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Bjørk: I am asking you something.
Jeanne: At the moment there are no trains. Insane. (Delir)
Bjørk: This is going to be a long night.
Bjørk: You aren't very social. Where are you going?
Jeanne: Paris.
Bjørk: Can you drive a car? If you can drive, I have a car. And I want to go to Paris.
Baise-Moi is a porn worker and a sex worker on a mad killing spree
They are French and they are dark-skinned
Their killing is arbitrary and non-ideological
Bjørk: We're just two girls, one big and one small.
Baise-Moi is "kind of Thelma & Louise on crack"
I want to crack your skull when I hear this.
Pure killing is part of no exchange system or transaction
possible but impossible.
Prohibiting her from violent expression is violence done to her.
Jeanne: You must have suffered a lot to become violent like that.
Pure killing must have no meaning. No finality. No intelligibility. No purpose or intention attached. Unconditional killing. A utopian way of killing.
None of your bullshit trigger warnings.
The premise of the film is pretty much a rape scene.
And when the hand-held video camera,
that follows everything like a sloppy creep,
doesn't turn away from the scene but
pans between one woman's desperate cries
and another's quiet rage, the stakes of the film are set.
Bjørk: How could you let him take you like that?
Jeanne: They could have done much worse. We're still alive, right?
And the best thing about being alive is you can refuse life.
Jeanne: That's against my principles.
We were already dead when we met
[Musical Intermission]
They say rape will traumatize her –
a victim that should have known better.
A victim that is only a "true victim" when she is dead.
Contain her, isolate her, protect her, look after her
she is made safe and thus anything but.
Jeanne: Her unsafety is a problem to be solved
But he doesn't exist unless he solves the problem
Baise-Moi refuses safety provided by him.
Baise-Moi demands her right to danger.
Baise-Moi moves into territories not intended for her and claims it as hers.
Baise-Moi denies his pleasure.
Baise-Moi appropriates his aggression.
Baise-Moi turns her into a perpetrator
Jeanne: What came first: patriarchy or the father?
Bjørk: You can't prove a father. There is no father.
Is this a revenge flic? Against what:
porn culture – rape culture – male culture
Bjørk: I don't bother to keep dicks out of my pussy, there is nothing valuable in there.
You wouldn't leave your car behind with valuable stuff either.
Jeanne: It's only a dick and we're only two girls.
The limit to the female form is rape.
Thus, when you move past fear, stigma, the trauma of rape, to ask for more dick, you arrive in the zone of pure lawlessness.
You move up from slut to gangster.
We're just two girls. One big and one small.
Bjørk: Her pleasure is always controlled and violence is not her domain.
Jeanne: Violence is not her domain. (reverb)
What all men are afraid of is when women become THE LAW
Bjørk: lawlessly
Jeanne: What we didn't like about you, pal, is the condom. You're a condom prick.
Bjørk: Don't worry: these girls are not feminists.
Only everyone's guilty somehow and everyone has to pay up eventually.
[Musical Intermission]
Jeanne: We don't have the right answers at the right time.
Bjørk: But we do have the right actions; that's already a start.
Jeanne: These dialogues need to have some class. It's essential to killing.
Bjørk: Will we prepare some lines?
Jeanne: Of course not. Then we wouldn't have any ethics.
What would you rather have: the inciting and ravenous female, who turns out crazy, clingy, and criminal after the act? Or the slut who reduces fucking to fucking and only says "thank you" in exchange?
All heterosexual desire is structured around this panicked choice.
The third option is a gun up the ass.
Jeanne: You don't even look traumatised. You slut.
Bjørk: Find me a fuck-club.
Jeanne: From now on we have to drink a lot and catch some guys…
Bjørk: Would it have a better moral if we wanted money?
Rather than fighting for safety that is no safety at all, Baise-Moi fights for the right to take risks, the right to be uncontained and untamed, contradictory and incoherent, wasting your rights.
But they kill women too, you know?
And apparently the book version also included
the murder of a grandmother and her insolent nephew.
This is not militant feminism; it's terror feminism.
Do I scare you?
I don't know you
Coexistence insists symmetry
Equality presumes equivalence
I am not your sister.
Yet I am.
I could eat you up, my Other
Jeanne: She doesn't like sisterhood.
Not the death drive is what's dangerous, but its sublimation
its diversion into a culturally higher and socially more acceptable drive,
like building and preserving civilization,
like climbing on top of yourself and others to manage the shit pile.
The biggest madmen are those who cannot be who they were assigned to be.
They will not be assimilated
They will not be ejected
They will not be hosted by the system
No gratitude, no guilt in my pussy.
The scene we return to again and again is sex with men. Heterosexual sex, straight sex, the most compromised combination of them all.
How long will it take to remove heterosexuality out of the heterosexual moment?
Bjørk: Sex differences are here to stay
And sex always contains the seed of danger.
The distance to another body gets filled with meaning made of our unconscious desires, desires we cannot master or understand, desires raised by mommy and daddy, history and the state, pharmacy and aesthetics.
The truth is you get off on power, even when you're the one being fucked by it.
Jeanne: But killers on the road need to fuel up with sex
Bjørk: Damn it, I am getting anxious to fuck.
Bjørk: The more you fuck, the less you think and the better you sleep
Jeanne: Filthy fucking bitches
Let feminism, then, be done with the virtuous work of social reproduction, the nursing of our collective unconscious, the picking up the pieces, the filling in the gaps of conversation, the holding and forgiving, the apologising and restraining
Let feminism be done with Truemmerfrauen.
"A girl is a man's sickness,"
and it takes courage to look at your own abjection
Bjørk: Baise-Moi "gives feminist filmmaking a bad name"
Jeanne: Baise-Moi doesn't give a shit about what you think.
These women are SCUM
Crawling in the gutter awaiting to enter your bloodstream
We urge you: Let. Them. In.


