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The dreaded flu…ugh. It hit my husband pretty hard last night. And it came out of nowhere. Honestly, he was fine… earlier in the day. Myself….I've been choking down Airborne everyday for two weeks now. It has become my MISSION to conquer this bug. Yeah…I'll probably get it, but hopefully, my immune system will be primed and ready for such a feat.
Meanwhile, I've gotten rather creative. I've read tons of articles, all claiming to hold the CURE! Yeah…right. If that were the case, the author….would be a billionaire. However, we all know of the basic 'bug staples'. Vitamin C, fluids, cool compresses, fever reducers, etc…..And it does make absolute sense, to keep the vitamin supply from being depleted. We need those little soldiers on the front line. Thankfully….I own a crock-pot!
I started this soup, around 6 am. This morning, he was in the thick of it. And the cough that accompanies this years flu…well it's the cough of the decade. This got me thinking onions….clear sinuses….heat from within….tomato…carrots….celery….mmmmmmmmmm….chicken!
So without further delay: Plug in the Crock-Pot and pull out your veggies and poultry.
Here's what's simmering….
I chopped up a few lovely boneless breasts, then added some onion soup mix…yep, the ole onion soup mix. I always keep a box on hand. Then I chopped up some carrots, threw in some diced tomato, carrots, sage and chicken broth. LOTS of BROTH! And of course a water base.
I added about a cup of rice, to give it some added thickness. Hardy is key.
As always, I threw in some turmeric. It's not so much for the flavor, as it is for the health benefits. I put turmeric in every main dish. It's not required to make the soup. As always, just be creative. Throw in what's available. If you have some canned veggies, throw them in. Just wait until the meat is fully cooked, otherwise the veggies will be dreadfully soggy after hours of simmering. Canned veggies have already been soaking for ages. And there's no reason to assume beef can't be substituted for the chicken. That's the marvelous thing about soup. It's basically a concoction, of all your favorite veggies…(with or without meat/poultry), thrown in a giant pot and simmered to perfection. I wish I had some squash in the fridge….there's nothing quite like big hardy chunks of squash, simmering in the pot! Maybe next week. I'm not brave enough to step foot in the grocery store right now. Too many variables…namely… hacking, coughing and feverish town folk. Yes….I know, I'm probably already doomed…thanks dear husband;)
And while my happy crock-pot is joyfully simmering throughout the day….Meet my two best friends….
Bleach and Lysol….

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Red and Blue, Old and New: Fun with Bike Comparisons
here for a close-up of the Pilen's seatpost). Despite the 3cm difference in their frames, the actual size difference between the two bicycles is considerably greater. This is because the Raleigh has 26" wheels with 35mm tires, whereas the Pilen has 700C wheels with 50mm tires - raising the Pilen's frame higher off the ground. Wheel and tire size are definitely something to be aware of when determining the actual size of a complete bicycle. The frame size alone is fairly limited information.
Cycler and I are similar in height (she perhaps 1/2" shorter), and we prefer similar bicycles for transportation - both of us especially in love with the ride quality of the classic Raleigh DL-1. It was therefore informative to learn that she had a similar reaction to the Pilen as I did. On the other hand, two other (taller) persons who also tried the bike had very different reactions. I will write about that in more detail at a later stage, but suffice to say that there is a bike out there for everyone. It is amazing to me how many variations exist of the traditional upright step-through design; I never tire of learning about the similarities and differences between them.


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Unit 2: Testing Validity
Study guide
Validity seems like hocus-pocus until you understand the notion of logical form and learn how to test "whether a logical form has any substitution instances in which all the premises are true but the conclusion false". By the end of this unit you will know how to do these things.
1. Logical form. Learn how to abbreviate distinct independent clauses of a sentence with distinct sentence-letters. Learn why one needs to do this. See section 2.1. You will be asked whether a given symbolization could or could not be used to represent the logical form of a given sentence. Try exercises 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.19.
3. Constructing a truth table. Learn the standard truth table for each connective. Pay particular attention to the conditional, since it is the source of most of the trouble. (See §2.2, 2.4).
Learn how to construct a truth table for a complicated sentence with nested clauses (§2.3). To do well in the test you will need to be able to evaluate a truth function such as
2. Fundamentals of symbolizing conjunctions, disjunctions, negations, conditionals, and biconditionals. Sections 2.2, 2.4. Learn how to symbolize simple English sentences of all these types. You will be given roughly 20 sentences in English, and asked to do nothing but symbolize them, using a key that is provided. Try exercises 2.11-2.16. See also the "Test items" section, which follows all the regular exercises.
4. English variants of connectives. Learn how to recognize the folk variants for the five kinds of sentential connective. See section 2.5. Some of sentences mixed into the problems will use these variants.
It can be tricky to see the equivalences among some of these variant forms. Likewise, the "difficult combinations" (such as "not both p and not q" vs. "both not p and not q") can be hard to parse. One thing that will make both tasks easier is to understand some basic logical equivalences. See section 2.6. I strongly suggest you learn them, and test those you don't believe with a truth table, before you get too bogged down memorizing the English variants or the "difficult combinations". (Knowing the equivalences will cut down on the memory load!)
5. The goal of the test: given an argument, (a) symbolize the statements, (b) construct a truth table for them, and (c) use the truth table to test the argument for validity. This wraps together all the skills above. There will be at least two problems of this sort. Try exercises 2.11, 2.17.
New in this unit: actual test items. For symbolization and testing for validity, try pages from the actual test used in 1998. These follow the answers to the regular exercises. The "test answers" section is the coding frame used by TA's to grade that test, so you can see how partial credit gets assigned. What a deal!


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Sermon for Second Sunday after Epiphany, Sunday, January 18 2015, 10:30 am
Mtr. Maggie Helwig, Church of Saint Stephen-in-the-Fields, Toronto
1 Sam 3:1-10; Ps 139:1-5, 12-17; 1 Cor 6:12-20; Jn 1:43-51
In most of the Gospels, call stories follow one basic pattern, the one we see with Philip here. Jesus sees someone, walks up to them and says simply, "Follow me," and that person does so, immediately, decisively, and with complete commitment, leaving nets and counting tables and family behind. It is dramatic and clear, and shares a great deal with the story of the calling of the boy Samuel in today's Old Testament reading, the course of a life determined in a moment.
But one of the things I appreciate about John's gospel—which we see in part, though not fully, in today's reading—is that there are many different kinds of call stories. There's an understanding that vocation doesn't work the same way for everyone, that there is no one pattern which must be followed, and that sometimes things are not so immediate and clear.
There's the story of Andrew and a second, unnamed disciple, which comes just before today's story, and it's one I particularly like—you can barely refer to it as a call story at all, since Jesus makes no effort at all to call these very first disciples, but just hangs around the Jordan for a while. Eventually they become curious and start to follow him at a distance, and then after walking for a while he turns around and asks them what they're up to, and they have a somewhat awkward and cryptic conversation which ends with the same invitation we see in today's reading: "Come and see." So they do. And then Andrew goes to find his brother Simon, and invites him along as well, and the story begins to unfold.
And then there's Nathanael, in today's reading, not directly called by Jesus, but summoned, like Simon, by someone else, in this case Philip. He's initially not especially impressed by the story of this itinerant rabbi from Nowheresville — "Can any good thing come out of Oshawa?" But Philip says that same thing to him: "Come and see." And he is willing, at least, to take that chance, if only as a favour to a friend. It isn't about a complete and immediate commitment; not initially about any kind of commitment at all. It isn't about being suddenly sure that this is real and true. It is about being willing to have the experience. Being just a little bit open to possibility. Willing to come and see, maybe stay for a while, to find out what might happen. Because more often than not, this is how vocation actually works.
