis Bulb it has crisp dry roots. Here is a way to give the bulb some help in starting.
Jan 18, 2015 6:14 PM CST
|I have not tried this with amaryllis but I have balanced an iris rhizome over water so that the bottom of it was wet. It helped a lot so I am guessing it would be great for an amaryllis bulb also. That is a beautiful bulb in your photo, Paul.
Who plants a seed beneath the sod and waits for growth believes in God. ~~Unknown
Jan 18, 2015 6:16 PM CST
|Thanks Bonnie......even amaryllis bulbs with roots benefit from a short soaking......
Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah
Jan 18, 2015 7:20 PM CST
|Great tip Paul!
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Jan 18, 2015 11:59 PM CST
|I always did this with my amaryllis bulbs, most of them having been in garden centres and such or in packaging for several days. Works a treat!
Jan 19, 2015 1:58 AM CST
|It's a great idea for Amaryllis bulbs, the small jar is a perfect size for soaking the roots.
Jan 19, 2015 2:38 PM CST
|I didn't uproot mine from their pots last fall. They are in the greenhouse and I just stopped watering them. I am thinking maybe I should pull them out of the pots and give them this water soak boost and maybe add some hydrogen peroxide to the water? Has anybody done this?
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
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Jan 19, 2015 2:45 PM CST
|I have never let mine sit in pots for that long. I force them and the let the tops grow and put them in the garden in late May after all chance of frost has passed so they can make a lot of energy for the next spring. This seems to work for me. If they are already in potting medium I would not uproot them. If you wanted to make them break winter dormancy I would just soak the pots bulb and all. Then treat them like a living plant until they begin to grow.
Who plants a seed beneath the sod and waits for growth believes in God. ~~Unknown
Jan 19, 2015 4:52 PM CST
|Much easier, thanks.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
More ramblings at http://thegatheringplacehome.m...
Jan 19, 2015 6:29 PM CST
|I agree Mary, just soak the pots in a pan of tepid water, but be careful not to leave them in there too long so that they become waterlogged.
Out of the12 bulbs that rested all but 3 have scapes or are in bloom, of course I am sure the other 3 will get scapes any day now.
Jan 20, 2015 4:56 AM CST
|Excellent idea! Thanks for sharing it.
"Aspire to inspire before you expire"
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Jan 20, 2015 8:25 AM CST
|My bulbs are still in the pail where I tossed them after digging from the garden last fall. Must pot them up. Mayhap I will try the soak thing to wake them up.
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Businesses urged to be vigilant and alert: Port Elizabeth
Fighting crime is a shared responsibility therefore police are urging garage/business owners to educate and inform their staff to be vigilant and alert to their surroundings especially during the evenings and early hours of the mornings. This appeal comes in the wake of two garages being robbed during this weekend.
In the first incident, a garage in Westering was robbed by three men during the early hours of Saturday morning, 9 February 2018. It is alleged that at about 00:45, the assistant was busy attending to a customer in the shop when the suspects entered with firearm and took an undisclosed amount money from the till, a few packets of cigarettes and energy drinks. A customer was also robbed of her cell phone. The suspects fled and no arrests were made.
In the other incident, another garage was robbed early yesterday afternoon, 10 February 2018 in Korsten. It is alleged that at about 16:00, 5 men entered and threatened the assistant to open the till. Also, an unknown amount of money and cigarettes were taken before fleeing.
In both cases, police are investigating cases of armed robbery. Police are once again advising garage owners to keep minimum cash in their tills and to engage their security companies to make frequent patrols or even park off at their premises during the late hours of the evening. Staff should be able to activate the panic alarms immediately and to be extra vigilant when a group of people enter the shop at the same time especially when it is late at night/early morning as the garages are quiet.
As a precautionary measure, drivers should not collect cash from their customers. On numerous occasions, drivers are robbed as they get into their vehicles after delivery goods. The latest case reported was on Saturday, 10 February 2018 when at about 18:20, a driver was accosted as he got into his truck in Kabega Park after delivering cooldrinks. The driver was pulled out of the truck and pointed with a firearm and the suspect demanded the money. A substantial amount of money and the complainant's cell phone was taken. CCTV cameras fitted in the vehicles will assist the companies and businesses in identifying the suspects and also give an indication as to what exactly transpired at the time of the alleged robbery.
In order to avoid becoming victims of crime, the SAPS is appealing to companies to take proactive measures in safeguarding their properties as well as the safety of the staff. By adhering to these hints, serious crime can be avoided.
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Over the last few weeks, maybe you've seen something about "Interest lists" on facebook. If you are remotely like most people, this has produced in a you a giant shrug of the shoulders and a big, "So what?" I am an social media user, and even I didn't care.
The reason for interest lists is simple - organize the information that you are receiving through facebook. I already use lists on Facebook - lists that I created for myself. So I didn't see a need for facebook's interest lists.