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Throughout The Car Industry
Categories: Concept Cars
Acura Unveils Its New NSX
The Acura NSX has long stood as the ultimate Honda vehicle. Unfortunately, for over half a decade, it's stood as but a memory because Honda stopped building it in 2005.
As of today, the NSX is back. Or at least a concept version previewing what should become a production model brings the NSX nameplate back to Acura. As anticipated, Acura unveiled an NSX concept on the first day of the North American International Auto Show.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Concept Cars, Exotics, Hybrid / Green
Tags: Acura, Honda, supercars, NSX, concepts, 2012 Detroit Auto Show, hybrids
GM Showcases New Technologies At CES
GM has used this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase the latest OnStar technologies being developed in its labs. These technologies include third-party apps, in-vehicle computer streaming, and video chat.
GM equipped a Chevy Volt research vehicle with many of the latest OnStar functions. The car is powered by Verizon's 4G LTE mobile network that enables a variety of cutting edge information, entertainment and safety functions. The car follows the original Buick Verizon-OnStar research vehicle, which was introduced at last year's CES show.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Concept Cars, Technology
Tags: GM, technology, OnStar, 4G, Chevy Volt, apps
Nissan Confirms Juke R Performance Specs
A Juke R body with the soul of a GT-R sports coupe--that's the recipe for the much publicized Juke R crossover that executives at Nissan weren't too fond of until it became the darling of the auto media. Despite its bulky body, we knew that a 485-bhp powertrain wouldn't be for naught. Nissan has released the specs for its "supercar crossover concept," and they look every bit as good as we expected.
According to Nissan's UK test numbers, the Juke R can hit 62 mph in 3.7 seconds. That's a little slower than the Hennessey Jeep Grand Cherokee HPE800, but given that the Juke has some 315 less horses, it's pretty close. The Juke R tops out at 160 mph.
Posted In: Concept Cars, Reports, Exotics, Special / Limited Edition
Tags: Nissan, Juke R, concepts, performance, crossovers, GT-R, Nismo
Toyota NS4 Plug-In Concept Teaser Video
Toyota announced last month that it will be bringing a new plug-in hybrid concept to the Detroit Motor Show. While the automaker has left most of the details for the show, it has released a new minute-long teaser video of what it calls the NS4 concept.
The NS4 will showcase the latest green conceptual goings on at Toyota while simultaneously displaying the latest sporty design language. Toyota has called the car an "advanced plug-in hybrid concept" but has not gotten into any details of its powertrain.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Concept Cars, Hybrid / Green, Videos
Tags: Toyota, concepts, 2012 Detroit Auto Show, NS4, hybrids, green
Pathfinder Emerges On Detroit Floor
Although Nissan is still calling this particular Pathfinder a 'concept' model, the company – optimistically – still intends to produce and sell a fourth generation remake later this year. But perhaps the company's use of a concept moniker is actually an encouraging sign. Perhaps all is not lost.
Because no one wants a Nissan Murano XL, mislabeled in some kind of cruel homage to Nissan's trail-blazing heritage.
To be fair, the all-new Pathfinder will undoubtedly have a long list of intriguing and revolutionary features – including an anticipated 25 percent increase in combined city and highway fuel efficiency. Almost prophetically, Nissan has predicted a mixed media response and dropped a mouthful of excitement in a recent company press release.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Car News, Concept Cars, Reports
Tags: Nissan, Pathfinder, SUV, CUV, concept, 2012, 2013, details, specs, Detroit, North, American, International, Auto, Show, NAIAS
Kia GT May Spawn A Family
We've long heard that the sporty Kia GT concept introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show is likely to see production in one form or another. Now rumors are indicating that the GT may move well beyond a standalone model and may form the basis of a full family of sporty cars.
According to Inside Line, Kia is considering producing several different GT variants. In addition to the original four-door fastback, Kia is also thinking of a wagon and a two-door coupe. The two-door coupe seems like a natural addition, but I'm not sure that I can quite envision a GT wagon.
Posted In: Car News, Concept Cars, Rumors
Tags: Kia, GT, concepts, sports cars, wagons, rumors
Chrysler To Bring Detroit Thunder, Mopar Style
With so much media coverage on the upcoming Dodge Dart, Chrysler has decided to diversify their new offerings in the form of true blue American muscle. And with these two latest additions to the Chrysler lineup consumers can't possibly confuse the company's brand image as a watered-down Italian carmaker. Instead, Chrysler is going back to its roots.
Queue Aaron Copland's Rodeo, a throaty engine, screeching, and drifting tire smoke. Chrysler has announced plans to introduce a 200 Super S and Dodge Charger Redline by Mopar.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Car News, Concept Cars, Special / Limited Edition
Tags: Chrysler, Mopar, Detroit, Charger, Redline, 200, Super S, Stage
Nissan To Launch New Pathfinder Concept And E-Van In Detroit
In a run-up to the holidays, automakers 'round the world were in a frenzy to make all their announcements before the holidays rendered the public indifferent to all but the biggest news headlines. Nissan teased its North American International Auto Show plans when it revealed that it will show a Pathfinder Concept and new electric van in Detroit. It also said that it will pick up where it left off in LA, serving show-goers food from an NV food truck.
Nissan has been absent from the Detroit Auto Show for the past two years, choosing to focus its attention on other major US shows around the same time (LA, New York and Chicago). This year it will be back and it will bring some buzz.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Concept Cars
Tags: Nissan, concepts, 2012 Detroit Auto Show, Pathfinder, NV, electric
All I Want For Christmas Is A Mini Rocketman!
I'm about the farthest thing from a Mini fan as there ever was, but even I appreciated the interesting, true-to-form nature of the Rocketman concept. Bucking the not-so-mini trend of other current Mini cars like the Countryman, the Rocketman was a refreshing return to small, a return to Mini's roots. The concept car, which debuted at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, also included a number of interesting design elements. The car hasn't been officially green-lighted just yet, but if one Mini designer gets his Christmas wish, it will be.
In a dinner conversation with Inside Line, Mini design chief Anders Warming called the Rocketman a car that could "claim the true heritage of the brand," and went on to say that the car is "on my Christmas list."
Posted In: Concept Cars, Reports, Rumors
Tags: Mini, Rocketman, concepts, rumors, city cars, Cooper, Countryman
Euro-Spec Up! Headed For Production
Back in 2007, VW unveiled the Up! concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Americans giggled condescendingly in delight, unable to appreciate the benefits of minicar ownership. Well, now we're waste deep in a global recession and stuck paying gasoline bills on cars which rarely summit 25 miles per gallon.
Who's laughing now? Although currently slotted for a European production run, VW's Up! will officially go on sale in February of 2012. The company has yet to specify whether not the Up! will drive under the good ole' red, white, and blue, but microcar fans can at least wait with some level of enthusiasm in knowing this production vehicle looks good…really good.
Posted In: Car News, Concept Cars, Car Reviews, Videos, Hybrid / Green
Tags: VW, Volkswagen, Up, Up!, production, europe, euro-spec, market, release, concept, released
Lexus Reveals LF-LC Concept Ahead of Detroit
It looks like Toyota's new focus on sporty cars will extend right up to its luxury brand. At least that's what we gather if the LF-LC concept is any indication of the future plans at Lexus. Shortly after the car leaked earlier this week, Lexus provided an official preview.
Lexus hasn't provided much hard information on the car, but did give us a pretty thorough look with a variety of pictures. The car is very sporty and aggressive, featuring a heavily raked, slung back cabin that flows into a rear lip spoiler. The LF-LC also features a panoramic glass roof. If produced, this car would easily rank among Lexus' sexiest, sportiest offerings.
Posted In: Auto Shows, Concept Cars, Reports
Tags: Lexus, Toyota, concepts, 2012 Detroit Auto Show, LF-LC

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Income from the tax refund business of Republic Bancorp plunged for the first quarter ended March 31. The company last year was the last bank to offer Refund Anticipation Loans. This year, it reported the loss of two retail tax chains that had been represented more than half of its refund transfer volume were factors as refund fee income dropped to just over $12 million for the most recently ended quarter, down from $71.7 million a year earlier.
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I was in an after school meeting as the rain began to sheet down. While I love being in a car while rain is pouring down, I don't really care for driving in it, especially considering that it's around an hour to get to home in good weather. The meeting adjourned a little before four and I went to leave. There were two tornado warnings for our area as well as a severe thunderstorm warning and a special weather statement.
I went to the exit closest to where my car was parked and found the hallway full of students. They were all near the windows (no announcement had been given about the warnings) watching the rain and the flooded parking lot. There was my car, water up to the side panels. All I could think of was going home. Like another teacher just ahead of me, I walked into the parking lot towards my car rather than running. The students behind me were cheering in that tone reserved for daredevils. Their cheers turned to comments of astonishment as the water went over my ankles. Their astonishment sounded more like disgust when I got into my car, removed my shoes, and poured the water out from them into the parking lot.
I was not a good role-model. I just wanted to go home. The meeting had taken long enough. Waiting for the tornado warnings to end would have meant another hour. Who knows how long the parking lot would take to drain. Now, I had looked at the weather maps and was willing to take the risk that I did considering the warnings, but I had given an example to all of those students who were watching and cheering that might not serve them well in the future.
Had the school made an announcement, I probably would have stayed. In retrospect, I should have both stayed and escorted the students to a safer location. But all I could think of was getting home and how I didn't want to be stuck in the building for another couple of hours.
I try to teach critical thinking skills to my students, but it turns out that I don't practice what I preach.