When I talk about call and about vocation, by the way, please don't think that I mean this only in a strictly religious way. We experience ourselves as being called, in various ways, into relationship with God, into our communities of faith, and into different ways of living out our lives in these communities. But any serious commitment—to a career, to a practice of art, to social justice work, to important personal relationships—is vocational. It is a part of living out our great overall calling—which is finally God's call to us to choose life, to grow into our fuller selves, to participate in God's being and work through all that we do in this world.
And we do not come to these commitments in an instant. Rarely, with any serious choice, is a clear decision made quickly with absolute certainty. Often, we aren't really aware that we are deciding anything at all. A call may come to us as something more like a vague and confusing curiosity, it may first be explored with cautious distance or with sardonic doubt. A call may come as a suggestion from someone else, which sounds like a pretty bad suggestion at first. It may seem pointless, or embarrassing, or terrifying, or impossible. But we take that one step. Come and see. Live it out for just a little while. Give it time. You never know what might happen.
They all made their way to profound commitment in the end—Simon, who became Peter, was one of the ones who didn't even come of his own accord at first. The unnamed disciple with Andrew, who followed Jesus at a distance out of a whisper of curiosity, may even be the Beloved Disciple, the one who would follow all the way to the foot of the cross. Even Nicodemus, that interesting character who will turn up in the next chapter, the one who leaves without making any commitment, but keeps coming back, creeping his way towards risk and faith, even he.
And so we too make our way through our lives, stepping out into unknown possibilities, trying to learn, more and more, who we are meant to be, how we are meant to live out our calling in, and to, this world.
For God has searched us out and known us, knows us better than we can know ourselves, knows and holds us in every moment of despair and emptiness and loss, knows each dream and fear and longing, and we are finally called into nothing but the realization of that, the making real in our lives of that knowledge and that love, in all that we are and do.
It is tempting, in the midst of all this, simply to ignore the second reading. Paul's dispute with the Corinthians seems to have very little connection with the other texts for today. And yet there is something important going on here, and it does connect, if only by accident. I'm not going to get into the problems of interpreting the word translated into English as "fornication," or the question of whether we're even quite sure what it is that Paul is condemning; and I'm also not going to get into the important, but complicated, question of how we, today, apply the values of the Gospel to work out a sexual ethic which is informed and genuinely respectful of human dignity and human diversity, and which also comprehends the serious disciplines of sacrifice and love. But the really central point which Paul is making, and which is in fact crucial to any discussion of vocation, is that we are bodies, we are known and called not as disembodied souls but as physical creatures, and what we do with our bodies, and with our whole lives, is immensely important.
Vocation is about us, all of us, our complete being, from the DNA helix on up. We are called as creatures of meat and desire, and we discover where we are meant to be, day by day and year by year, mostly through the actions of our bodies in their relationships with other bodies, in eating and drinking and sharing food and time, in song and speech, in beauty and confusion. When our bodies ache in the freezing wind, we must use that ache to understand the sufferings of other bodies in the cold; when we know warmth and love and care, we must learn from that how to bring love and care to others. It is all part of that call: the "come and see." Come into the world, and see what it means to be bodies known and loved from before the beginning of time; see what choices we make about our connections with other bodies in that light. See what it means to choose, day after day, to walk, however hesitantly, and at however much of a distance, towards truth.
And what Paul says, too, is that we are called entirely; we can't segment off a bit of our lives and say, that's the religious bit, that's the bit that belongs to God, and then there's the other bits that belong to me. Every smallest corner of our selves and our lives is claimed. Every choice is a choice to live further into the divine life, or not. Paul talks about sex here; I'm more inclined, especially in our context, to talk about, for instance, money, about the way we think we can make decisions about money, personally and globally, as if moral values did not apply, as if we were in a neutral zone unclaimed by God's love, and free to act in self-interest purely. But there is no neutral zone. As the psalm tells us, in light and darkness, in heaven and hell, in the trivial and the mundane and the practical details of every day, we are in the presence of the divine, and responsible to that presence. God is always calling us, inviting us, opening up the possibility of life, leading us into greater and more difficult love. And each choice we make can be, in some small way, the choice to come and see; the choice to find out what it might be like, to follow the living God in human flesh. To become—each one of us, bored or curious, doubtful, sarcastic, selfish and confused—a part, a particular and individual and irreplaceable part, of this great story.


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RINDSAGULASCH auf POLENTA
Goulash on polenta
1 kg of beef
3 onions
150 g carrots
150 g celeriac
200 g of leeks
6 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. Tomato purée
2 tbsp. paprika powder (sweet)
1 tbsp. paprika powder (hot)
350 ml red wine (dry)
500 ml beef stock
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp. parsley (chopped)
1 clove of garlic
600 ml milk
150 g polenta
70 g Parmesan (grated)
Salt, pepper, thyme, nutmeg
Cut beef into 4 cm cubes. Peel and dice onions. Peel and
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The Cupid Shuffle has got to be the most mindless line dance ever invented, right after the Chicken Dance. Even the Hokey Pokey provides more variety than this stupid charade.
That's why my mind was boggled when I attended a swing dance in Pennsylvania where the organizer actually took five minutes out to TEACH people how to do the Cupid Shuffle. Good grief. This isn't the sort of dance that you waste time teaching. Rather, it's the sort of mindless crap that people should be able to observe for a few seconds and then follow along.
Then again, the organizer of this particular event wasn't known for having a lot of dance expertise.
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It is believed that humans can only convert 2-5% of Omega 3 Fatty Acids from vegetable sources (the #1 source is Flax Seeds) to DHA you obtain directly from Salmon, Trout, Tuna, Mackerel (the smaller the better), sardines, herring and eels. Now, the question is how much DHA will you obtain from these fish. You may be surprised that the average Spanish (or Pacific) Mackerel has more Omega 3 fatty acids than does the average Salmon... However, you may not find it easy to find fresh small (not kingfish) mackerel in your local fish market. This morning I walked a few blocks up from my house and bought 1.1 kgs (2.475 pounds) of Spanish (Pacific) Mackerel (known as Sierra in Spanish) which I "breaded" with a mix of eggs, cilantro, baby arugula, walnuts, ginger, cumin, garlic, serrano chile pepper and chia seeds and fried... Supposedly, 100 grams of small mackerel gives you between 0.952g and 1.195g of DHA. The recommended daily allowance of DHA varies around the world, but it is generally 250mg. Some organizations recommend 500mg of DHA per day. In order to obtain 3,500mgs (3.5 grams) of DHA per week, you must eat 300g of Mackerel... Easy, considering that the 1.1 kg Mackerel we ate today gave us at least 10 grams.
But, what if we are living far away from a decent fish market or are vegetarians?
100 grams of ground Flax seeds gives you 22.8 grams of Omega 3 fatty acids. If you can only convert 2-5% into DHA, that means that, in order to obtain 500mg (the high recommendation) per day, you must consume between 10 grams (1.5 tablespoons) and 25 grams (3 tablespoons) of ground Flax seeds. It doesn't seem like so much considering that I'm averaging between 5 and 9 tablespoons of ground Flax seeds per day... I mix the flax seeds in soups and stews along with ground sunflower seeds (the highest source of Vitamin E and a very good source of Magnesium). They're wonderful thickeners... Now, if you think that is a lot of Flax seeds, then cut it in half and you will be following the recommended RDA of the U.S.D.A. and of the European Food Safety Authority.
