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Double Feature: Hunger and Endgame
Hunger and Endgame offer two different approaches to representing history with narrative film, and the differences are such that a comparison may be unfair to Endgame, a film of minor accomplishments that quickly fades from memory, while Hunger, whatever you ultimately make of it, contains many scenes that are difficult to forget.
The actual events of the two films are only a few years apart: Hunger focuses on the 1981 hunger strikes by prisoners in Northern Ireland, and particularly the death of Bobby Sands; Endgame portrays the secret negotiations in the late 1980s between representatives of the African National Congress (particularly Thabo Mbeki) and the ruling Afrikaners of South Africa. The films work hard to portray the humanity of both sides of their conflicts, as if the filmmakers' greatest fear is to be condemned as biased or propagandistic. Yet their sympathies are so clearly on one side that the effort seems mostly token -- in Hunger (a movie with many virtues to overcome its limitations), the occasional moments where we are reminded that the prison guards are not all unfeeling monsters, and that some of them even have mothers and wives and daughters they love (yes, all women -- women in such movies exist so men can appear sensitive), are all overpowered by the scenes of prison cells decorated with feces, of prisoners being beaten, of Bobby Sands starving to death. The only comparably visceral moment with a guard happens when one's brains get shot into his senile mum's lap, but by that point we've seen him beat Sands senseless, and the only thing rousing any real sympathy in us is the power of the image: an old woman staring off into a world of her own, her son's blood splattered on her face and seeping into her clothes.
With one large and notable exception (a long scene of Sands and a priest talking, mostly conveyed via a 17-minute shot during which the camera doesn't move), it is the imagery that drives Hunger and provides its distinction. This is perhaps unsurprising, given that the director, Steve McQueen, is best known as a visual artist (including art films and installations). Endgame mostly lacks visual distinction, and its cinematography is often of the hand-held verité style that should now come with the warning label, "Sorry, we couldn't think of any better way to remind you that this is Stuff That Really Happened." One of effects of Hunger's stylistic originality is to remind us that an overly-familiar style is nothing more than an overly-familiar style, and that verisimilitude and visceral emotional effect do not rely on, and in fact may be undermined by, such a style.
complex characters and situations and reduce them to plywood cut-outs. The problems would be even more obvious were the cast not as strong as it is -- Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Kani, Clarke Peters, and Derek Jacobi are all magnificent actors, and William Hurt is oddly watchable, though in every movie I see him in, I always wonder if he's recovering from a concussion. Ejiofor got nominated for a Golden Globe for playing Mbeki, and he perhaps deserved the nomination for being able to give some depth to the character without any help from the writer (or maybe for being able, unlike William Hurt, to be mostly convincing with a South African accent).
You'll learn more about the end of apartheid by reading even the most basic book about the subject (or a single article about the specific situation of the film), and you'll feel your way into the history more through a movie such as Amandla! (I have yet to see a feature film about the apartheid struggle as powerful and entertaining as that documentary). Hunger reminds us that while art may be an inefficient way to convey information, it is has other virtues. You'll learn more about the facts and context of the hunger strikes by reading a short encyclopedia entry, but a statement of the facts of, for instance, the "dirty protest" will not convey the feeling of it with the power of the first sequences of Hunger. The production design is so rich, the camera so unflinching, that in some moments it feels like all our senses are being assaulted, not merely our sight and hearing.
Hunger is interesting structurally, too. Where Endgame is a predictable tale of people learning to "overcome their differences" and to respect and care for each other (and in its determined even-handedness sometimes creates the impression that anti-apartheid violence was the equal of the violence committed by the apartheid system), Hunger confounds expectations far more often than not. It does so first with the minimal dialogue and nearly complete lack of exposition in the (roughly speaking) first half hour. Some opening titles situate us a bit, but that's it, and if you know nothing of the dirty protests or this particular period in the history of Irish-English relations, you will have only the vaguest idea of what is happening and why. And that's fine, because what you will have is a reaction to the events and setting. The actions and scenery, removed from any purpose or meaning, are our entry to the film. Deep knowledge of the characters is also kept away -- we know, at most, their names and their place in the situation (some are guards, some are prisoners). We know one of the guards has a family, that he checks his car for explosives before he drives it, and that the knuckles of one of his hands are scabbed and bruised. That's the most we learn about any character's background for quite a while, because what the viewer is invited to do at first is simply to observe.