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ASN Sports needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Aguirre Sports Network
Hello designers,
My name is Adam, I am seeking a logo that will represent my company and stand out above all others. I have a sports marketing company and our primary focus is branding our clients to the business world. My clients turn to me for all their needs off the field; seeking endorsements, car deals, cloths, etc. Again I want to have a logo that stands out and shows we are more than just a marketing company, we are your one stop for all needs.
My specific target market would be businesses and other athletes specifically because I am trying to gain new clients everyday no matter what the cost. My desire is to have a logo that looks strong to the point where my prospective client see ASN as a company to sign with.
I am NOT A DESIGNER AT ALL. So this is why I turn to you all, ideally I would like the letters ASN to stand out since that is my company but I want to add a little more to it. Basically I don't want to ramble off orders since you are the creative ones', I would say have fun with it and I would love to see your best work. Thank you in advance for consideration.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Four persons scheduled to appear before the courts Tuesday faced possible jail time for the illegal use of electricity in St Mary.
Among the four is a Jamaica Public Service Company contractor who was fingered as the provider of the illegal connection, which serviced three houses.
JPS said while it was disheartened that one of its contractors was implicated, the company remained committed to tackling the illegal abstraction of electricity, whether by those inside or outside the company.
On March 5, an additional four persons were charged in St Mary and taken before the courts. Only one of the four pleaded guilty and was fined $20,000 or three months in prison. Trial date is set for Tuesday, April 28, for the others.
JPS, with the help of the Annotto Bay police, has been targeting the illegal use of electricity in the parish of St Mary. The operation, which began March 5, combines the efforts of JPS crew and the police to crack down on the use of 'throw-ups' to steal electricity from the power company.
This operation is part of an ongoing drive against illegal connections islandwide. This thrust involves the deployment of specially trained contractors, as well as collaboration with the local police departments.


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Chameleon Falls
Chameleon Falls is now live on Google Play
And its totally FREE!
Prepare to blister your thumbs and pull your hair out. Chameleon Falls will challenge your reflexes and your will.
This unique Runner game challenges you the player with obstacle negotiation on one hand and colour matching on the other.
9 Completely different story levels plus a beginner Introduction level.
4 Unlockable Randomly generated practice challenge runs, including an infinite runner.
A store where you can top up on Coins and other Inventory, and also purchase add-ons like "Ad Removal".


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But I happen to love this top. I bought it after seeing it on Chloe Conspiracy's list of wants from Asos. It's unique, and I happen to have a thing for embellished collars, even if they are part of the shirt. And I can't rave enough about my faux leather panel skirt. I could wear that thing once a week, it's so darn comfy and cool.
So I'll be away from my computer for a few days. I fly out at 2pm today to Connecticut. I'm only there for a brief stay but already dread going as I can't tell my mind that it's just a quick trip and I'll have all my beloved things again in just a few days. I'm still having a hard time when I shop at Publix and The Fresh Market. I keep wanting to hoard items for fear that I won't be able to shop there for awhile, as was the case when I would come down to visit family. So although I'm missing my husband like crazy and can't wait to see him after five long weeks, I'm in no hurry to go back to a state the lacked so many things and places. I don't mind knowing it's a bit cool up there as it's still 90 and humid here. Two days of refreshing weather will be nice. Getting through New York and New Jersey in a 26' moving van? Not so nice. But we'll do it. And we'll make it back in time to unload our stuff on Sunday with help from our family.
So pardon my absence while I'm helping the husband move. There's nothing glamorous about jeans, tees, flip flops, no makeup, and wet hair. I hope to be back up and posting by Tuesday. And let me look through my closet and see what I can come up with for a 30 by 30 challenge. Until then, have a great weekend.


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Intrusive complexes
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2002. "Intrusive complexes", The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, Tectonic, Volcanic and Magmatic Processes, D. W. Jolley, B. R. Bell
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An extensive suite of igneous sills, collectively known as the Faroe-Shetland Sill Complex, has been intruded into the Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary section of the Faroe-Shetland Channel area. These sills have been imaged offshore by three-dimensional (3D) reflection seismic surveys and penetrated by several exploration boreholes. Data from wireline log measurements in these boreholes allow us to characterize the physical properties of the sills and their thermal aureoles. The borehole data has been compiled to produce new empirical relationships between sonic velocity and density, and between compressional and shear sonic velocities within the sills. These relationships are used to assist in calculation of synthetic seismic traces for sills intruded into sedimentary section, in order to calibrate the seismic response of the sills as observed in field data. This paper describes how the seismic amplitude response of the sills can be used to predict sill thickness where there is some nearby well control, and use this technique to estimate the volume of one well-imaged sill penetrated by Well 205/10-2b. Since the sills have a high impedance contrast with their host rocks, they return strong seismic reflections. 3D seismic survey data allow mapping of the morphology of the sills with a high level of confidence, although in some instances disruption of the downgoing seismic wavefield causes the seismic imaging of deeper sills and other structures to be very poor. Examples of sub-circular and dish-shapes sills, and also semi-conical and sheet-like intrusions, which are highly discordant are shown. The introduction of intrusive rocks can play an important role in the subsequent development of the sedimentary system. An example is shown in which differential compaction or soft sediment deformation around and above the sills appears to have controlled deposition of a reservoir quality sand body. The positioning of the sills within sedimentary basins is discussed, by constructing a simple model in which pressure support of magma from a crustal magma chamber provides the hydrostatic head of magma required for intrusion at shallow levels. This model is made semi-quantitative using a simple equation relating rock densities to intrusion depth, calibrated to observations from the Faroe-Shetland area. The model predicts that sills can be intruded at shallower levels in the sedimentary section above basement highs, which agrees with observations detailed in this paper.
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The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, Tectonic, Volcanic and Magmatic Processes
The North Atlantic Igneous Province has been the subject of extensive scientific investigation over the past thirty years, with a wide field of knowledge being accumulated. Recently, recognition of the potential role of Large Igneous Provinces in affecting ocean and atmosphere systems and biotic evolutionary pathways has lead to increased interest in this province. This has been further stimulated by the expansion in the search for oil and gas in Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments along the NE Atlantic Margin. An improved understanding of the interaction between igneous and sedimentary processes is vital for the identification of potential hydrocarbon resources.
The regions covered include continental margin Norway, east and west Greenland, the Faroe-Shetland Basin and the Faroe Islands themselves. The papers in this book contain new data and interpretations of North Atlantic Igneous Province magmatic processes, rift evolution, tectonics, stratigraphy (chemostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, seismic and isotope stratigraphy) and sediment dispersal. Many of the papers adopt a multidisciplinary approach to tha analysis and interpretation of complex volcanic and sedimentary sequences. These new data, and the reviews and compilations of existing data provide the reader with access to current research directions in North Atlantic Igneous Province geology.


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Check out this shopping event hosted by W Hollywood The Store. Shoppers can look through racks of clothes and accessories located in the living room of the hotel lobby. Brands include Five Four & Ivory +Mason, Citizen Mod and Costella Hanbags. Shop the different brands while listening to DJ Junkyard Dog spin some tracks. Guests will receive 20% off their entire purchase.