As the manager of many pages on Facebook, I'll let you in on a secret. You are only seeing a fraction of the posts from the pages that you have liked. On my pages (which have pretty engaging content, of I do say so myself), only about 20-30% of the people who like my page see the things I post. So I decided to play around with interest lists. And I like them.
If you are making a list, you have the same privacy options that you have for any Facebook post. That means that you can create a public list, and share your information sources with a broad set of people. Or you can adjust the privacy, and conveniently connect your friends together. Or, you can make it only visible to you as a way to organize your newsfeed.
Regular lists on Facebook are nice. I have all of my facebook friends neatly organized into them. But the option to easily add pages - and to share these lists by making them public - is a great way to adding a new layer to the connection provided on facebook.
What do you think? Have you tried out the new interest lists?


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Ideal Home Show 2012 Diamond Jubilee Celebration Cake
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This week I have been creating a cake for a Photo Shoot at the Ideal Home Show in Earls Court. I was asked to recreate a cake I did previously where I used a set of Emma Bridgewater cake tins as inspiration. I made a couple of very small adjustments.
When I delivered the cake I got to see the Ideal Home Show being constructed and it looked like it was going to be a good show! All I knew before I delivered the cake was that it was going to form part of a national picture story. I later found out it is going to be part of a photo story with their VIP guest Prince Charles.. I was absolutely speechless and very proud to have been asked to make the cake. Here is a link to a photo of Prince Charles with my Diamond Jubilee Celebration Cake, Daily Mail Online.
Here are a couple of pictures I took:
Here are a couple of photo's I took of the cake at the Ideal Home Show in the kitchen of the Prince Charles Arts and Crafts House:
Me and my cake :-)
I haven't blogged for a while so here are a few other cakes I have done recently:
For my friend Helen I made a simple elegant daisy cake.
For a little boy called Alex I made a bumblebee cake. His favourite toy is a bumblebee so I recreated it as a cake topper.
And for a little girl called Emily I was asked to make a fish themed Christening cake. Emily loves aquariums!
It's been a great month of baking...
Happy Baking Everyone!


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| Part of a series on
|Spectra and binaries
- Not to be confused with Transhumanism, though there are overlaps[1]
Transmedicalism is a term for a wide range of beliefs in the transgender community that are critical of transgender people who are not, or do not desire to be, transitioned medically. According to a self-definition by the subreddit /r/transmedicalism, the term describes
- trans people and allies who believe that only those who experience gender dysphoria are transsexual / transgender, and that gender dysphoria (transsexualism) is a medical condition.[1]
Although the debate has been going since the '60s[2], it has gained more notoriety in the Internet age, particularly on Tumblr. On Tumblr, anti-transmedicalists often refer to transmedicalists as truscum[citation needed] and to themselves as "tucutes"[citation needed], whereas transmedicalists often refer to "tucutes" as transtrenders.[citation needed]
The existence of a medical condition known variously as transsexualism[3], gender identity disorder[4] or gender dysphoria[5] is not medically or scientifically controversial, although it is widely opposed by various religious groups, trans-exclusionary radical feminists, and the anti-psychiatry movement. Rather, the controversy in this case is a social debate rooted in identity politics over the equivalence (or lack thereof) between people who have such a condition and people who have no such condition but still identify as transgender. Participants in this social controversy may run the gamut between extreme reactionaries[citation needed] who want to return to the medical definitions of last century (e.g. the infamous Benjamin scale) to weekend crossdressers who live and identify as their assigned sex but want to be recognized as transgender or even transsexual.[citation needed]
Perhaps the reason why truscum exist is because their transgender experience is so wrapped around gender dysphoria they cannot comprehend the notion of a transgender person without it.[6] Thus the lack of understanding and transphobia from society both result in fear and distrust of these "alien" transgender people.
It is also possible that transmedicalists see nothing good or inherently valuable about the experience of gender transition[citation needed], and even view it as something they would rather not ever have to go through[citation needed], but see their dysphoria as a materially disadvantageous[citation needed] and mentally debilitating biochemical aberration[citation needed]. Because dysphoria is, by definition, an experience that is not even anywhere close to enjoyable, people who have it see gender transition as a necessary evil and the only way out of an already-cruel existence, other than suicide. So transmedicalists feel contemptuous of people who are going through transition when they do not apparently need to, much as a person who accidentally loses their legs might feel contemptuous of someone who appears to have chopped off their legs on purpose. They see transtrenders as relatively privileged cis people who are appropriating the trans identity[citation needed] while further stigmatizing "actual" trans people[citation needed], who are already marginalized as it is and who are urgently in need of help and resources, as "scum" whenever they speak up about this appropriation.