Words don't matter much in the film until the scene with Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender) and Father Dominic Moran (Liam Cunningham). All the sensual stimulation of the previous scenes grinds to a halt: we watch two men sit at a table and talk to each other. The camera does not move and characters barely do. They begin with small talk, then discuss strategy: the effectiveness and morality of a hunger strike. Our focus is not only on their words, but their determination and commitment -- both men feel deeply and passionately about what they are discussing, and it is clear from early in the conversation that they will not convince the other of their view. The words are helpful in that they provide ideas and context, but the scene, for all its talk, is still fundamentally visual: because it is so static, small movements and changes are magnified.
The corollary for this scene (in my mind, at least) is one other: a long take of a guard cleaning a corridor of urine with a pushbroom. Within moments, we know what is going on in the scene, and we register that it's a dirty job, but long after we have recognized this, we are still in the scene. The sound of the broom's sharp bristles against the hard floor echoes louder and louder. Slowly, methodically, the guard keeps pushing the puddles of urine down the corridor. The effect is a sort of sensory deprivation -- the only change in the image is the movement of the guard, and the sound remains steady, rhythmic, grating. No speculation about what such a scene "means" is as illuminating as the simple experience of the scene itself. It is another element contributing to the immersive aesthetic of the movie.
After the long conversation between Sands and Father Moran, we are plunged once again into a mostly-wordless world. The rest of the film portrays Sands's hunger strike and starvation. It is a wrenching and physical portrayal that is as religious in its iconography as it is political in its topic -- call it The Passion of Bobby Sands. Finally, the viewer exits Sands's body along with him, entering his dying reverie, one not of ideological argument or political autonomy but of birds and childhood, those clichés of innocence. In such a moment, clichés offer something originality does not: communion with everyone else who has ever dreamed such things.


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Hannibal, latin, literature, Livy, livy 25, marcellus, obscurity, research, Second Punic War, syracuse
Livy's book 25 opens with a most remarkable sequence of non-events. Almost the entirety of 25,1 seems to deal with 'unimportant' details, right from the start. For example, at the beginning we learn that Hannibal was campaigning in the Sallentine region as part of his goal to capture the city of Tarentum, and:
Ipsorum interum Sallentinorum ignobiles urbes ad eum defecerunt (Livy 25.1.1)
In the interim, obscure (i.e. unimportant, undistinguished) cities of the Sallentines themselves defected to him.
These unworthy towns are left unnamed.
But then, a certain Titus Pomponius Veientanus accidentally managed to gather the appearance of a general on account of some random actions and had apparently dashed together a disordered army (which probably should be considered a rabble, but Livy uses the proper term for 'army' i.e. exercitus, but qualified with 'irregular': tumultuarius). He promptly lost a battle with Hanno, somewhere in Bruttium, probably:
et plures redissent, ni T. Pomponius Veientanus, praefectus socium, prosperis aliquot populationibus in agro Bruttio iusti ducis speciem nactus tumultuario exercitu coacto cum Hannone conflixisset (Livy 25.1.3)
and more (cities) would have returned (to the Roman side), if T. Pomponius Veientanus, a prefect of the allies, accidentally gathering the appearance of a legitimate general by favorably plundering Bruttian territory several times, had not fought Hanno with an irregularly assembled army.