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Attorney General Sessions orders tougher drug crime prosecutions
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors this week to seek the maximum punishment for drug offenses, in one of the clearest breaks yet from the policies of the Justice Department under the Obama administration.
The move is an abrupt departure from policy made by President Barack Obama's Attorney General, to reduce the number of people convicted of certain lower-level drug crimes being given long jail terms.
The change, "affirms our responsibility to enforce the law, is moral and just, and produces consistency," Sessions said, in a memo to federal prosecutors written May 10 and made public Friday.
The memo urged prosecutors to file "the most serious, readily provable" charges that carry the most substantial punishment, including mandatory minimum sentences.
Related: 'Just Say No': AG Sessions Cites Old School Anti-Drug Motto
It marked a reversal of the policy imposed in 2013 under former Attorney General Eric Holder's "smart on crime" initiative. This directed prosecutors not to report the amount of drugs involved in an arrest if it would trigger mandatory minimums for non-violent offenders who had no ties to drug cartels or gangs and who did not sell to children.
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In announcing his policy, Holder said at the time, "With an outsized, unnecessarily large prison population, we need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, deter, and rehabilitate — not merely to warehouse and forget." Prosecutors were directed instead to focus on the most serious offenses.
Related: As Drug Sentencing Debate Rages, 'Ridiculous' Sentences Persist
Holder's approach included legislation to reduce some mandatory minimum sentences. Although it received bi-partisan support in Congress, it did not pass. One of those against the idea was Jeff Sessions, who did however support the successful move to reduce the disparity between sentences for offenses involving crack, as opposed to powdered cocaine.
Some prosecutors opposed Holder's directive, saying it deprived them of a tool for persuading drug crime defendants to plead guilty. But two years after imposing his policy, Holder said the share of cases in which defendants cooperated remained the same — about 97 percent.
In this week's memo, Sessions said the change was consistent with the Justice Department's responsibility "to fulfill our role in a way that accords with the law, advances public safety, and promotes respect for our legal system."


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Girls and staff at the Senior School baked a fantastic selection of goodies on Friday 26th September for the Macmillian Cancer Support Bake Sale. A total of over £600 was raised during the much enjoyed extended break time. Well done to all those involved.
Girls from around the region travelled to Chester recently to enjoy a day dedicated to Chinese culture at The Queen's School's annual Mandarin Morning at the Lower School.
Girls are celebrating some of the best GCSE results ever. With 46% of the grades at A*, 77% of grades at A*-A and more than 93% of the grades at A*-B, the girls have proved that they are among the best in the country.


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Oh, Rotterdam - the pit/pot stop. It was cold and rainy, diabolically dreary and way too wet to wear a long faux fur coat instead of a parka. I looked like a KGB racoon dying for a coffee and a Lemsip to muffle my cold or flu or whatever that was that making me feel feverish, miserable and knackered for the last 24 hours. Apart from the surprisingly cool street art and those delightful falafels we ate in Waldberg, there was nothing else in Rotterdam that made me want to stay longer. Everything was modern (no wonder, the city was almost completely reconstructed following WW2 - so it's basically Hitler's fault that I didn't find the architecture pleasing to the eye) and hard to define. A big city with big buildings, dingy coffeeshops and empty alleyways. Let's face it, we didn't have the chance or the time to explore the cultural programme; we got our share of space cakes (we should create a travel guide called "What Would Snoop Dogg do?") and got ready to drive back to Belgium, where a cosy, warm airbnb awaited.
Saturday, March 12, 2016
An Afternoon in Rotterdam
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dammit hitler! ruining everything. These pictures look far more cozy than your description makes them sound :DReplyDelete
Aw haha well I thought you looked pretty fly in your faux fur coat. Totally relate to being inappropriately dressed for wet weather though, watch me wear my wool coat until it's twice its weight with water...ReplyDelete
meeeeh realmente parece ser bem pouco interessante, essa cidade.ReplyDelete
"Lips are turning blue"...Ah como o frio pode tornarReplyDelete
os lábios quase azuis, ou melhor...roxos. :-)
Boas fotos de uma cidade que não encanta.
The greatest travel blog post there ever was!ReplyDelete
U forgot to mention magic truffles...ReplyDelete
U forgot to mention magic truffles...ReplyDelete
Adoro a penúltima foto, serão os carros que me dão ares dos anos 80?ReplyDelete
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Earlier in the year, we took a trip to Brookwood Hall, a park near us. Walked around the lake and admired the geese and the strangely patterned ducks.
Ken on the bridge over the small stream which comes out of the lake.
A really old tree which is still thriving!
The adolescent geese
This duck seemed to be the product of an all white duck and a mallard. Rather pretty, with all it's grey feathers.
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Tenacious things trees!
Aren't they great? I think trees, when they grow to their natural shape, are the most beautiful of plants. There are Banyans in Hawaii that cover whole city blocks and a Copper Beech in Bayard Arboretum near me that is enormous; benches and a walkway are built underneath it. Down South, the Live Oaks grow vertically and horizontally to fill a huge area.


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Court Orders Amish to Use Electrical Sewer Pump
A Pennsylvania Appellate Court has ordered an Old Order Amish family to use an electrical sewer pump. The electrical sewer pump would connect the Amish home to the main municipal sewers of the county.
The Amish have often fought with local, state, and even the federal government about compliance with laws that govern the rest of society. The right to home school children exists because the Yoder Amish were successful in winning an exemption from Wisconsin's compulsory education laws in the 1970s. The Amish are most famous for shunning the use of modern technology, including the use of electricity.
The majority opinion of the court is that the Yoders would not be burdened by the electrical pump. The Yoder Amish have incorporated other electrical devices into their lifestyle, including telephones, power tools, and even cars, without religious conflict. The electrical pump would connect the Amish family's house to the main sewer line, thereby preventing a potential public health hazard.
Judge McCullough dissented, arguing that there less intrusive ways of disposing sewerage without the use of an electrical pump that would violate the Amish's religious beliefs.
The Sanctuary of Hearth and Home
Although maintaining religious freedoms with public health standards usually requires a balancing act, very little balancing is required in this case. Laws must not substantially burden religious practices without a compelling reason and without a better way of achieving that goal. If there is a way of disposing sewerage without the use an electrical pump, then the Amish should prevail.
Logically, there must be a way to dispose of sewerage without electricity. Removing human waste is a problem that has existed for as long as society has existed. Since mass consumption of electricity only began in the late 1800s, there must have been ways of disposing human waste before the modern era. If the Amish are willing to take on the burden of using pre-electrical methods of removing sewerage, there is no reason they should be compelled to use technology that is against their religious beliefs.
The majority's focus on whether the Amish use technology is thus misplaced. Even if the use of an electrical device would not significantly burden the Yoders, Pennsylvania has yet to show that there isn't a better way. The question is not whether the Amish can use modern technology, but whether the Amish have a way of addressing the public health issues without resorting to modern technology. If they do, then the Amish's religious beliefs can be preserved without conflict.
What's the Takeaway?
The most striking aspect of this case is that it involves such an intimate area of human living. The state seeks to regulate the bathroom of a private home. Most people don't care about what happens after they flush their toilet, but this is government intrusion into a part of the house that most people prefer others not view. This is more intrusive than a bakery refusing to bake a wedding cake. Pennsylvania should work harder to accommodate the Amish's religious beliefs than they have.