Transmedicalist arguments[edit]
Transmedicalists believe that transsexualism is a biological condition that falls under the banner of intersex. Transsexuals, they believe, are people born with the brains of one of the major sexes, but all (or most) of the external characteristics of the other major sex. This causes extreme gender dysphoria, a sense of disconnection and disgust towards the body. On top of this, transsexuals are raised by their unknowing parents to be the sex they look like, however this is not the sex that they are, and this makes the whole thing even worse, as does the lack of understanding and extreme stigma surrounding the condition. Doctors and transsexuals themselves believe the only way to cure this condition is through cosmetic surgery, reshaping the body to look like the individual's "true sex", and by rejecting much of the incorrect gender role that had been forced on them. This view of transsexualism is supported by empirical evidence.[7][8]
The problem for transmedicalists is that not all transgender people fit this biological definition. Many transgender people identify as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth, but do not feel the extreme body dysphoria of transsexual people and do not desire to transition. The most extreme transmedicalist argument is that these people are "transtrenders", essentially people who misunderstood what being trans means and see it as a way to defy gender roles and be special snowflakes. Much of the current argument rests on an increasing amount of these "non-dysphoric transpeople" on Tumblr who define themselves by new genders and pronouns that are based more around personality or personal aesthetic. Despite this, in the post-ironic internet world, it is impossible to determine who is taking the piss and who isn't.
Less extreme transmedicalists recognize that gender roles, beyond causing problems for transsexuals, also causes problems for non-transsexuals who do not fit them. They believe that "tucutes" essentially fall into the latter category. They support the right for people to live their lives in opposition to gender roles if that's what they want to do, but disagree with the way in which these people claim solidarity with, and to an extent have taken over the trans community.[citation needed] They argue that non-transsexuals who do not fit their gender roles should identify as "feminine males", "masculine females", "androgynous males", "androgynous females", etc. rather than the current trend of identifying as "biologically male, psychologically female", etc. They see the adoption of trans language and integration of "tucutes" into the trans community as confusing and damaging, but do not completely dismiss them the way more extreme transmedicalists do.
In the use of the word "transsexual" or "transgender", it is a case of "damned if they do and damned if they don't": if they call themselves "transsexual", transmedicalists are accused of being separatists and of using allegedly archaic language, despite the fact that this is still standard medical terminology. If they call themselves "true transgender", they receive accusations that they seek to claim the word "transgender" as only their right to use; attempting to appropriate "transgender" to mean transsexual.[9] In either case, the result is that people who suffer from gender dysphoria and have medically necessary reasons for being transgender are marginalized within the trans community by people who do not have gender dysphoria and have absolutely no medical need to transition.
Anti-transmedicalist arguments[edit]
Anti-transmedicalists reject elements of the transmedicalist argument in favor of a more inclusive view towards what are commonly dismissed as "transtrenders".[citation needed] The least extreme anti-transmedicalist view is simply that transsexuals and non-dysphoric transpeople are two different groups based around different phenomena, but should be united under the "trans umbrella" to fight for their ultimately similar causes.[citation needed]
More extreme anti-transmedicalist views reject the scientifically-proven[citation needed] transmedicalist explanation of transsexualism. They believe that transsexuals are, like them, people who just don't fit in with their gender roles, and that they choose to transition as a way of defying gender roles.[citation needed] As any transsexual or doctor will tell you, this isn't true - transsexualism has little to do with personality when compared with what it has to do with biology.[citation needed] The most extreme anti-transmedicalist view is that transsexuals are traitors to the transgender cause. They view them as being people who do not fit gender roles hypnotised by cisgenderism into rejecting the difference between sex and gender and transitioning as a way to fit in with cisgender society. This is, ironically, very similar to the TERF argument against transpeople, and needless to say, it is bullshit.
There is a considerable anti-science sentiment in the anti-transmedicalist movement; many anti-transmedicalist activists claim that accepted definitions of gender dysphoria and transsexualism (e.g. DSM-V, ICD-10) are not valid because they were written by cis people.[citation needed]
Many transmedicalists are accused of invaliding non-binary identities.[10] However a survey of 100 Internet users, carried out by an anti-transmedicalist activist, potentially shows this notion to be false as transmedicalists will accept a non-binary person's gender if they have gender dysphoria.[11] However this still invalidates many non-binary identities as not all non-binary people have gender dysphoria.
According to the same survey of 100 people on SurveyMonkey, the majority of transmedicalists are female to male transsexuals, young adults, and white Americans.[11]
External links[edit]
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/transmedicalism
- ↑ http://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate
- ↑ http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/05/on-various-shades-of-transgender.html
- ↑ http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/85/5/2034.full
- ↑ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20032-transsexual-differences-caught-on-brain-scan
- ↑ http://www.crossdreamers.com/2013/12/truscum-and-transgender-war-of-words.html
- ↑ http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Truscum#.VlkhCnYrLIU
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/05/survey-of-truscum-transsexual.html


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The Hoops cruised to a 3-0 win over Aberdeen at Hampden on Sunday thanks to first-half strikes from Australian international Tom Rogic and James Forrest while in-form French striker Moussa Dembele added a second-half penalty.