Of course this army, a disordered lumpen mass of agricultural labourers and slaves (inconditae turbae agrestium servorumque), was defeated by Hanno with great loss of life, but the least notable thing about this military disaster was the capture of its leader (i.e. Pomponius), who was an unimportant waste of space:
minimum iacturae fuit quod praefectus inter ceteros est captus, et tum temerariae pugnae auctor et ante publicanus omnibus malis artibus et rei publicae et societatibus infidus damnosusque (Livy 25.1.4)
The least of the damage was that, along with the others, the prefect was captured, who at that time was the author of a imprudent battle, and who before that was a tax-collector skilled in every wrong-doing, and was treacherous and pernicious to both the republic and to societies.
This obscurity, unimportant and unmemorable history extends even to Sempronius the consul, who fights many puny battles (multa proelia parva, 25.1.5) and forcibly subdued a range of 'unimportant' Lucanian towns (ignobilia oppida Lucanorum aliquot expugnavit, 25.1.5).
All of these obscure and unworthy people, towns and events, aren't worth mentioning, really. Except of course, they are! Livy even names one of the unimportant people and expends a sentence telling us about his terrible life and what thoroughgoing rotter he really was. He's even mentioned again, by name, later in connection with another tax-collector at 25.3.9, relating to a species of ancient insurance fraud involving 'pretend shipwrecks' (falsa naufragia). This last event leads to a state crisis all through 25.4.
Then, immediately following these repeatedly obscure and un-note-worthy, yet briefly noted, events, at 25.1.6, we're now told that at Rome, due to the uncertain nature of events with wins and losses on both sides, men are now grasped by superstition, and proper Roman rites are abandoned, not just in the home, but in public too. In the forum and on the Capitoline, a crowd of women gathered and obeyed the customs of the fathers in neither sacrifices nor in prayers to the gods. 'Sacrificers and soothsayers' captured the minds of men (sacrificuli et vates ceperant hominum mentes), and rustics crowded the city abandoning their farms and profiting from ignorance. All this badness naturally led to civil disorder, and so the Senate ordered the city praetor to take the task in hand.
A contione was held and the praetor read the senate's decree, and order that books of prophesies and prayers or sacrificial guidelines written down must be surendered to him by April, and that no foreign or novel ritual was allowed to be performed in any public or consecrated place.
And straight after this we are given a list of state priests that died that year, at 25.2.1-2. Surely an ill omen.
Are these matters like the lists of prodigies which often open important sections of Livy? What to make of them? Why do these obscure events lead to an outbreak of public superstition? (Proximity in Livy is often a good indicator of 'causation'). Bear in mind the large, early losses of the Romans against the Carthaginians, such as at Trasimene and Cannae, three years before, are starting to fade into the background of Hannibal's campaign in the south of Italy, and an increasing focus on Spain and Sicily. It's not really until 25.6 that the focus starts to move off internal politics and the dangerous instability engendered by the clash of the tax-famers and the plebs at 25.4. But even 25.6 is about the disgraced veterans of Cannae and their pleading to Marcellus to be allowed to recover their honour. At 25.7.7-8 there is the list of the usual types of prodigies which must be then expiated at 25.9. It's a very confused and muddled beginning, for Livy's third decade at least, like we are leading up to a major military disaster.
But in this book, one of the greatest military triumphs ever accomplished by a Roman – the capture of Syracuse ('the most beautiful of the Greek cities') by Marcellus – is about to be recorded from 25.24 onwards.
I wonder if the connection between these 'facts of obscurity', corrupt tax-farmers, political instability, and the capture of Syracuse is the fact that the booty that Marcellus stripped from Syracuse (which is no longer visible in the city of Rome, in Livy's day, i.e. obscure), is also connected, via Livy's preface,to the blame he places on luxuria for 'modern' Rome's moral downfall? More research required.


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The Quinlan Review. (Quinlan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1902
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A friend posted this article on facebook http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheist-activist-modern-atheist-m.... It's pretty poorly written, and doesn't even provide a link to the original article that it's writing about, which is here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/walker-bristol/the-new-atheist-moveme....
The only thing I found interesting about the first article was the last sentence "According to a 2010 study by sociologists Robert Putnam and David Campbell, a person who never attends church has a six-in-ten chance that he will give money to a secular charity, while the figure for religious people is eight-in-10."