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Beauvillier Recalled by Islanders
The New York Islanders announced Saturday forward Anthony Beauvillier has been recalled from the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, on an emergency basis.
Beauvillier, 20, scored two goals for the Sound Tigers in Friday's overtime setback to the Rochester Americans after making his AHL debut on Wednesday against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He has two goals, nine shots and a plus-one rating in two AHL games.
Beauvillier also collected seven points (four goals, three assists) in 31 games with the Islanders this season to begin his second professional campaign. The Sorel, Quebec native notched 24 points (nine goals, 15 assists) and a plus-one rating in 66 games with the club during the 2016-17 season, including an assist in his NHL debut on Oct. 13, 2016 against the New York Rangers.
Prior to turning pro, Beauvillier spent three seasons with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 2013-16. He earned 206 points (91 goals, 115 assists) and a plus-10 rating in 178 career games, and served as team captain during his final season in 2015-16. In addition, the 5'11, 170-pound forward was named a QMJHL All-Star on two occasions and scored the most goals (15) of any player during the 2015-16 playoffs.
Beauvillier was selected by the Islanders in the first round (28th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
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I would say drop and give me 20 but that's too cliche.
Just like any good boot camp, the next 21 days are going to be fast, furious, and at some point you might not like me too much, but when it's over, you're going to have a product idea and know that people are going to buy it.
The First Rule of boot camp is to leave perfection at the door. The perfect product right out the gate is a myth and a horrible fiction that will prevent you from creating anything.
The Second Rule of boot camp is to always remember rule #1 even when you feel like "it's too ugly," "it's missing information," and more. Again, no one puts out a perfect product the first time.
Below is the schedule for this boot camp. We are going to start with Day 1 and take big leaps every single day until the very last day.
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Unlike most cheese pies or cheesecakes, this is made with no eggs and is not baked. Instead, homemade yogurt cheese is combined with sour cream, sugar, chopped nectarines, and gelatin and chilled until set. Timing alert: You will need to start the yogurt cheese a day ahead, and the filling needs about 6 hours to set.
- 3 cups plain nonfat yogurt
- 16 gingersnaps (4 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons extra-light olive oil
- ⅓ cup reduced-fat sour cream
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons grated tangerine or orange zest
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- ¼ cup frozen tangerine or orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1¾ cups diced nectarines (about 4)
- 1 cup canned juice-packed mandarin oranges, well drained
1. Set a coffee filter or a large strainer lined with cheesecloth over a bowl. Spoon in the yogurt and allow to drain, loosely covered, in the refrigerator, until the yogurt has reduced to 1¾ cups and is the consistency of soft cream cheese, about 8 hours.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a food processor, process the gingersnaps to fine crumbs. Add the oil and process briefly to combine. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with nonstick cooking spray. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom and up the sides of the plate. Bake until the crumbs are set, about 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
3. In a medium bowl, beat together the yogurt cheese and sour cream until smooth. Beat in the sugar, tangerine zest, and vanilla, and set aside.
4. In a small saucepan, sprinkle the gelatin over the tangerine juice concentrate. Warm the mixture over low heat, stirring just until the gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat and beat the gelatin mixture into the yogurt cheese mixture.
5. Stir 1½ cups of the nectarines into the yogurt cheese mixture. Pour the filling into the prepared crust. Refrigerate until the filling is set, 6 hours or overnight.
6. Just before serving, top the pie with the remaining nectarines and the mandarin oranges. Makes 8 wedges.
Nutrition per wedge: 220 calories, 6g total fat (2g saturated), 1g dietary fiber, 35g carbohydrate, 7g protein, 170mg sodium.
A good source of: calcium, riboflavin, vitamin B12, vitamin C.
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Wednesday: February 24, 2010
- What do you want written on your wireless tombstone? PLACE DEVICE HERE.
Objecs announced today that it has developed 'enhanced memorial products' that add Near Field Communications tags to cemetery markers, which allow text and photos to be 'embedded' in a headstone and retrieved whenever a cell phone is touched against its surface.
Thursday: January 7, 2010
- Project Natal to be available for your Xbox 360 next holiday season.
Controller-free gaming will be yours for the taking sometime before the year is out. There is still no word on how much this thing will cost but you can take comfort in knowing that it will work with all current Xbox 360 systems. Joy.
Tuesday: January 5, 2010
- Apple to acquire Quattro Wireless Ad Company for a mere $275 million.
The news comes after Google announced plans in November to buy AdMob, another mobile ad provider, for $750 million. Both Quattro and AdMob focus on in-application and other types of mobile ads...
Thursday: September 3, 2009
- Everything you wanted to know about the state of wireless electricity.
Yes, magnetic fields may soon be delivering our power to us without the need for bulky wires.
Tuesday: August 4, 2009
- The top eleven signs your wireless carrier sucks.
8) Sales rep keeps bragging how he hasn't had a phone explode in over a week.
Monday: July 20, 2009
- Eight tips on how to boost your wirelss router signal.
Location, location, location. Oh, and try messing with the firmware too.
Monday: June 29, 2009
- The top ten raw deals and ripoffs for video gamers out there.
I have to admit that I was not happy about shelling out an extra hundred bucks for something that comes standard on the Wii and PS3 (wifi capability). That little tidbit somehow didn't make it onto the article.
Thursday: June 25, 2009
- Yes, it is now quite possible to charge your iPhone without wires.
The skin unfortunately adds an unsightly hump at the base where the dock connector is, but that may be a small price to pay if you really need your iPhone charged sans wires.
Monday: June 15, 2009
- Google Voice may use number portability so you can keep your existing phone numbers.
Google isn't going to be your wireless carrier just yet; you'll still have to have some sort of account with a carrier to deliver your calls, texts, and e-mails.
Wednesday: May 6, 2009
- Apple to add 3G capability to MacBook line?
Sign me up.


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What's Truly Happening with DPC Watchdog Violation
Whether at home or at the office DPC Watchdog Violation, it is easy to fall victim to this sort of spying. This crime sometimes takes quite a few forms. Identity theft is a significant unlawful small business. Identity theft is a sort of fraud that takes place when a person or group of people steals your private information for the function of financial or social gain.
What You Should Do to Find Out About DPC Watchdog Violation Before You're Left Behind
If the issue is due to another issue and the system still shows the above error or a different challenge occurs, we have to figure out the essence of that predicament. Yet each problem supplies a challenging prospect. Unfortunately, with the larger use of the world wide web, the issue is predicted to grow. Well, fixing these issues might take a couple of minutes or a few hours dependent on the sort of the error. They are annoying but you can use some troubleshooting steps in order to fix the errors.
With so many courier service agencies on the market, it turns into a herculean job to decide which one is going to work as the very best choice for our requirements. Otherwise, the approach leaves with the individual. It's a kind of malicious computer application–sometimes known as malware–that is put on your computer without your knowing or consent and is designed to stealthily collect your own personal information.


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July 9, 2018 at 3:49 PM
The Rubber Mallet will be rolling out at 6PM from the new Webcyclery location at 157 NW Franklin Ave. (former Old Stone Church, corner Franklin and Harriman).
Come join us for a fun and spirited group ride. We emphasize safety, good on-road cycling manners, and learning how to ride cooperatively. We will have 3-4 regroupings.
The Rubber Mallet alternates between three different routes, one flat(ish), one rolling, and one climbing/descending.
This week (7/10) we will be climbing up Century to the Sunriver cut-off and back.
The following week (7/17) we will be riding Twin Bridges counter-clockwise.
Let's ride!