It seals a trophy at the first attempt for Rodgers, who joined the Glasgow giants in May, and the Celtic manager is pleased with the way the players have adapted since he arrived at Parkhead.
"I'm very proud to sit here as manager of Celtic and bring a trophy to the people that I love and the club that I support and for the players," the former Liverpool manager said.
"Everyone has talked about the good start and the great football but you want something to show for it.
"This was our first chance and I thought they were magnificent.
"For the players it is something to show for the great work they've been doing.
"We've talked about how we need to improve the team but of course you have to then have something to show for it and the players on the podium at the end had something to show.
"It is great for their confidence and sets us up really well now going on into the season."
The win saw Celtic claim the 100th trophy of their 128-year history and Rodgers said it marked a major milestone for the club.
"It is a winning club. That's what the great history of this club has been based upon.
"Now we need to look to the next one and start off the next century of trophies and that will be important for us and the club."
Warning against complacency
It is just six months since Rodgers signed on at Celtic Park and the former Liverpool boss has given his side, who are unbeaten domestically this season and top the Scottish Premiership by eight points, an air of invincibility in Scotland.
The Hoops remain on course for a first domestic treble since 2000/01 and Rodgers declared himself pleased with the progress that has been made in such a short space of time.
"It's six months and a week to the day that I came in. We talked about what we wanted to achieve and how we wanted to do it and we're certainly well on our way to that.
"I have to be pleased. We're trying to improve standards on and off the field but you can never become complacent.
"It's still very early but we're shaping up the team to play in a certain style and way. That's going very well but there's things that myself and my staff can analyse to see where we can do better and where we can improve.
"I've got a huge job to do here in terms of sustaining this and building on it. But at this moment in time after only six months of course it is a great achievement."
It is the third defeat Celtic have inflicted on the Dons -- who have provided their main challenge in recent years -- this season and Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes admitted the gap between the sides was becoming harder to bridge.
"Celtic will need to have a poor day for teams to beat them," the Dons boss said. "They will improve again in January and it will become more difficult but I certainly think we can compete with them over 90 minutes.
"If we play them in the Scottish Cup final at the end of the season I still think we can beat them as long as my team learn from this."


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Joy to the world
On Wednesday 2 December, St James Catholic College was filled with the wonderful sounds of Christmas Carols from all around the world! The annual Primary Christmas concert this year took on a new spin, students from Kindergarten to Year 6 introduced to family and friends a range of carols that are sung in different countries and languages around the world.
Year 6 opened the concert with an instrumental version of feliz navidad originating from Spain. Prep, Year 3, 5 students then performed Away in a Manger with the Year 6 students accompanying in sign language. Year 1 astounded the crowd with their fluent and enthusiastic performance of the Japanese version of Silent Night. Prep students shone on stage with their version of The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy.
Next on the world tour was Australia and the Year 1 and 4 students rose to the challenge happily singing the 12 Twelve Days of Christmas using the Australia version (replacing the traditional gifts with native Australian animals). Year 4 continued on stage performing O Christmas Tree in German!
From Germany to Hawaii, things on stage turned tropical with Year 3 students well equipped for the Hawaiian beaches in Hula Skirts and floral Leis, shorts and sunglasses! The students performed Mele Kalikimaka, meaning 'Merry Christmas'. The island theme continued with Year 5 students performing Mary's Boy Child using clap sticks and language from the Tiwi Islands.
Moving around to the other side of the world, Ireland was next on show, with the Year 2 students performing an Irish dance and singing Christmas in Killarney. Kindergarten students joined the Year 2 students on stage to show the crowd a Jewish Christmas singing the d Hanukkah song. Following this the very brave and confident Kindergarten students performed the African-American song Go tell it on the mountain for the audience.
The concert was finished with all classes singing Joy to the World.
The students worked tirelessly to make the production a huge success! Needless to say, so did their teachers!
Images courtesy of Carolyn Whitehouse


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So I've been reading reviews about and looking at China's Glaze's new Anchors Away Collection for Spring 2011 for a couple weeks now and really had my eye on Sunset Sail. Apparently the collection is officially out Jan 12, 2011 but I purchased it at my favourite China Glaze store last weekend. Originally it was just a trip to look at nail polishes but I got pretty excited when I saw the new collection sitting on the counter. I'd been exhausted from work lately with the wonderful addition of the lengthy and painfully slow commute that comes with travelling from uptown to downtown via the TTC, but I was finally able to try it last night.