The original (second linked) article has some interesting points concerning atheism and what we're doing, if anything, to improve the world. But it mostly condemns atheism for being upper-class snobby white elitists who would rather print up big billboards than help our fellow man in any useful, organized-as-atheists sort of way. There are several atheists charities out there. I've never donated to them, but I do donate to my favorite charities-the local public radio station, the local no-kill animal shelter, the state natural heritage foundation, the local soup kitchen, among others. Most of my friends who are atheist/non-believers donate in some form or other-most with money, others with time.
So all of this has me curious-do you donate? Do you volunteer? Are you an upper-class snobby white elitist? (I myself am a lower-middle class snobby-about-food-and-movies white inclusivist.) Is it important that we improve the world in other ways than trying to bring reason into the discussion? And if so, how do we go about helping those who need it?
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I do not donate or volunteer anything.
I personally do not donate, other than used items to AmVets. I have not donated money but we're being squeezed pretty tightly right now. I have thrown in a bunch of time building a kiosk and larger structure for the elementary school my kids attend.
I think each person has to answer to their own conscience as to what they're inclined to do for others. I suspect there may be a bit of the renegade in a few of us that wants solutions, not bandaids. That's probably a product of critical thinking. This unfortunately, will not solve the present situation(s).
I do think the articles bring up serious issue that effect all of us, irregardless of whether or not we are atheist. Once a person has established their atheism, even if only to themselves, they must ask "what now?". If atheism is merely an intellectual exercise, it seems to me it will be one without any lasting value. We are still here, surrounded by others, some of whom we love, some of whom we are acquainted and some of whom we have yet to bind as friends. There are many reason, especially considering my mortality, to lend a hand. The least convincing reason in my mind is that I myself may need that hand someday.
I'm glad this article came out. It is healthy to sometimes view ourselves with a critical eye. I will probably investigate some of the organizations to see if I can contribute in some way.
Probably the best aspect of being atheist? I am not bound by guilt from the old laws and ways. These days I ask myself "what kind of world do you want to live in?"
Greg, I think it's amazing that you've put in your time to build something for your kids' school! Money is easy to give (if you have anything to spare, that is), but time is much more valuable. So kudos to you.
I like what you say about following our own conscience. I give to those charities that do work that I feel is important. I'm not able to give a lot, but I do get a warm fuzzy when I give. I'm not afraid to say no to charities that I'm not familiar with or that I don't agree with.
The article does make me wonder if there's more that I can do, though, as far as volunteering my time. I'm going to keep my eyes open for something that piques my interest!
What a great attitude, John!
I feel the same way John, I found a charity here run by a church, they feed people every day, they ask no questions, they don't force prayer on them or religion, they don't even feed them in a church, they rent a converted warehouse half of which is used for a thrift store they run to raise money to feed the community. So long as they don't proselytize, I donate to them. I donate to our local Habitat For Humanity often, as well as our PTA thrift store and local Veterans organizations and several children's charities.
To answer the question I'm lower middle class and yes, I donate time, money and items to charities of all kinds.
starvation army banked off foreclosure scam meltdowns and faith based init. from bush..
tithe!? ha bs
15 bucks or so a year.. $ for server m dns protection i bet
anyhew'... if someone born into poverty gets a laptop (OLPC, check that)
and learns the sciences; gets job out of the shit thanks to secular funding.. hello
I donate quite a bit. Much is via the community fund which allows direction into what charities we prefer. I research the charities. None goes to boy scouts, salvation army, or other religious groups. This year most went to health care or health promotion for underserved minority communities. Other years it has been to the local free clinic, or to environmental causes.
Donating time is difficult to me because of my long work hours and the interactions with people. I need breaks from homo sapiens. People can be too much.
The "elitist" canard is a cheap shot. Whatever people do to support their community, contributes.
I know the religious community never spends money to put up billboards supporting their point of view.