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Jeri Cook
Saved at a YEC conference at age 10 while growing up in the country near Blanchester Ohio. Spending most of her time going to church, playing sports and spending time with her family. Soccer lead her to a scholarship to Union College. After succeeding at union with breaking records, All-American honors and receiving good grades she graduated with almost a masters degree in education in 2004.
In 2005 Jeri's life was turned upside down after losing a 7 1/2 nephew (more like a brother), a 8 year relationship and friends. ONLY then she realized nothing worldly could give her the peace, happiness and healing needed except Christ. (John 14:27) during this time she completely submitted her life to His word and His service. Jeri's passion and desires turned to evangelism, the lost, the broken and sharing His healing with others.
Since that day Jeri has been serving teaching and sharing with children, youth, women and men. She has served in Uganda, Malawi and the USA. Her greatest desire is to share the love of Christ with the "least of these". She wants to teach love and disciple the broken. She wants to Show His love to those children who may believe they are forgotten. (Psalms 27:10)


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Welcome to Blankets for India
Blankets for India is an initiative that is for some members of our team very close to home.
In New Delhi and the surrounding areas, night time temperatures drop as low as 2 degrees Celsius and this can turn life for thousands of homeless people from extreme hardship into a life and death situation.
Our charity aims to make a difference to these people's lives in a simple way. We will raise money to manufacture and distribute blankets to the people who need them most. Although only a simple item, it is a way of potentially saving lives when the temperatures get very low.
We will purchase and distribute the blankets personally to make sure they get to the neediest, and avoid 'red tape'. A blanket with label and distribution costs only £3. Will you help to make a difference?
The Blankets
Every blanket that we will raise money for will have a label sewn in that says where it has come from. The label will be Hindi and English and there will be a space to write in the name of the person who has donated the money to buy it.


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Son Phil and I devised a strategy--I had a stained glass panel rescued more than 30 years ago from a house about to be demolished in Minneapolis. He removed the panel from its oak veneer surround (it had been part of a built-in dining room serving area), cut a hole in the door, and inserted the panel. We put it back on the hinges yesterday, and although it still needs painting, the result is marvelous.
Isn't this nice? The louvered door outside will disappear when we get some nicer weather, and this door will be painted (red on the inside, turquoise on the outside to match the shutters.) Now I can see people coming up the walk to the house. What a concept! And think how welcoming it will look in the evening, when I have lights on inside.
Daylight makes all the difference in the entryway. You may notice that the doorways aren't parallel--this is what happens when a house settles over 60 years--none of the many doorways are plumb. And they're un-plumb by differing degrees. One day I'll do a quilt based on that.


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Bicyclists Are Entitled to a Piece of the Road, Too
Peter J. Thompson, National Post
Canada's National Post ran an interesting article by 16 year old Alex Nevitte, describing the hazards of urban cycling:
"I've encountered several greedy and unreasonable motorists who never hesitate to take far more than their share of the road and who waste no time screaming at any cyclist willing to demand their fair piece of the road as well. Bicycles are vehicles and so are entitled to a lane of their own just as any other vehicle is."
and concluding:
"Oil is a non-renewable resource that harms our environment and is a huge source of conflict among nations. Vehicles that run on oil, such as every SUV, car, truck and minivan in Toronto are only inflaming this growing problem and polluting the very air we breathe. In contrast, bicycles use absolutely no gas to run, do not in any way harm the air and (shockingly!) actually benefit those who ride them. At a minimum, cyclists should be treated with equal respect to motorists and so the next time you see someone toiling away on their bike to get from A to B, show a little sympathy and appreciate the sacrifice we cyclists are making." ::National Post


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Many more "firsts" this month! Alison can stand on her own now. She can't take steps on her own yet, so she usually just sits back down after a few seconds. She's also become more vocal — she makes many different kinds of noises now.
Alison is eating more foods and in bigger pieces. For example, she can eat whole blueberries now. She even opens her mouth when we say "blueberry"! Daddy also feeds her Cheerios, slices of banana, and small pieces of bread. She doesn't feed herself yet — if we give her food to hold she'll just squeeze it instead of putting it in her mouth.
She still likes to hold our hand (or arm) at bedtime. Some days she even sleeps in — something she picked up from Daddy, no doubt!
- Baby carrots (as a teething toy — nothing else works)
- Grabbing onto an object and banging it like drumsticks
- "Thumping" with one leg when taking a bottle or falling asleep
- Staying up past her bedtime
- Crawling over to you and pulling herself up to standing position using your leg, asking to be held
- Crawling to the edge of the bed and sometimes falling off
- Making arm fart noises (with your arm, not hers)
- Knocking down Daddy's block towers
- Watching cars pass by
- Swings and see-saws


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Quick Thoughts On The LDS
ON HAVING TIX FOR TONIGHT'S GAME: Having two tickets to "Game 4* – If Necessary", I thought I might feel conflicted, maybe hoping the Sox would drop one so I could go to the game. But, no. I screamed and swore at the TV last night, wanting desperately for them to finish the series. I've been lucky enough to go to my share of playoff games. I wanted to skip tonight's ridiculous 8:37 start and instead sleep. I never thought I'd be so upset about going to a playoff game.
HOW MANY TIMES are the Sox going to get the lead runner on-base, only to squander the inning?
IF THEY LOSE TONIGHT, I'm going to punch Wally in his Big Green Face.
IN CASE I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT BEFORE, which I have, my brother and I were the ones who started the famed "LI-LLY" chant in Game 3 of the 2003 ALDS, the one where if you watch the "Cowboy Up" video, players like Mirabelli and Merloni later taped "LI-LLY" to the backs of their jacket to encourage the fans to keep it up.
YOU HAVE TO FEEL SORRY for the Milwaukee Brewers. If Ben Sheets had been healthy down the stretch, they likely would have wrapped up the Wild Card a little earlier, and then been set-up for October success with two stud pitchers in Sabathia and Sheets, plus an amazing young arm in Gallardo. They could have gone a long, long way, even with how enemic their offense was in the Philly series. Now they'll likely lose both Sheets and Sabathia in the off-season, and although they have talented young arms, they might take a step back. (They might be a prime candidate to sign a Pedro or Schilling to a one-year, incentive-laden contract.)
COREY HART LOOKED like the worst baseball player I've ever seen. Maybe he isn't. But he looked like it.
THE PHILS-DODGERS SERIES looks like it'll be an exciting one. Everyone, though, is hoping for a Sox-Dodgers series. Everyone, that is, except for my brother: Mr. Chase-Utley-ManLove.
ON THE CUBS COLLAPSE: Ha ha ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ah, ha ha ha ha. HAAA, ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha (snort). Ha ha. Ha ha. Oh, whoo whoo whoo, hee hee. Haaaa haa ha ha ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha.


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Apr 17, 2017
We meet up with legendary country star Dylan Williams in
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Today, I'm going to teach you how to sell books on Amazon. Frankly, it's one of the best ways to start out selling stuff online. And I'll give you three reasons in just a moment. First, there's something important you need to know: Ebay, as a place to sell stuff, sucks. Okay, maybe I'm being unfair. After all, there's plenty of successful Ebay sellers out there. Hell, I've read #girlboss, and Sophia A is a total inspiration. But, after reading my story, I think you'll understand why that's it's way easier to sell stuff on Amazon than Ebay, and how selling books on Amazon is a great way to get started without spending thousands on inventory, plus it's a perfect way to raise funds to start your private label Amazon business. How to Sell Books on Amazon: Part 1 3 Reasons Why Selling Books on Amazon is a Great Way to Start Long before I made six-figures selling my own branded products on Amazon, I was a book seller. My method was a little different than many booksellers, but it definitely helped prime me for bigger and better things on the platform. A little background first. How I became a … Read More
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Mar 22, 2012
If the euro fails, Europe fails" is the topical motion up for debate at this year's annual EU debate at the Institute of Technology, Tralee. This student led event takes place in the North Campus, Solás building at 7 p.m. on Monday 26th March. It is free and open to the public. The invited guest speaker is Mr. Tim Hayes, Head of Communication at the European Commission representation in Ireland. He will give a talk on the new fiscal stability Treaty, which will be voted on by the Irish people within the next three months.
This is the 9th year of ITT's EU debate which was founded in 2003 under the auspices of the EU's Jean Monnet Lifelong Learning Programme to support the development of EU integration studies. Since then it has grown and evolved to become an important local forum for discussion and critical debate on Ireland's EU membership among students, staff and members of the wider community. Each year an invited guest speaker with expertise in EU affairs addresses the event.
The teams for 2012 are drawn from the School of Business. Proposing the motion and representing the Higher Certificate in Business Studies,Year 2 are Eugene Mc Mahon, Bryan McCarthy and Joseph Hadnett (mentor Lucy Kelly) ; opposing the motion and representing the Bachelor of Business Studies are Kristen O'Brien, Kaltrina Jashari, and Anna- Rose O' Sullivan (mentor Majella Forde).
If you would like to find out more about how EU legislative and treaty changes are going to impact on Ireland in the future why not come along to this event. The annual EU debate is sponsored by ITT, the EU Commission in Ireland and the Communicating Europe Initiative. For more information on this event and for a wide range of information on the EU why not look at ITT's EU blog. This dedicated EU site was developed by four business studies students in 2010 and is constantly updated by students. The EU blog is available at http://eu-debate.blogspot.com