And wow. I love this colour. It's described as a "delightful peachy pink high shine crème" and to me, that description is pretty close. It's a pastel-like nude peach colour with a subtle glittery sheen that you can only really see in sunlight. This is definitely my new favourite colour in my collection of nail polishes and it's a shade that is conservative enough for work :).
This picture may not capture Sunset Sail in all it's glory.. I really need to learn how to use my camera.


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We have caught some monster pike of late, jumbo perch, and white bass. It's fun when you catch the variety pack out there.
Summer is starting to slide so make sure to get out and enjoy the excellent fishing that the Devils Lake basin is providing!!
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Oliver Kamm gives a plug to Nick Cohen's new book – and it isn't out until February! Cohen is one of the most stimulating and entertaining journalists writing in the mainstream media, how can I wait? My pre-order is in.
This gives him the chance to comment on Cohen and to elaborate on his own theme that he wished "to document the convergence of a type of left-wing thinking with traditional conservative isolationism and reaction". I would wish to nuance this without substantially disagreeing. In fact, there is a strong liberal tradition, if not of isolationism, then of non-interference. It goes back to 1795 and Kant's essay, Perpetual Peace. His fifth preliminary article for the establishment of peace is that "No state shall violently interfere with the constitution and administration of another. For what can justify it so doing? … The erring state can much more serve as a warning by exemplifying the great evils which a nation draws down on itself through its own lawlessness". This position is perfectly represented by the columns of Simon Jenkins and it is very easy for it to morph into some form of conservative 'realism' and isolationism. This is not the view of this section of the left though. It is locked into an activism of a different kind.
I would argue that their confusion, and boy are they confused, is not down to the abandonment of internationalism or morality, nor a retreat into liberal non-interference or conservative isolationism, but rigid habits of thought. I grew up with the left through the late 1960s and 70s. There were three strands to the thinking of the time. First, there was the desperation of some to either believe that Stalinism was an aberration or simply that it did not really exist outside the fevered imagination of Cold War propagandists. Those that accepted the reality of Soviet oppression sometimes argued that all would have been well if Trotsky had succeeded Lenin or tried to find examples of Marxism that promised something more successful and humane. This search flirted with Maoism (unbelievable as it seems today) but eventually settled on Cuba. Secondly, there was the support for anti-colonial national liberation movements. But the dominant theme was a sense of moral outrage at the governments of the West. There was much to feel outraged about too, particularly in the unifying event for all three, the Vietnam War. Given the strength of the peace movement and a genuine hatred of the barbarities of modern warfare a position was forged.
However, it was not just the left that settled into an unquestioning ideological rigidity. I remember being in a motorway service station in 1978 and being swamped by coachloads of braying young fogies. They were the storm troopers of the coming Thatcher revolution travelling to London to demonstrate on the tenth anniversary of the Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring. The irony of Tories gathering to celebrate "socialism with a human face" was not lost on me. But still the question that troubled me most was, "where was the left?" This was our cause not theirs. We had abandoned it, leaving liberty and anti-totalitarianism to the right.
Once locked into Manichean thinking there is a huge difficulty adjusting to the fact that the satanic power, which people have spent their life opposing, just might, this time, be on the side of the angels. This shows in the bewildering argument that somehow the actions of the United States in opposing Saddam are illegitimate because they supported him in the past. To correct an error does not seem to be a sin to me. The real problem is that the worldview of both left and right cannot easily accommodate to a situation where one side can behave despicably in one part of the world and honourably in another. Taking a position is easier than thinking. Neither can handle ambiguity.
This was the theme of an earlier email exchange between myself and Oliver Kamm in response to a piece of his on John Pilger. Pilger's career is an exemplar of the difficulties of political commentary based on a fixed position. He always writes with stylistic clarity and he can produce some incisive pieces, but he can go wildly wrong and is prone to vivid overstatement. This is what I wrote about his journalism on Cambodia:
Pilger is incapable of ambiguity and so the evil of one side is always set against the good of the other and his apologism for the Vietnamese Communists is consistent with his earlier writing on the Vietnam War. Where there are clear faults in a regime, they tend to be brushed aside with comments such as this on the Hun Sen government, "Authoritarian and at times brutal, yet by Cambodian standards extraordinarily stable" (New Statesman 17/04/2000). The really interesting, and highly ironic, point is that he exposed the horror of Cambodia at a time when the deposed Khmer Rouge were still being officially recognised as the legitimate government of Cambodia, held the Cambodian seat in the United Nations, and when Margaret Thatcher actually talked about dealing with "moderate" elements in that criminal movement. Pilger supported the Vietnamese intervention as it brought about the end of the mass slaughter and felt that the Vietnamese-installed government should be recognised. In those distant pre-Iraq days, here was Pilger acting as the advocate of humanitarian intervention and castigating its opponents for refusing to accept it for the very reasons that he opposed it in Iraq - that it came from the wrong side!