You may wish to use ground seeds or ground nuts as thickeners instead of using flour or starches, which not only cause rapid weight gain, but also raise your glycemic index... and at the same time, depending on what seeds or nuts you grind, you give your body a high level of Magnesium, Copper, Zinc, Vitamin E, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, B6, Selenium, Manganese and Biotin.
An important note: The #1 source of both Vitamin E and Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) is the Sunflower Seed. The #1 source of Magnesium is the Pumpkin Seed. The #1 source of Biotin is the Peanut. But, considering that peanuts are a great allergy risk, I would go to the #2 source being Almonds. The #1 source of Copper are Sesame Seeds. The #2 source are Cashews. After Tofu, the #2 source of Calcium are Sesame seeds.
On the edge of the Texas-Tamaulipas border, where the buzzards float overhead awaiting dehydrated Mexican seekers of the "American Dream" take their last step in the desert, I came to a deep ravine. I placed my back to the dark abyss and let myself fall backwards... into Mexico. Almost 3 years after the creation of "Dead Man Walking; Alive in Mexico (June 2011) I realize that I am very alive...
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Spanish Mackerel and/or Flax Seeds for the long-chain Omega 3 Fatty Acid DHA...
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A method is presented to determine fluorescence decay lifetimes within tissuelike scattering media. Fluorescence lifetimes are determined for micromolar concentrations of the dyes 3,3′-Diethylthiatricarbocyanine Iodide and Indocyanine Green by frequency-domain investigations of light propagating in turbid media. Dual-wavelength photon-migration measurements that use intensity-modulated sources at excitation and emission wavelengths of the fluorophores provide optical parameters of the media as well as fluorescence properties of the dyes. The deduction of fluorescence lifetimes requires no calibration with reference fluorophores, and the results are shown to be independent of dye concentration.
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According to Our Abilities
Scripture: Acts 11: [29] The disciples, each according to his ability, decided to provide help for the brothers living in Judea.
Observation: God has given me gifts and talents He wants me to use to honor Him by serving others. He has given me a gift of cooking and organizing to help the church at events and yesterday the gift of counseling by just expressing my love and trust in Him to others. God has blessed me with so much it's time to share this with the ones He loves.
Application: I need to find ways to use my gifts to provide help to others in Jesus name. I shouldn't wait until an opportunity comes to me, but go out and search out ways to use my gifts and talents.
Prayer: Dear Lord open my eyes to what you want me to do. Put in my path the things you want me to do that I may glorify you.


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From the August 1973 magazine.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
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MONTREAL, QUE.--A management representative should not try to cope with the alcoholic employee without seeking specialized help, according to Dr. Robert H. Porter, Montreal-area medical director for Bell Canada. "You'll never do it. You're dealing with a pro who has had to con to survive and he'll outcon you every time.
"Further, the boss should never try to tell the employee that he is an alcoholic. The alcohol-dependent employee can prove to anyone beyond a doubt that he isn't an alcoholic. . . .-- Dorothy Trainor
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|Islet transplantation is a relatively new treatment for Type I diabetes which offers great potential for normoglycaemia and ultimate avoidance of life- threatening complications(1). However, the treatment has only been partially successful and poor graft survival rates clinically have contrasted with reversal of diabetes by islet transplantation in rodent models. One major reason for graft loss is rejection of the islets and to study this an in vitro model for human allogeneic islet transplantation was developed. The aim of this study was to develop the mixed lymphocyte islet coculture (MLIC) and so investigate the in vitro human allogeneic lymphoproliferative response to untreated human islets. The possibility of developing a short duration MLIC as a pretransplant model for clinical use was initially investigated, and then the parameters and conditions of the MLIC response determined. Titration and kinetic studies of the MLIC (islet immunogenicity) and the MLAC (acinar tissue immunogenicity) showed that ten human islets or acinar tissue pieces (average 150mum diameter) cocultured with 1 x 10.;5 HLA mismatched responder PBLs for a duration of ninedays, gave an optimal response. Splenocyte, islet and acinar cell stimulator populations from the same donor source showed that the MLR was greater than the MLIC and the response of both were greater than the MLAC. It was shown that soluble products of untreated acinar cells inhibited lymphocyte proliferation in the MLR and may have led to a reduced MLAC response compared with that in the MLIC. Immunocytochemical investigations showed that upregulation of MHC class II antigen expression on acinar cells and induction on islets by cytokine treatment, did not enhance the stimulatory capacity in this model. The development of the MLIC as a model for in vitro islet immunogenicity showed that human islets can stimulate an allogeneic response which is not enhanced by the presence of freshly isolated acinar tissue.
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The Keble Association
The Keble Association is a registered charity run by former students of Keble for the benefit of current undergraduate and graduate students. Well over 100 of you received grants last year. The Keble Association considers applications for:
- Study Grants for materials, equipment, research and other related costs.
- Travel Grants with an emphasis upon humanitarian travel purposes.
- Arts Grants for personal or group arts activities.
- Internships/work experience
Application deadline: Forms and information are sent out to all students by email in 0th week each term, with the submission deadline usually in 4th week.
Study Grants are for costs not normally met by the college or departments, for example research conference costs, compulsory field study and some equipment costs.
Travel Grants are an established feature of Keble life. Humanitarian travel is the focus of our support and the likely benefits of such travel are always carefully considered by the committee.
Arts Grants are given to individual students participating in arts activities such as tours or performances and to arts clubs and groups in college. We are particularly keen to support new arts activities in college.
Internships/work experience grants are available to students in receipt of a university or college bursary, or otherwise able to demonstrate that they are in financial need, to help meet costs such as accommodation or travel not met by a sponsor/employer.
Can I Apply?
If you are a current undergraduate or graduate student then yes you can. Please bear in mind that this money has been given by previous students for our charitable purpose, 'To help by means of grants or loans, past and present members of the college who are in financial need'. So don't apply simply to take advantage of an opportunity – apply if you need it. Our funds are limited.
How to Apply
Application forms and information are sent out to all students by email in 0th week each term, with the submission deadline usually in 4th week. Students can also request a form from Trish Long (email@example.com) at any other time. Trish can also advise on the application and whether the KA is the appropriate source of help.
There are certain grant conditions that you will need to meet, and most grants require a report back to the KA that we may post on our website. All Arts, Study & Travel grant applications require a reference or letter of recommendation from your tutor/supervisor.
Have a good year.
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Calendar - JF Robitaille
JF Robitaille
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SCQ Rating: 78%
It's no surprise that Skeleton Crew Quarterly has a particular soft spot for lone singer-songwriters, perhaps because their heart-on-sleeve nature typically disregards the abstract lyricism and complicated instrumentation that collaboration tends to egg on. No, these fellas – the Walter Schreifels, the Cass McCombs, the JF Robitailles – they're towing the line all by their lonesome, rising or falling by the might of their voice and thoughts alone. And like those other SCQ-approved artists, JF Robitaille's debut strives in such a fickle arena because his songs manage to reach beyond the familiar assemblages of guitar, voice and percussion. These are everyman songs for the times you feel like the last man alive; its hooks will warm your heart while Robitaille's lyrics numb it still.