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verb (used without object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.
to hasten; speed; go in haste.
verb (used with object), hied, hie·ing or hy·ing.
to hasten (oneself): Hie yourself down to this once-in-a-lifetime sale!
Origin of hie
before 900; Middle English hien, hyen, Old English hīgian to strive; cognate with Dutch hijgen to pant, Greek kíein to go; Latin ciēre to cause to go
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for hie
Historical Examples of hie
I am thirty-two by the clock and I should hie me to the grave-digger that he may take my measure.The Paliser case
Edgar Saltus
"Hie thee hither, my squires," she called to the younger boys.We Ten
Lyda Farrington Kraus
Hie thee to France,And cloister thee in some religious house.Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1
J. Endell Tyler
Let the Sewer, as soon as the Master begins to say grace, hie to the kitchen.
Dear heart, do hie you abed and sleep in peace, and let other folks do the like!In Convent Walls
Emily Sarah Holt
verb hies, hieing, hying or hied
archaic, or poetic to hurry; hasten; speed
Word Origin for hie
Old English hīgian to strive
abbreviation for
(in Scotland) Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Old English higian "strive, hasten," originally "to be intent on," from Proto-Germanic *hig- (cf. Middle Dutch higen "to pant," Middle Low German hichen, German heichen). Related: Hied; hies; hieing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper


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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
New Year's Quotes
I hope you enjoy this collection of funny and inspirational
New Year's quotes Please feel free to comment or add on any that you might have yourself!
You have done what you could — some blunders and absurdities have crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bill Vaughan
Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. Author Unknown
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.
Author Unknown
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
Charles Lamb
I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.
Robert Paul
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
Charles Lamb
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty. John Selden
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Hal Borland
The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn.
Hartley Coleridge
If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.
Cyril Cusack
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Helen Keller
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Tom Peters
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
Mark Twain
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!
Edward Payson Powell
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.
Michael Altshuler
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
Oprah Winfrey
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
P.J. O'Rourke
Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.
Henry Ward Beecher
New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
Mark Twain
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
George William Curtis
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.
Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.
Mark Twain
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.
Author Unknown
And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast,
And been bow'd to the earth by its fury;
To whom the Twelve Months, that have recently pass'd
Were as harsh as a prejudiced jury -
Still, fill to the Future! and join in our chime,
The regrets of remembrance to cozen,
And having obtained a New Trial of Time,
Shout in hopes of a kindlier dozen.
Thomas Hood
Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
Brooks Atkinson
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott
Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Martin Luther
A new oath holds pretty well; but... when it is become old, and frayed out, and damaged by a dozen annual retryings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.
Mark Twain
When then is lost, as time is by,
we look upon the yearly wine
to see our substance in the lees.
Did tribe and purse most pleasing leave?
To look for clear and faithful sense,
that gives a bodied stance bouquet,
then see the vat at mirror's face
and find in it, the yearly pace.
E. Marshall, Vintner Epilogue (Happy Old Year)
Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.
Dave Beard
I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.
Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary
New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.
Jay Leno
We meet today
To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
John Greenleaf Whittier
One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.
John Burroughs
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
Charles Lamb
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
Edgar Guest
It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.
William Thomas
We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Ellen Goodman
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.
Joey Adams
He who breaks a resolution is a weakling;
He who makes one is a fool.
F.M. Knowles
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.
G.K. Chesterton
I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's.
Henry Moore
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Thomas Mann
I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.
Anaïs Nin
New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.
Mark Twain
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.
Jean Paul Richter
Posted by Simply Put Together at 10:37 AM
Labels: New Years Quotes
2 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Love the Mark Twain quote about paving the road to hell.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2012 at 12:59 PM
These are great. Nice way to start the new year... with a laugh and some sentiment.ReplyDelete
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Digital documents have become essential to boosting workplace productivity, and scanning has become a vital element for businesses.
Following a survey, we found that 43% of respondents consider digital documents to be very important, 29% say somewhat important, and 16% consider them critical to their organization.
These figures were lower for Western European countries in 2013, suggesting an increase in reliance on scanning technology over the years. Higher adoption rates were reported by businesses in the manufacturing, business services, and finance sectors.
"Digital document technology can get our job done very quickly. It adds to the productivity of our organization and increases profitability. It simplifies tasks for the employees and saves us time. That's what it will continue to do, and it makes sense to invest now."
Education, UAE
The benefits of scanning documents to the office digital environment are universally recognized.
Both decision-makers and end-users are enthusiastic about scanning, with most interviewees mentioning multiple benefits.
Most commonly for end-users, it is about controlling and simplifying the sharing process.
For decision-makers, the benefits are more practical including cost savings, space saving, and reassurance.
• Store and tag copies of important documents and have an audit trail.
• Avoid putting documents in mechanical devices that could jam or tear the paper.
• Enable documents to be emailed.
• Save space by reducing physical archives.
• Save money on paper and ink/toner.
• Have a back-up in case copiers break down.
With the increase in scanning, there has been a small corresponding decline in print volumes, indicating an increased reliance on digital documents.
Despite the rise of digital, 48% of respondents agree that they still prefer reading paper documents over on-screen, suggesting that there is still a place for physical documents in the office.
The reliance on printed hard copies will continue for several reasons:
• As a back-up for electronic documents
• Hard copies are more socially acceptable in meeting
• As a legal requirement to store important paperwork
• Physical documents are easier to work with in group environments
Whether creating, copying, or converting physical documents to electronic copies, processing information is an essential part of daily life in the workplace.
The findings from the research demonstrate the following key trends:
With both scanned and physical document production vital to the daily running of a business, it comes as no surprise that multi-function devices have played a key role and have had a tangible impact on productivity.
As the chart below shows, multi-function devices have significantly improved productivity for more than half of all end-users:
To what extent have the following technology products improved your productivity in recent years?
Larger organizations see real value in multi-function devices, and 60% of utility companies and 67% of public sector organisations say that they have improved their productivity in recent years.
Of those surveyed, 48% of end-users said they have access to a multi-function device, and another 24% say that they would like to have one in their workplace.
When asked if their organisation were to get rid of its printers and multi-function devices, 75% of respondents said they would be inconvenienced by such a move. In fact, 21% said they would not be able to do their job without them.
The importance placed on multi-function devices will see their usage increase 59% over the next three years.
Many (57%) of the users currently rely on their multi-functional devices for color printing or copying.
"We want to avoid a fragmented system, with a separate scanner, a separate printer, and a separate photocopier. I don't want these devices split apart, and I don't think it's a very healthy sign for a modern company."
• Healthcare, KSA
An increased penetration of multi-function devices boosts the capability of businesses to share and store documents electronically, and, in with this, scanning becomes even more firmly entrenched as the principal driver of document workflows.
Respondents have been clear about the effectiveness of both printing and scanning.
Both of these, in tandem, will remain crucial elements in the smooth running of a business.
The feature set provided by multifunction devices ensures that they play a significant role in the coexistence of both digital and printed office documents.
There has been a huge proliferation of multifunction devices over the last few years; and data indicates that this category will continue to display sustained growth.