The trouble is that he is so locked into an anti-Western Manichean view that he could not express this as a choice between the lesser of two evils. Certainly, an oppressive Vietnamese post-Stalinism had considerable advantages over a psychotic, genocidal Maoism. But Pilger cannot say this. Instead he picked up on a wholly disreputable piece of Western realpolitik and used Cambodia as a stick to beat the West. As a result, he argued for an unconditional recognition of the installed Vietnamese regime rather than for the ending of the tacit, and scandalous, Western support for the Khmer Rouge and a democratic, internal settlement based on a Vietnamese withdrawal (with passing thanks for ending the horror).
This meant that once the Cambodian peace process was under way, rather than welcoming it, but rejecting the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge, he castigated the whole process itself. He wrote with typical inaccurate overstatement, "My own investigations in Cambodia recently suggest that the American imposed 'peace' has left Cambodia more divided, more ethnically volatile, more politically unstable and at greater risk to Khmer Rouge takeover than at any time since Pol Pot began his final push for power in the early 1970s." (New Statesman 21/7/95).
His earlier position, though flawed, can at least be recognised as humane and liberal. However, and this beautifully illustrates the perils of Manichaean anti-Western thought, by the time of the peace process he was slipping away into a whole-hearted support for the Vietnamese puppet regime in preference to a UN settlement. This prefigures his later career when he went on to commit the very sins which he condemned. He acted as an apologist for Serbian ethnic nationalism and, even worse, for the barbarism of the Iraqi 'resistance' - Khmer Rouges in the making. This need to take sides is the central flaw in his work. Rather than basing his emotional humanitarianism on consistently applied liberal values, he relies on support for whoever is currently opposing the West, a recipe for disaster.
When thinking or writing on this I am always reminded of Solzhenitsyn's prescient essay "Peace and Violence", where he argues that the proper role of a peace movement is to confront violence rather than condone it to prevent war. It is very symbolic of the times are that the only web references that I can find to it are on conservative sites.
(thanks to Mike Tyldesley for spotting my deliberate mistake - Simon called Peter - now corrected)


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A plane was delayed for five hours after it was forced to divert to Manchester airport after all the toilets were blocked.
The flight from Toronto to Pakistan had no choice but to stop off in the UK after "someone had thrown something solid down one of the toilets, putting all of them out of action", the Daily Mail reported a witness saying.
The diversion and delay didn't go down very well with either the passengers onboard or the chairman of Pakistan International Airlines, which carried the flight.
In a statement, Muhammad Azam Saigol said: "I am of the view that passengers need to strictly adhere to and carefully read the warning signs in the toilets!"
The Boeing 777-200 had left Toronto and was heading for Lahore in Pakistan when the problem was discovered mid-air over the North Sea, about 200 miles from Manchester.
PIA Pakistan tweeted: "Today's Toronto-Lahone flight has been diverted to Manchester as its toilets got choked, due to something solid thrown by passengers."
"As all toilets are connected with a common drain line, the rest of the toilets were choked."
"Keeping in view the convenience of passengers, the flight has been diverted to Manchester where the toilets will be serviced before the flight continues its onward journey. Inconvenience to passengers is regretted."
The plane took another hour to reach Manchester and then was on the ground for another three hours before it could take off again.
Passengers eventually reached Lahore with a delay of five hours.


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11 Reasons You Should Join an InstaMeet
In a world where likes, selfies and hashtags consume us, we forget that the true power of social media comes from its ability to cultivate relationships and art in real life. Instagram helps us to do this through coordinated meetups called "InstaMeets," where lovers of photography and photo processing shoot, edit and work together to create digital masterpieces to be published on the social network. Get inspired by the InstaMeet culture and creatives with our top 11 photos from InstaMeets:
(Cover photo by @instameetlahore)
1. #MyInstaMeet_Charsoo by @McSaeid
As the #WeLevitate trend gains in popularity, InstaMeeters are showing their lifted spirits.
2. #InstaMeetBankside by @edwardkb
UK-based InstaMeeters play with reflections and silhouettes on a rainy day.
3. #InstaMeetTaiwan by @guosianlong
Purple haze doesn't even begin to explain it with this experimental smoke shot.
4. #Mashmeet by @rapidandi
A retrospective shot in New York's #Mashmeet inspires with a contrast between motion and stills.
5. #InstaMeetKC by @stormy56KC
Even in Kansas City, InstaMeets are bringing the beauty of the town alive with panoramic shots.
6. #InstaMeetBali by @wisnusrya
Cool tones and a light filter give this #InstaMeetBali shot a serene and reflective mood.
7. #InstaMeetshanghai by @yuztoday0124
Catching a flight just got a little more literal with this #InstaMeetshanghai shot.
8. #WWIM11_Floripa by @NicDaros
Photoception as Nicolas Daros captures a photo of a quaint doorway being captured.