Listen no further than 'Modern Love Song Pt. 1', an opener that hardly suffers from its absent sequel thanks to a bittersweet, slow-dance lilt and Robitaille's careful intonations. It's effectively timeless, which is a damned hard thing to pull off first thing on your debut album; a concoction of mood and romantic ease that's both pretty and a punch to the gut. Calendar wisely branches off from there, illustrating folky strummers ('When We Say Goodbye', the downtrodden 'The City Trembles') and upbeat rockers ('For Better Or Worse', 'The New Girl') that share a keen melodic sensibility for kinship.
Alongside a committed backing band, Calendar finds additional company in the handful of contributors who fill in on drums, keys and vocals. Nobody's toes get stepped on; the entire affair feels so light and airy, you'd never know upwards of six people (including The Dears' Murray Lightburn) were playing on 'Enemies' (although it happens to be the record's irresistible highlight) and kudos to the musicians who managed to disappear into their roles like shadows on a summer's night. None of them eclipse the Montreal-based Robitaille, of course, whose sentiments amass the record's conflicted heart with tender precision. But Calendar's squeaky-clean equilibrium feels like a group accomplishment, with an end result worthy of outdoor wandering and insulated bedroom lamenting.
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Ben Nye Bella Luxury Powder - Banana
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium Brown, Warm
Hair: Black, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
My favourite setting powder for under the eyes. Works well with the baking technique or when dusted lightly over the face. It does have a slight yellow tint when applied but if you have tanned/brown skin it can compliment the complexion so well, however I cannot see this working on fair or deep skin tones without it standing out on the skin. Only downfall is the packaging as it can get a little messy!
Age: 44-55
Skin: Very Dry, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
Love this powder! I stay matte all day and the finish is beautiful. A bit messy to use, but well worth it.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I've been wanting to try this. So bought a small sample off EBay for about 5 bucks. Really like how it sets my concealer and it set my concealer really well. Recently , I ve been using this to bake my concealer and use the NYX Banana Powder to set my concealer. And love the finish to it, cause it really brighten up my face and highlight to my face.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Tan, Cool
Hair: Black, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Black
Love love! Holy Grail of mine. I was referred to this from a girl in the mac store, I use this for setting all my highlighted areas on my face! love. Been using now for 2+ years ;)
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium Brown, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I would not be able to live without this product.
This leaves my makeup looking flawless and makes my undereye concealer last ALL day.
Packaging is a bit mehhhh so i transfer it into an a natural collection loose powder jar i had cause i hated that powder.
If you're not sure if you'll like it you can order samples from Ebay or amazon first and then you will fall in love like i did.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Black, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Black
Enough cannot be said about this banana powder so I will try to keep it small so that I don't bore you with the details. Ben Nye has created a series of powders currently known as Bella Luxury Powders. These powders were created for people who work on stage and in front of the cameras to help keep their makeup on from perspiration. Moreover, these powders are finely milled and comparable to French silk powders. They have a luxurious feel and when shaken in the bottle seem to have a silk like effect as when waves move in the ocean. Its hard to explain until you shake the bottle, but truly they move like fine silk. They currently come in four shades, Banana, Beige Suede, Buff and Cameo. However the most famous of these is the Banana powder and here's why.
When Kim Kardashian's makeup artist posted a picture of her sporting this mysterious powder, it became an instant hit. Now-a-days, anything a celebrity uses automatically becomes an instant hit. Whether that hit last for a long or short time is a different story. Nonetheless, this banana powder is the secret to Kim's highlighted areas on her face.
For those who contour and highlight their makeup, this powder works wonders for highlighting the eyes and below the check bones. You apply this powder on your highlighted areas with a sponge wedge, beauty blender or makeup brush and let it sit for 2-5 minutes on your face. Then you brush off the excess powder and wow what a difference it makes. This powder also has other benefits which is that it can be used to set your concealer. Once you put this powder on, it leaves your highlighted areas with a beautiful halo glow. You can also use this powder as an overall powder for your face. However, one thing to keep in mind is that this powder does contain talc which is the first ingredient. So if you are allergic or do not agree with putting talc on your face, then this product is not for you.
Now, a word of caution. This banana powder does not look good on all skin types. Therefore Ben Nye Bella Luxury powders come in different colors. Its best to find the shade that work for your skin color before you end up looking raccoon eyed. This banana powder does have a bit of a yellow tone. So if you are fair skin, go easy on how much you apply. For those like me who have fair skin, this banana powder made me look jaundice. Not a cute look to sport if you ask me. However for fair skin people, the Bella Luxury Powder that works well is cameo or beige suede. Some fair skin people are able to get away with using the banana powder. But if your undertone is yellow and you are fair skin, trust me this will not work for you as it already leaves a yellow tone to the skin when applied.
If you are not sure how to use this powder then youtube (yes I said it) and you will see many different people showing and explaining the advantages of this powder. This powder comes in three different sizes, 1.5 oz, 3 oz and 8 oz. 1.5 oz & 3 oz come in a shaker bottle. You easily pour some in the cap and apply it with your beauty tool. However the 8 oz does not come in a shaker but has a wide open mouth top. This makes it hard to apply unless you dip your makeup brush right into the bottle which may not be so hygienic. Whichever size you decide to buy will supply you with a nice amount of powder that should last you more then a year. Since very little is needed, you can easily use this product time and time again before needing to order another one. Nonetheless whatever oz size you buy you will not be disappointed with the effects of this powder. However I sadly can't buy this again due to the yellowish look it leaves me :-(
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Dark, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Black
So this is meant to be used as a highlighter/setting powder after concealer is used to highlight! With that being said for me it does work well! Downfall is its soo messy and stains , not easy to manage.I pour it on the cap use a brush collect some and apply esp. under eyes,forehead.The price is right but if one gets the Anastasia contouring kit- good luck on that it's sold out everywhere! It comes in a palette amongst other colors! More value if u ask me
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
This is going to be an extremely detailed review.
This is perfect for anyone with yellow/warm undertones, unless if If your skin is extremely fair but you have yellow/warm undertones. This product will give you a very weird overly-yellow tinge to your skin. This goes the same for those who have a much darker complexion. If you come under these categories, then I do NOT recommend this product. Same to those who don't have yellow undertones.
However, there are other colours available which will suit your needs better, so don't give into the hype and buy this in banana, you'll literally kick yourself afterwards. I have way too many friends that did that, then were cursing themselves for following the crowd!
Any who, now that's out of the way.
I love this product, as both a setting powder, and a highlighter.
As a setting powder:
This powder is literally so fine that it settles into even the trickiest of places. It completely mattifies any oil slick that you may have or you may potentially have later. I don't even need to reapply this throughout the day, just the once and I'm good to go for however long I'm out for.
As a highlighter:
Using a slightly damp sponge, I use this as a powder highlighter and gently dab this onto my face in a V-shape on my cheekbones, down the bridge of my nose, and in an upside-down triangle shape on my forehead. I'm very careful not to blend it into my skin immediately but more to let it sit on my skin for around 15 minutes. (You can leave it for 5 and get the same effect, it just takes me 15 minutes to do my hair.) I then sweep it off with a fan brush and it leaves me with a brilliant natural looking highlight glow. I cannot emphasise this, I have never gotten such a finish with any powder or liquid highlighter before.
The only downside is the packaging. I find the lid to be horrendously small, so I resort to using an old bare minerals foundation lid to pour the powder into, then use my brush/sponge from out of there.