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We have completed another entry for our MOA Awards. We have been working on this project for the last five weeks as a part of our Te Reo. This is a topic called He Aha Te Tae? (What colour is this?).
Below are some snapshots of what we have produced. We will be keeping the actual projects a secret until the MOA Awards.


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Ambrose Named Wood River Center Manager
TheBANK of Edwardsville's Andrew Ambrose was recently named Center Manager of the Wood River Center. As Wood River Center Manager, Ambrose will be in charge of the day-to-day operations as well as the continued growth of the popular banking center located at 1153 Vaughn Road.
"I'm proud to continue the long tradition TheBANK of Edwardsville has of offering innovative products and unmatched customer service to the people of this community," Ambrose said.
Ambrose joined TheBANK in 2014 and previously served as a retail lender at the Granite City Center on Maryville Road. He is a graduate of Civic Memorial High School in Bethalto and attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois University to study music education.
Ambrose lives in Bethalto with his three-year old and puppy, Marshall, and plans to marry his fiancé, Karley Lay, in July of 2018. Ambrose enjoys spending time with family, working with young musicians, watching sports and movies, and working with his son. He is currently the treasurer for the Bethalto Fine Arts Booster Club and a volunteer with the United Way and the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis, and attends First Christian Church of Wood River.


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What do you when you love cats, but don't have the room to own one because you've already got a dog? You borrow other peoples' cats, of course.
Sounds weird, right? Well, Nick Canning, avid dog and cat lover, who has no room for a kitty due to already owning an Australian cattle dog, has found this to be the perfect solution to his problem.
Every time Canning spots a new feline friend he will pick it up and take a picture with it to upload to his social media.
He told Love Meow that, "most of the cats in my pictures are my friends, and a few in there are strays or farm cats.
"I put one picture up, and my friends like it because I look a bit awkward holding cats, so I just kept it going. If it can help cats get adopted, that'd be even better."
Check out the funny photos below:
You've really got to admire his passion for wanting to meet, cuddle and love as many cats as he possibly can. To keep up to date with all of the cats he meets, follow him on Instagram here.
Let's hope that Canning can move into a bigger place soon so that he can have a cat or two of his own.
Via ViralNova


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Babies are constantly changing.. how true! You will be amazed by their fast development.. Little Edison can now flip to his right and to his left.. Every morning, he wakes up on his bed and exercise his flipping! He is a very determined little boy...
Now, he is learning how to crawl.. This will be difficult, boy! He will lie on his stomach and his legs keep kicking to move forward.. like swimming on his bed.. So funnie!
This morning:
Edison: Wakes up, happy happy & start exercising on his bed
Mummy: "Edison, go Ooi Ooi, mummy still want to sleep"
Edison: "ek ek ek, Mum, I'm hungry! Give me milk milk!"
Mummy: "Arghhhh! Ok, boy, wait wait!" *Crawl to the kitchen to make milk*
Edison: "Yippee! My milk milk is here... So hungry!"
Edison: Stomach full, happy happy! "kekeke, thanks Mum!"


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Skipped Crossfit since I overslept, then decided to do IF but broke it around lunch since I wasnt mentally prepared.
Something new to try:
Protein Pow's Chocolate Fudge Protein Brownies
- 1 can (420 g) Libby's Canned Pumpkin Puree
- 2 heaping tbsp Almond or Peanut Butter
- 3/4 cup Cocoa Powder
- 7-8 Medjool Dates*
- 1/2 cup Pea Protein Powder
- 1/2 cup Liquid Egg Whites
- 1/2 cup Almond Milk
- 1 handful Walnuts (around 38g)
- 1/2 bar Dark Chocolate
- Blend all ingredients together, except for the walnuts and chocolate.
- Once mixed, add the walnuts into the batter. Mix them in with a spoon, and transfer your batter to a baking pan.
- Bake at 340 F (around 170 C) for about 35-40 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out relatively clean. Be careful not to over-bake the brownies—you want them gooey in the center. Feel free to take them out while they're still slightly moist in the center.
- As soon as you remove them from the oven, "massage" your chocolate on top of them. It's an easy way to add a dark chocolate layer to brownies and cakes because the chocolate melts on impact.
- Let the brownies set before you devour them.
*If you'd like to make your brownies lower in carbs, substitute some or all of the dates for your sweetener of choice. Just know that these brownies won't be as gooey as they would with the dates.
Nutrition Facts: makes 16, per serving: 101 kcal, 4g fat, 13g carbs (4g fiber), 7g protein


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Nintendo Bringing Back The Power Line For One Weekend Full of '80s Fun
On November 11 the NES Classic Edition launches, but the Mini- NES isn't the only thing Nintendo is bringing back.
For the entire weekend of November 11-13, Nintendo will be reopening the Power Line for fans to call for tips and tricks. Unfortunately, there won't be any real people to talk to, only automated voice messages, but damn that is neat! Here is the press release:
While playing one of the 30 great NES games included on the NES Classic Edition during the weekend following the Friday launch, you might find yourself puzzled by some of the more challenging games. ("How do I find the first Warp Whistle in Super Mario Bros. 3?" you might ask yourself.) If your memories of the original games fail you, no need to fret. You can just call the Power Line, which will return and run from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, between the hours of 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT each day. The original Power Line was a beloved service in the '80s that connected fans to Nintendo Game Play Counselors who offered helpful tips and tricks. In this fully automated version, you can use your real-life phone (bonus points if it has a cord!) to dial (425) 885-7529 to hear recorded tips for several games, plus behind-the-scenes stories from original Nintendo Game Play Counselors. You never know what you might learn!
Spend the first weekend with your new NES Classic Edition playing through "retro games", and when you get stuck, you'll know who to call for help.
Nintendo is also doing a lot on social media throughout the weekend for what is being called "Remembering NESterday" - which begins on November 10. Nintendo will be encouraging fans to share old memories and photos (or even new ones) of their NES consoles using the hashtag "NESterday."
The NES Classic Edition is Nintendo's new $60 throwback box that comes pre-loaded with 30 classic games. The entire unit is scaled down, and features a '80s Nintendo menu screen for selecting which game to play. Games can be displayed in a pixel perfect mode, mocked up CRT mode, and an original 4:3 aspect ratio mode.
The NES Classic Edition launches on November 11, and is still not available for pre-order anywhere.


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This spoof video is funny, but funnier if you watch this serious Siri Video first. You know, I might be half tempted to get an iPhone and just use that siri thing all the time. Screw the touchscreen. Hahaha. Know, I'd probably learn that too, but it would be tempting to be lazy hahaha.
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text: The end of March marks the very beginnings of the festival season, a beautiful time when people spend absurd amounts of money in order to dance to their favorite artists for up to four days straight. Tickets go on sale, and artists release their latest hot tracks in an attempt to get the most partygoers to their tent on the big day. Our playlist this month has harnessed the power of some of those early hits. We begin with the cream of the crop: electronica with just the right mix of percussive, melodic, and vocal prowess to get you jumping. The tracks gradually calm down and reflect a more melancholy tone before picking it back up with a bit of future bass and deep house. Female vocalists take the spotlight before slipping into the world of alt-rock, a calmer precursor to the most aggressive section of the playlist. After you hear the funk, all bets are off. Some hip-hop transitions the listener back to the world of the living before the playlist ends with a flourish of melodic, calm tracks. Enjoy below.