9. #OTDUMeet by @rrrroza
A sea of flowers captured for #OTDUMeet make alone time seem all the more desirable.
10. #Meet_HelpMe by @Everson
This monochromatic action shot gives a peek behind the scenes of an InstaMeet workshop.
11. #Empty_Opera by @anita_gimpel
Anita Gimpelson perfectly captures a lady in red during this #Empty_Opera meet.
This post was written by guest contributor Amber Kazalbash. Amber is a social media marketer and personal style blogger from Southern California. Aside from shooting fashion and photography for her blog My Eyes Are Hungry, Amber loves lip syncing to rap music on Snapchat. Follow Amber @libertydenied and read her blog.


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|Today was such a sunny, beautiful day, and we were going to finally take our boat out for the first time this summer. Unfortunately there were just too many people at the lake and no good place to park our car with the boat trailer attached, so we returned home. Not before I managed to snap this pic! I love sailboats and always wish I could learn how to sail. It's one of the things on my Bucket List.
Everybody's Changing - Keane
I heard this song on and episode of One Tree Hill that I recently watched. I'm only on season two, and so far I like it! I know I've heard the song before I heard on on the show, and it's really bothering me because I can't remember where. Anyway, I do remember that I liked it, and I'm glad I found it again.
Keep Smiling,


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The kimono is so much more than an elegant silk outfit; it is the embodiment of the Japanese spirit, the "和" (wa) and is an art form in its own right. Symbolising concepts long revered in Japanese culture, such as harmony and elegance, the kimono is the ultimate expression of everything Japanese. This summer, taking to the stage to share his interpretation of the Japanese spirit of "wa" as seen through the kimono is Mr. Noriyuki Ikeda, CEO of WASOUKAN.
Through a series of talks on the HYPER Theatre stage, Mr. Ikeda will be taking visitors on a whimsical retelling of kimono's evolution as a national dress, as well as the growing global appreciation of Japanese traditional clothing. Also joining Mr. Ikeda on stage will be Ms. Chiaki Tanaka, manager of WASOUKAN LONDON. Ms. Tanaka will be demonstrating what is perhaps the most difficult aspect of the kimono-wearing process, the tying of the obi. This spellbinding story of the elegant kimono throughout the centuries will leave you vowing to visit Japan and pick up your own kimono!
Noriyuki Ikeda, WASOUKAN
Entering the traditional kimono world at the age of 33, Noriyuki Ikeda spent 10 years learning everything about kimonos, before stepping out on his own in 2005. In 2015, Mr. Ikeda opened his first overseas branch (and the industry's first as well), WASOUKAN LONDON, a traditional kimono shop and tea cafe.


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I wanted to share an article with you all from the "Women of Harvest" e-zine - a journal for missionary women. Sometimes it is hard to describe to others the joy and struggle involved in life on the mission field. I think RH (the writer of this article) did a good job verbalizing what I am learning and experiencing here.
There is joy in the journey. There is struggle. And our faithful Abba upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down (Psalm 145:14).
"I had always sworn that I would not let my children become "MK casualties," but my eight-year-old son is an emotional and spiritual mess. It is a wild concoction of deep loss, painful and anxious cultural experiences, intellectual giftedness, spiritual warfare, absence of real friendships in his life, plus what we all deal with: sin.
Our son is a highly gifted, perfectionistic, anxious, deep kid whose loss upon leaving the United States at age three-and-a-half we underestimated, and who was targeted in just about every possible way by the enemy of our souls upon our arrival here in China five years ago. After five years of maladjustment to the culture, language, and food; numerous and frightening injuries and illnesses; and a barren friendship landscape (he has been unable to find one good, close friend with whom he feels safe to be himself), our son is hurting.
"Why is God doing this to me?" he asked as I was preparing dinner in the kitchen one night recently. The one friend with whom he had just begun to connect was leaving suddenly to go back to the United States with his family. What does a parent do with that kind of question? The "right" answers all taste pretty hollow and even bitter as I look into his face.
I look at my son and feel a heavy ache as I see his nervous gestures, his clinging to his securities and routines. I hurt at how he is daily frustrated by the diminishing of his dreams,
unable to explain for him what I am just learning:
that shattered dreams can bring us deeper into God's heart.
Occasionally the facade cracks and a terrifying torrent of rage or sorrow explodes, completely out of proportion to the event. Then he screams the most piercing words--"I wish I'd never been born!" or something like it--and shakes in all his limbs. There is no talking him out of it, no praying him out of it. Sometimes he will lie quietly, his head tucked under his covers, wanting me to hold him, but unable to speak, for a long time.