Otherwise, this is a MUST HAVE highlighter and setting powder.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product is so hyped up and I feel that it's mainly because of Kim Kardashian.... who can deny her makeup always looks flawless!! It's a nice setting powder especially on medium-dark skin tones but I personally don't think its good for everyday use. It can look cakey but with the right application it looks amazing. I got the 8oz jar for $23 I believe and I don't know what I'm gonna do with all that product!! A little goes a long way and its shelf life is 24 months so I'm gonna have to share the loves with all my girlfriends lol....
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium Brown, Cool
Hair: Black, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I bought this because of the hype...I know, I know (put's head down in shame). I don't normally do it but it just kept calling me and then click, click it was in my cart...seconds later it was paid for. I must say that I am new to setting powders, this is in fact my first. I have used Bare Mineral's foundation powder in the past. In comparison the textures of the Ben Nye is so fine, it almost feels like silk. It is very fine milled and I needed the tiniest amount to set my under eye concealer. I never realised up until a few months ago how dark underneath my eye's had become. Lot's of late shift's and poor sleep will do it. I really notice that this powder complements my skin, there is no grey ashy tone when I put this on. My under eye area now appears to be brighter and less cakey looking with the banana powder on. The only thing I am not to keen on is the container it comes in. I will have to decant this into something. Perhaps in future this will be made in a nice travel friendly pressed powder form.
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Rose Gold. One of the most flattering hues that has slowly started taking the beauty industry by storm. Since the launch of the Naked 3 palette, I have been able to pick up many a product with my favourite shade and it has since been going strength to strength. When the new collection from YSL hit Boots on the 16th July, guess who was there, eyeing up the rose gold tinted goodies. The Rose Glow Collection is a five piece collection, exclusive to Boots, that includes a primer, face powder, blusher and blush brush and the YSL Rose Gold Radiant Touch pen.
The pen design is still the same as the original Touche Eclat, but with an updated rose gold casing. The synthetic fibre brush is still as easy to use as the original however it is the colour and consistency of the new Rose Gold offering is something else.
As you can see from the picture, it is a very pale but definite pink with fine gold sparkles that are almost impossible to pick up on camera. Although I am tanned, I find that when applied and blended into the skin, its really suits my skin tone as a highlighter. I think if it was being used in place of the original Touche Eclat, I'm not sure it would suit anyone who doesn't have a fair skin tone, just with the colour being so light and almost chalky on tanned skin.
I personally wouldn't use my Rose Gold Radiant Touch in place of my original shade 2 Touche Eclat. My original still is being used daily under my eyes and my inner eyes, however I have been using the Rose Gold shade under my brow arch, on the highest points of my cheekbones and on the bridge of my nose, with a tiny sweep across my cupids bow. Although they are both called Radiant Touch, in my eyes they are two very different products. The gold sparkles, although beautiful, may not be everyone's cup of tea for daytime wear. Even though it does blend amazingly, the gold still does pack a punch.
I do think this is a try before you buy kind of product as the colour just doesn't quite pick up on camera so its difficult to see the absolute beauty and sparkle of it. I'm pretty sure once you see it in real life, realistic usage will be forgotten in favour of its rose gold beauty and luxury. My new favourite highlighter. Thank you YSL.This post may contain PR samples that have been sent to me for consideration for review however all my opinions will be my own. The links in the post my be affiliate links which will earn a small amount of commission should you shop my recommendations.


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Bill Tsagrinos, Official Pawn Stars Expert
Bill Tsagrinos and The Underground Garage are now part of Celebrity Cars Las Vegas. Bill has spent years specialzing in collecting and restoring classic vehicles.
Before Tsagrinos appeared on Pawn Stars, his love of cars played out on the Bill Goldberg-hosted reality TV show known as Bullrun, where he and his brother George successfully auditioned to appear during the second season. The brothers raced in a 1967 Volkswagon bus against 11 other teams. Sadly, they didn't win.
This Video Blog features Mr. Tsagrinos as well as Celebrity Cars Las Vegas on Pawn Stars as well as some of our featured vehicles here at Celebrity Cars Las Vegas.
The BMW Tupac Shakur was shot in, at Celebrity Cars with Bill Tsagrinos


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Asking a girl out
Do you really want to get laid with all the women you could ever possibly want? Then STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR YOURSELF! Don't make excuses for wanting to look at a beautiful woman. If you're caught looking, and she asks what you're doing, tell her!! Tell her you're enjoying studying just what a perfectly beautiful body she has, and to heck with her if she's too uptight to appreciate a real man who doesn't apologize for knowing what he wants!
Stop making excuses for wanting to meet a woman! Stop making excuses for wanting to ask a woman out, and most of all stop making excuses for wanting to FUCK the living shit out of a woman you want! This kind of direct, powerful, go-for-it-attitude is an incredible turn on for women that can't be beaten!
Listen! It isn't even the words you use that convey this attitude! It's your tone of voice, your facial expressions, your posture, the speed at which you speak, everything non-verbal about you will show this attitude far more than words.
This doesn't mean you have to be arrogant, or lack a sense of humor. You can be warm and friendly at the same time you are being direct and powerful. The key is finding the balance. Once you do you will not be able to keep women away from you.
Now, it's easy to talk and tell you that you should have this attitude, but that won't help you to actually get it. That's why the next couple of chapters are so important. They will show you how to install this attitude in yourself so that you automatically find yourself living by it in your approach to women. You won't even have to try or to "think about it." It will just happen.
Here's the other attitude/belief you'll want to master if you really want to be a success at scoring with women like a madman.
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Dawn Setford is a feather keeper, graphic and web designer, photographer and paper maker.
Dawn Setford is Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) whose matrilineal ancestral territory is Akwesasne. She is a community-engaged visual and media artist who encourages FNMI artists to create and express themselves in an effort to promote economic opportunity and inter-generational healing. The majority of her work is community-engaged and explores the history and tradition of her culture.
Dawn is a Feather-Keeper and artist. She spearheads a program that helps Ontario hunters recycle their wings and tails. Her husband Derek drives all of Eastern and Southern Ontario picking up the birds and Dawn cleans them at home. The feathers are then used in our Classroom Art & Knowledge Exchange workshops and to create feather bundles which are used in fundraising efforts.
For more information on our feather recycling program, click here FEATHERS FOR KIDS!
Please go to Dawn's web page at PASSTHEFEATHER.CA
Feather Work
Hand Made Paper Art
My most recent art work involves historic processes of photo development, namely those that use the light of the sun for exposure. These photos are printed on my handmade paper.
The fibre for the paper is grown or collected on my property and is processed by hand with collected rainwater. It is cooked outdoors on an open fire. The fibre consists of sacred plant matters like corn, tobacco, sweet grasses, fallen trees and their limbs and other bast fibres that are traditionally used by Indian nations in ceremony, medicine and survival.
The use of these fibres is an essential ingredient to spiritual expression and acts as a crucial reminder of the versatility, vulnerability and endangerment of nature, Indian culture and the human spirit.


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As the temperatures continue to drop, most of us grab our thick winter coats, hats, and gloves before heading out the door for holiday activities. For many of Indy's homeless residents, that is impossible. This holiday season, please considering giving the gift that gives back by donating to HealthNet's Homeless Initiative Program (HIP).
You can make a monetary donation online by visiting www.indyhealthnet.org/Donate.
HIP is also in need of the following items for the clients we serve:
- Hoodies (Small – 4XL)
- Coats (Small – 4XL)
- Men's new underwear (Small – 3XL)
- Hats
- Gloves
- Sweatpants and Sweatshirts (Small – 3XL)
- Socks (White sweat socks and wool socks)
- Fleece items
- Blankets
To make arrangements to drop off a donation, please contact HealthNet's Homeless Initiative Program at 317-957-2275.
Last year alone, HIP served more than 2,600 people throughout Indianapolis through outreach, employment and training, case management and much more. Your donation can help us do even more.
For more information about HealthNet's Homeless Initiative Program, please click here.


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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is inching ever so closer to its December 16 release date. We've already had a quite a few trailers, posters, and rumors circulating about this next Star Wars installment. It will be the very first standalone Star Wars movie that isn't part of an episodic sequel. The actors on set seemed to have enjoyed themselves quite a bit.
Its always great to hear from an actors perspective on what life is like on a movie set. Actor Diego Luna who is playing a character named Cassian Andor, spoke with Star Wars News Net and gave his thoughts on how grounded this first Star Wars spin-off film truly is. Here was what Luna had to say on the matter:
"I wanted to make my character more natural and realistic. Although people expect the tone of the film to be fantasy, it actually is quite the contrary. It's an intimate story that feels real. I think of all the Star Wars films released so far, 'Rogue One' is the most real one, which is about the people. The characters are very similar to us. They are heroes with no powers. What they have is a conviction and desire to change reality." -Diego Luna
What Can We Gleam From These Quotes?
There isn't a whole lot from these quotes that we as an audience didn't already know, however it's nice to know how serious Luna took to his role. Though Star Wars is a 'fantasy' down to its core, Luna doesn't appear to label it that way. In a way, this film could be the most "realistic" Star Wars movie of them all. That being said, there's plenty of fantasy elements, but it all comes down to the characters.
In his quote, Luna also states that Rogue One is an intimate story involving the characters. Director Gareth Edwards mentioned a while ago that this will be the very first Star Wars movie that won't feature any Jedi or have the Force play a prominent role. Luna says that the film is about the people and how they interact with each other. They're like family, like our own armed forces are in the military. They learn to stay together and fight for what's right.
My favorite part of his quote was when Luna says that the characters in Rogue One are "heroes with no powers." Even though there won't be any Jedi featured in this film, the heroes will have to use the resources they have to get the job done. Heroes come in many shapes and sizes and it will be absolutely crucial to keep this team together in order to fulfill their mission to steal the plans of the Death Star. Many lives will be lost in the aftermath of all the battles.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing what kind of story Gareth Edwards wants to tell. This will certainly make A New Hope all the more important as this film will end roughly ten minutes before Episode IV begins.
Are you excited for Rogue One? What do you want to see from this rag-tag team of Rebels? Sound off in the comment section below and don't forget to share!
See Also:
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5 Ways 'Rogue One' Will Affect The Way We Watch 'Star Wars: A New Hope'
Could Jyn Erso Become A Groundbreaking Star Wars Character By Dying In 'Rogue One'?


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After losing in court to an angry customer who's data was throttled, AT&T has decided to outline their unlimited data throttling process to its customers. Customers lucky enough to be grandfathered in for the unlimited data plan and using 3G or 4G (HSPA+) smartphones, your data will be throttled after 3GB of usage. Customers who are using 4G (LTE) smartphones, data throttling begins at 5GB of usage.
If you go past those limits, we can only assume AT&T will slow your data down to a snails crawl, if your lucky maybe a zombie shuffle. Let us know in the commentswhat you think of cellphone companies throttling your data usage.


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Commissions of inquiry are often nothing but cynical political tools to reestablish a form of normalcy after a nation's traumatic event. It happened in South Africa after the Marikana massacre where on 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service killed 34 striking mine workers. A day later President Jacob Zuma announced a commission of inquiry into the traumatic events.
But the two years long sitting wasn't the only examination of the events that day. Two years later a spectacularly successful musical on the massacre was first performed at the South African State Theatre in Pretoria. The multi-award winning "Marikana: the Musical" has just finished yet another run at the theatre.
I first encountered the Marikana tragedy in the editing room of the university where I used to teach, a day after the massacre. I had been editing an unrelated film with two senior students when I entered the editing room to their laughter over a YouTube video of the Marikana policemen shooting at the protesters.
One of the students kept saying, "look at these stupid miners, do they think they are supermen". The second student responded that "these niggas are high on muti" (traditional medicine).
I was shocked by the inappropriate response and gave them a piece of my mind about human beings being shot in front of our computer screens.
I wondered what it was about the representation of violence in the mediated form that could generate such a callous response. But beyond my righteous talk to the students about the value of life, particularly black lives in the context of South Africa's racist past, I was anxious to understand the implications of representing a tragedy as brutal and contested such as the one that happened in Marikana.
True to the director's ideas of the spectacular epic, the play opens with the grand ascent of the miners from the bowels of the stage clad in the white overalls.
Best aesthetic
It was with the same anxiety that, on the third anniversary of the massacre, I found myself seated in the State Theatre to watch Aubrey Sekhabi's, "Marikana: the Musical". Adapted from a book – "We Are Going To Kill Each Other Today: The Marikana Story" by Thanduxolo Jika et al – the director Sekhabi explained in the programme why he used that format. It's the "best aesthetic with which to honour the fallen and the brave".
Sekhabi preemptively answered the sceptics who might argue that it would be distasteful to use the upbeat form that a musical implies. He asserted that during the Marikana strike, the miners expressed their frustrations, miseries and poverties through song. Secondly, that the format shouldn't be restricted to the saccharine idea of upbeat storytelling.
True to the director's ideas of the spectacular epic, the play opens with the grand ascent of the miners from the bowels of the stage clad in the white overalls. Simultaneously, the main set piece, which is the structure that depicts the hill (koppie) and also houses the band, rises on the stage. These elements are accompanied by the projections of the songs' lyrics translated into English.
With the claims of fidelity to the book from the director, it was curious to see how the musical failed to render Noki and the miners beyond dangerous, dancing and muti-charged black men.
Morally and politically dubious
Unfortunately, my initial anxiety about the representation of violence in mediated form wasn't unfounded. The songs' lyrics and the decisions about the choreography of both the miners and the police illustrated the problematic – and at times morally and politically dubious – decisions by the creators of the play.
Take some of the songs. Although the lyrics of "I am warrior" and "Ngonyama", are derived from the actual song sung by the miners (if we accept the version from the book), it is in the charged choreography characterised by the menacing display of spears, pangas (machetes), sticks and "inculas" (sharpened rods) that the picture of wild and murderous miners emerges.
Spurred on by the ululating and applauding audience at the theatre, the actors imbibe their muti. In the rendition of a song in which the miners go on a panga buying spree, there's a caricatured hunchback Indian trader pushing a trolley packed with pangas. Depicted as an oriental snake charmer of sorts, he marvels that he would never in his wildest imagination have thought he'd sell so many.
The miners are led by the actor Meshack Muvuso. His depiction of Mgcineni Noki, dubbed "The man in the green blanket" in the media, oscillates between the menacing warrior ready to kill, and a comic playing to the gallery. In "We are going to kill each today", we get a nuanced and contextualised portrait of Noki, a respected leader among his peers who carried himself with great dignity.
With the claims of fidelity to the book from the director, it was curious to see how the musical failed to render Noki and the miners beyond dangerous, dancing and muti-charged black men.
The inverse is true about how the police commander and his charges are depicted. This empathetic representation is taken to the extreme in a duet between one policeman and his wife in a song called "The Chaplain". The officer is dreading to go to work.
But when cultural depictions – such as "Marikana: the Musical" – become like a song and dance version of commissions of inquiry they simply make the amnesia more effective.