I often find myself walking on eggshells around his fragile self, trying to determine when he is hiding, when he is controlling because he feels out of control, when he is desperate for love and affection, when he is hurt and so becomes hurtful. I want to explain him to himself, but I cannot. I carry prayers around with me all day, unspoken groans that Abba somehow understands.
At times the hurt stops my breath as I realize that there are no guarantees for him. Things could get worse, a lot worse. He could lose the battle. His anxieties and obsessions could become more and more debilitating. He could get angrier and angrier at God, at us as his parents. He could become a social outcast, bitter, hiding himself away from the messiness and pain of human relationships. He could opt out of life.
I just finished reading Larry Crabb's Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy (Waterbrook Press), and it describes this pattern I see in my life: as I have walked a number of dark nights of the soul now, I realize again that my trust deepens each time, often in direct proportion to my sorrow. I am realizing that this trust is trust in God for who He is, not for what He does for me. The ache I feel because I cannot make it all right for our son brings me to trust again and again, even when I am angry at my God.
Sometimes I scream at God: Hasn't he had enough? Mercy, Lord!
Paraphrasing Crabb: Do I really believe that knowing God could bring more pleasure to my soul than seeing my son straighten out? I pray that He grants me the trust to say yes.
I do not get it. I can handle it, though, with the faith I have been given; I can walk through the murky mess with my faith intact. That is a gift from God; it is not of me. But this little boy? This bruised reed, this smoldering wick?
I want to say all this when I sit with friends, when we move deeper in conversation, but each time I hold back, even when I hint at the pain. I want to feel like another is carrying part of the load, but I always stop short of giving words to the ragged ache. It seems to be a mixture of fear of response, and weariness at the thought of trying to explain. I have to fight against the impulse to flatline, to withdraw. Sometimes it is all just too much.
This side of death, Jesus' life was left unjustified by the Father. There was no rescue. He died in despair and rejected. But then: glorification, a new body, victory. I know. I do not know, however, that it will be that way for my son. Others have left the faith and have lived with feeling betrayed until their death.
I want to be able to say, without shocking or shaking the faith of another, that this is hard and that I feel frightened, that my longings for freedom of soul for my son are suffocating in their presence, in their heaviness. I want others to understand that it is understandable for me to feel it all this deeply. I need to grieve the loss of my dreams for him having a carefree, happy childhood, the as-yet unfulfilled dreams of seeing him thrive in life, in light, in grace. We are not always able to wrap up the loose ends of our lives in a neat little knot; this is one that I have to leave dangling for now."


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The consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in July from a year earlier, its second consecutive decline on lower gasoline prices, and was down 0.3 percent from the previous month, Statistics Canada said today.
The Bank of Canada cut its rate to 0.25 percent in April and said it would leave it there through June 2010 because of spare capacity in the economy and a weak inflation outlook. Falling prices may now give policy makers ammunition to hold off on rate increases even after the conditional commitment expires in June, said Derek Holt, an economist at Scotia Capital in Toronto. The bank runs monetary policy with the goal of keeping inflation at 2 percent annually.
The bank projected in July that the consumer price index will fall at an annual pace of 0.7 percent during the third quarter of this year, and that inflation will not return to the bank's 2 percent target before the second quarter of 2011.
The annual inflation rate excluding gasoline and seven other volatile items -- the so-called core rate that the central bank watches closely -- decelerated to 1.8 percent from 1.9 percent in June. The median forecast by economists was that the rate would stay at 1.9 percent. Core prices were unchanged on a monthly basis, compared with economists' forecast of a 0.1 percent rise.
July's annual decline in the overall index was led by lower transportation costs, mainly a 28 percent drop in gasoline prices and lower prices for cars, StatsCan said. Falling prices for fuel oil and natural gas, along with a drop in homeowner's replacement costs, led to a 2 percent annual decline in shelter costs, which account for 27 percent of the consumer basket.
The 0.9 percent decline was the largest drop since the index fell 1.4 percent in July 1953, the Ottawa-based statistics agency said.
Food prices were up 5 percent in July from a year earlier, the statistics agency said.


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Michael Vick wants NFL to know he's ready with motivational tweet, video
Free agent quarterback Michael Vick hasn't exactly had the sustained success he wanted since returning to the NFL in 2009, but he wants everyone to know he's ready to take the field once again. He's looking at you, general managers.
By way of a motivational tweet and video of himself rolling out and making a throw on the money, Vick is trying to pitch his way back onto an NFL team. His last stint with the New York Jets didn't go as planned, taking a backseat to Geno Smith, but that's in past now. It's a new year.
Sadly, it may take an injury to another quarterback for Vick to get an opportunity at this point. He most likely won't get a shot to start this season -- or ever again -- but there's no harm in putting yourself out there, right? Maybe a quarterback-needy team like the Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, or the Houston Texans will take a flier on the former Pro Bowler.
(h/t Twitter)
Photo Credit: Adam Hunger/USA Today Sports