He sings:
I must go my darling, I am scared that I may die or I may kill someone's father or friend – no you can't go – yes I must go, when you see the chaplain at the door, know I'm no more...
Amid the orgy of dance and sentimental song from the stage and wild applause, ululations and laughter from the audience, I had the same terrible feeling and anxiety akin to the ones I'd experienced with the students. It seemed to me, sadly, that the musical from the State Theatre, an agency of the Arts and Culture department headed by Minister Nathi Mthethwa, had curious ideas about mourning the brave that fell in Marikana as stated by the director.
Or how the lead character Anjuma refuses to utter a word about the massacre she survived in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Of course, the depiction of traumatic events in nations' lives is not unique to South Africa. Consider the energy the authorities employ to induce a national amnesia around the banana factory massacre in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Arundhathi Roy's "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness".
But when cultural depictions – such as "Marikana: the Musical" – become like a song and dance version of commissions of inquiry they simply make the amnesia more effective.
This piece originally featured in The Conversation and can be viewed here. It has been edited for Huffpost.


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Weekly Musing 6-9-13
Saul Anuzis
Michigan's U.S. Senate Race
As the Democrats cleared the field and united behind liberal Congressman Gary Peters, Michigan Republicans are still looking for a standard bearer.
This week former SOS Terri Lynn Land announced her intention to become a candidate for the Republican nomination July 1st. I had a chance to talk with Terri and she is committed to getting in the race and hopes to rally the party, donors and ultimately Michigan's voters behind her candidacy. I encouraged her to make her case and believe that if she can put together the right team, raise the money necessary, she can be a very strong candidate.
At the same time, Dr. Rob Steele sent out an email expressing his desire to get a better feel for the landscape. Rob has been making calls to some party leaders and is well like amongst the grassroots for his previous efforts and willingness to serve. As a practicing physician, he has both a time and financial challenge he will have to overcome to be a viable candidate.
As I shared with many of you who called and emailed me this week, it is my intention to give Terri and possibly Rob enough time to build an effective campaign. Reality is it's still early. Traditionally candidates emerge by our fall Mackinac Conference and others may not emerge until the end of the year. There may ultimately be an opportunity to get behind a "consensus" candidate. But at this stage lets encourage those interested in running to build their campaign, raise some money and see who ultimately emerges heading into our primary.
If you support Terri's efforts and candidacy, get behind her NOW! Let her know of your support and write her a check. Having run for Secretary of State and Governor/Lt. Governor before, she understands the challenges and most of you should be able to decide if she's the right choice for Michigan. If you are willing to support Rob Steele…do the same. He needs to know what to realistically expect and make a difficult decision based on the kind of support he can garner.
I would be comfortable with either candidate. As for now, I'm going to keep my powder dry and see if either emerges with a campaign that can win Michigan. We are in a unique position to send Washington a conservative voice from Michigan, I'd hate to see us miss that chance.
New RNC National Committeewoman
As our current National Committeewoman Terri Lynn Land formally announces her candidacy for the U.S. Senate on July 1st and relinquishes her role as National Committeewoman, Michigan Republicans have a chance to put another leader in the field on behalf of our team.
The National Committee spots are virtually full-time, volunteer positions that require a tremendous commitment (as does a race for U.S. Senate). We will need every leader, volunteer, activists and Republican out there to win this U.S. Senate seat, re-elect our Governor, Congressmen, State Senate and House. There will be hundreds of Republicans running and we will need a strong woman to join State Chairman Bobby Schostak and National Committeeman Dave Agema on the road, supporting our candidate, raising money and delivering a conservative, Republican message to the voters of Michigan.
The State Committee will get to fill this vacancy. It's not to early to start looking for a replacement. We need EVERY possible leader and spokesperson out there making our case. This is an opportunity to grow our team!
We have a tremendous amount of upcoming events, picnics, radio shows and candidates to support. Bobby and Dave are on everyone's invite list and they'll need help to replace and now supplement Terri's voice as she runs for the Senate.
Conservative reformers should fix the rigged game
Many conservative reformers advocate a package of policies to aid middle-class families. This is dangerous territory because the Left can always out-Santa Claus the Right. Any conservative "gifts" to the middle class should be consistent with the message that Big Government isn't their friend.
So, here's one: abolish the payroll tax — totally and permanently. It's a tax on employment. It's a tax on someone's first dollar. And it's specious to say that it funds Social Security and Medicare — both entitlements are funded on the margin by general revenues. So give up the charade and abolish a regressive federal tax.
This reflects the heart of conservative reform: Level the playing field by getting government out of the game.
How America Lost Its Way
Why is it getting harder to do business in America? Part of the answer is excessively complex legislation. A prime example is the 848-page Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of July 2010 (otherwise known as the Dodd-Frank Act), which, among other things, required that regulators create 243 rules, conduct 67 studies and issue 22 periodic reports. Comparable in its complexity is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (906 pages), which is also in the process of spawning thousands of pages of regulation. You don't have to be opposed to tighter financial regulation or universal health care to recognize that something is wrong with laws so elaborate that almost no one affected has the time or the will to read them.
Who benefits from the growth of complex and cumbersome regulation? The answer is: lawyers, not forgetting lobbyists and compliance departments. For complexity is not the friend of the little man. It is the friend of the deep pocket. It is the friend of cronyism.
The All-Seeing State – The inevitable corruption of the permanent bureaucracy
So we know the IRS is corrupt. What happens then when an ambitious government understands it can yoke that corruption to its political needs? What's striking as the revelations multiply and metastasize is that at no point does any IRS official appear to have raised objections. If any of them understood that what they were doing was wrong, they kept it to themselves. When Nixon tried to sic the IRS on a few powerful political enemies, the IRS told him to take a hike. When Obama's courtiers tried to sic the IRS on thousands of ordinary American citizens, the agency went along, and very enthusiastically. This is a scale of depravity hitherto unknown to the tax authorities of the United States, and for that reason alone they should be disarmed and disbanded — and rebuilt from scratch with far more circumscribed powers.
Republican National Committee Hires Senior Facebook Engineer As Chief Technology Officer
The Republican National Committee has hired a senior Facebook engineer with a decade of experience in Silicon Valley to fill its newly created position of chief technology officer, The Huffington Post has learned.
Andy Barkett, 32, an engineering manager at Facebook and a California native, will head RNC efforts to make the party more competitive in the digital realm, the RNC confirmed Thursday evening. One source called the decision to hire Barkett "a relatively speedy development." Barkett will split his time between Silicon Valley and Washington, sources said.
At Facebook, Barkett "was in charge of dozens of engineers on six production engineering teams responsible for thousands of servers and scaling systems in mobile infrastructure, messaging, advertisements, newsfeeds, platforms, and payments," according to the RNC.
He also is "an angel investor for multiple start-ups," the RNC said.
GOP whip Kevin McCarthy woos right with Heritage hire Mike Franc
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — the man charged with counting those votes — is moving to beef up GOP leadership's credibility with the right by hiring Mike Franc, The Heritage Foundation's vice president of congressional relations.
The strategy: Franc's close, personal relationships with conservative lawmakers combined with strong policy chops and the imprimatur of the Heritage brand will serve as a stamp of approval for a GOP agenda that's been stymied.
GOP governors endure early trials, gird for 2014
And in Michigan, Snyder is the Midwestern foursome's most vulnerable.
He inflamed the state's shrinking labor vote in December when he reversed course to sign legislation stripping unions of their ability to force employees to pay dues. Even so, Snyder's job approval has risen since the he signed the bill, a reflection of improving jobs numbers. Unemployment hit 11 percent in 2011 and was 8.4 percent in April.
Only Democrat Mark Schauer, a former U.S. House member from conservative western Michigan, has said he plans to challenge him.
Born Free – IRS's deliberate attack on Liberty
The notion that a scandal isn't a scandal unless the president is personally involved is short-sighted. The point is not to indict the president, or some White House apparatchik, personally. The point is to indict the spirit of the Obama administration and of big government liberalism. The point is to defeat the president's broad project to restore faith in big government and to convince Americans to accept and embrace dependency on government.
Exposing the bureaucratic arrogance that lies beneath the claims of governmental benevolence, lifting the veil on the liberal yearning for domination and mastery that lies behind the expressions of sympathy and concern—these would be the real benefits of laying bare what happened at the IRS. As Evelyn Waugh once said about an attempt at oppression by the British Labour party, "There we have the progressive cat, a great brute of an animal, clear out of the bag." The IRS scandal is the progressive cat, clear out of the bag.
An IRS Political Timeline
President Obama spent months in 2010 warning Americans about the 'threat' to democracy posed by conservative groups, right at the time the IRS began targeting these groups.
The IRS Can't Plead Incompetence
Everyone agrees the Internal Revenue Service is, under current governmental structures, the proper agency to determine the legitimacy of applications for tax-exempt status. Everyone agrees the IRS has the duty to scrutinize each request, making sure that the organization meets relevant criteria. Everyone agrees groups requesting tax-exempt status must back up their requests with truthful answers and honest information.
… 93-year-old Johnnie Mac Walters, head of the IRS almost 40 years ago, in the Nixon era. Mr. Dykes quoted Tim Naftali, former director of the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, who told him the IRS wouldn't do what Nixon asked: "It didn't happen, not because the White House didn't want it to happen, but because people like Johnnie Walters said 'no.'"
That was the IRS doing its job—attempting to be above politics, refusing to act as the muscle for a political agenda.
Man—those were the days.
Tragedy of Detroit Shows 'Big Unit America' Is Out of Gas
Detroit, once one of the nation's most vibrant cities, faces imminent bankruptcy. That's the headline from the report last month of emergency fiscal manager Kevyn Orr, issued 45 days after he was appointed this spring by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to take over the city's government.
"The path Detroit has followed for more than 40 years is unsustainable," Orr said, "and only a complete restructuring of the city's finances and operations will allow Detroit to regain its footing and return to a path of prosperity."
The police department, his report says, "is in disarray." Nearly one-quarter of fire department operations could be "largely inoperational" on any given day. The city-owned electric grid "has been a disaster," and the city's water system, which serves a region with 4 million people, "has a history of dysfunction."
The city's 78,000 vacant structures and 60,000 vacant land parcels "present an ongoing public safety and public health concern."
It's a tragic situation that could be regarded as just the fault of corrupt public officials.
The Chinese have arrived In Michigan
Snyder is seeking foreign direct investment in our state and wants to export our agricultural products, technology know how and other goods and services around the globe. He understands, Michigan is two beautiful peninsulas – we are not an island in this global, knowledge economy where ideas and jobs can and do move around the globe effortlessly.
As the report, "U.S.-China Economic relations in the next ten years," spells out, over the course of next decade this important economic relationship has the potential to create enormous economic opportunities and millions of jobs, as well as public good, globally.
The summit – Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have a chance to recast this century's most important bilateral relationship
CHINA'S president, Xi Jinping, is unlikely to quote Thucydides when he meets his American counterpart, Barack Obama, at a summit in California on June 7th and 8th. But the spirit of the Greek historian will hover over the Sunnylands ranch. Chinese policy wonks are struck by his argument that it was the Spartans' fear of the growing power of Athens that made war inevitable. Their insistence that China wants a "peaceful rise" is intended to calm such worries in America.
The ploy is not working. China's relations with America have deteriorated in recent years, raising the spectre of conflict in East Asia. Buoyed up by its own economic success and Western stagnation, China has been asserting its claims in the region more aggressively, sending the neighbours scuttling back to the American security umbrella. Barack Obama's response has been a "pivot" towards Asia. In the absence of trust, both sides will build up their military strength and responsible defensive behaviour could spiral into conflict.
China v the US: how the superpowers compare
As Barack Obama prepares for the 'no-necktie summit' with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in California, we decided to look at the two superpowers and compare data such as health, wealth and environmental development – an inherently tricky task given the countries' markedly different systems. Can it be done? Join the debate here …
Congratulations to Congressman John Dingell
Love him or hate him, Michigan's John Dingell reached a milestone that will probably never be surpassed again.
I've known John Dingell for well over 20 years. Although there are many issues I disagree with him on, I have always found him to be a thoughtful, intelligent, engaging and civil public servant. A man of character and integrity. However, make no mistake about it, he's a pro-labor, generally liberal, partisan Democrats who's worth fighting on the issues…but I have a great deal of respect for the man and his service to our state and country.
After 57 years in U.S. House, Dingell says there's still more to do
U.S. Rep. John Dingell Jr. is poised to add another accomplishment in a career filled with legislative achievements — one that experts and colleagues say will cement his place in America's political history.
On Friday, the Dearborn Democrat becomes the longest-serving member of Congress with nearly 57 and a half years of service, surpassing the record set by West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, who served in the House and Senate. Unlike Byrd, Dingell never left the House and is dubbed the dean of the chamber.
John Dingell, Jr., has cast more than 25,000 votes in the House Chamber." Fact sheet http://bit.ly/15DDNJK … 33-page Timeline/Accomplishments http://bit.ly/13nf5Nq
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The Zambezi River walk from Victoria Falls is one of the best and most unique walks in Africa. Here you can stroll unhindered and unguided alongside treacherous crocodile and hippo-infested waters, surrounded by elephant and buffalo!
It sounds dramatic and it is – especially the part where the river just disappears, falling 60m down the sheer rock face of the falls. If you haven't seen the Falls from the other side, it is hard to imagine how this swiftly flowing river turns into the raging torrent below. There is no need to feel unsafe though, common sense and close proximity to Zambezi Drive, a tarred road just steps away will keep your nerves and your person intact. Avoid wild animals and don't go near the water's edge and you can enjoy a safe and scenic walk along the river banks under tall riverine trees surrounded by nature and birds. The trail is about a kilometre long and re-joins the road a few hundred metres below the Big Tree, so there is not much chance of getting lost either.
You can look forward to spotting darters, herons, trumpeter hornbills, and common bee-eaters all in a row. With a bit of luck, the fish-eagle might make an appearance and the elusive collared palm-thrush is also a resident.
The vegetation consists of waterberries, fig trees, baobabs and other river-loving vegetation such as palms, and you are almost guaranteed to spot baboons, bushbuck, warthog, and hippos lazing in the river. Keep a sharp lookout for elephants crossing the river and crocodiles lurking near the water's edge.
If it all seems a bit daunting for you can arrange for a guide, either via your Zimbabwe accommodation provider or your tour operator, who will also arrange for someone to pick you up from Big Tree after the walk.
While you are in the vicinity, you can admire the 16m girth of this giant baobab, which towers above the forest. Although Big tree is not the largest baobab in existence, it is a fine specimen of its kind and is hundreds of years old. It is worth getting a closer look at this behemoth to marvel at its upside down appearance.


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