Or ostentatious churches. They are spending all of their efforts supporting the poor.
I was a homeless vet for eleven years, after my wife divorced me over epilepsy and the courts gave her 80% of my disability pay for alimony. I note there was little or no aid from either atheists or religious.
As for myself, I do not toot my horn on what I do donate or time I volunteer; I just do it. On the other hand, such surveys do not really hold much water: it looks good to say you donate money or time, and surveys only indicate the answers of those willing to answer them.
Je donne de l'argent pour serveuses et chauffeurs de taxi, mais pas aux organismes de bienfaisance enregistrés. Je crois que tout le monde devrait donner à la charité, sauf pour moi.
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UPDATE! Horrific and heartless
The search for a lost cat named Jack in the city of Port Arthur led to the discovery of inhumane practices and mistreatment of animals by employees of the animal control department there, an investigation by The Examiner has found.
When Fran Christian realized her 13-year-old cat, Jack, had somehow escaped her apartment July 1, she immediately began a door-to-door search for her beloved pet. In addition to speaking with her neighbors, she contacted the Port Arthur Animal Control to see if they might have captured her feline friend, but she was given a resounding "No" by employees there. But as the search for Jack continued, she learned animal control had indeed picked up her cat after it ran inside another person's home it likely thought to be its own.
Christian said when she spoke with that homeowner, she was told an animal control officer attempted six times to sedate her cat with a dart but kept missing. When he finally hit Jack in the paw, the animal went down and he put it in his truck and left.
Having heard that story, Christian went to animal control and asked about Jack and was told the department had not captured her cat. But she knew that wasn't true and dialed a phone number the woman said she called when Jack ran inside her home. That's when the phone rang inside the building. Christian said an animal control officer finally confirmed her cat was captured but the animal had escaped as the officer was trying to get it out of his truck.
"How can a sedated animal escape?" Christian asked. "It makes no sense but they tell me that my cat is 'at-large' like he is a criminal or something."
Christian said she contacted Mayor Bobbie Prince's office, which directed her to Lawrence Baker, the director of Port Arthur's Community Services Department, who oversees animal control. She said Baker was rude to her but said he would find out about her cat – and he told her the same story she received from animal control – Jack was at-large.
So, every night since Jack allegedly broke out of the pound, Christian and her sister have walked the streets of downtown Port Arthur calling for Jack in hopes that he will come out from where he is supposedly hiding.
She said she had been to the shelter many times and each time she noticed a foul odor from the area where the animal control trucks were parked behind the building, but she thought the department might be using dead fish to trap cats and other animals.
On Tuesday, July 12, at about 9:45 p.m., Christian said the gate was unlocked so she and her sister went inside the fenced-in area behind the building. She said she didn't find Jack but what she discovered was gruesome and disturbing. Since she had already contacted The Examiner seeking help in dealing with animal control, she called the reporter and asked what to do.
"I couldn't look at it," Christian said. "It made me sick to my stomach."
When the reporter arrived about 30 minutes later, he was immediately overcome with the stench of rotting animals. Christian and her sister directed him to a dark blue pickup truck parked near a wooden fence that was the source of the odor. When he looked in the bed of the truck, he observed the skeletal remains of at least four cats, two dogs and other animals that were covered in maggots and flies. As he walked around the truck, he could also see where the bodily fluids of the animals were leaking through the rusty truck bed and dripping onto the ground.
Since the group was inside the fenced area, they looked around and also found at least six small cats and a dog locked in cages without food or water that were crying out. One of the kittens had been put into the cage with an extension cord wrapped around its neck. And in the bed of another truck, they found a live raccoon that had been caught in a trap and placed next to a caged baby kitten no more than a few weeks old. Neither of those animals had been provided food or water and both were less than 10 feet from the pile of dead, rotting animal carcasses in the other truck.
At that point, the reporter went to the Port Arthur Police Department and spoke Sgt. S.L. Davis asking him to check on the animals that were still alive. When Davis arrived at animal control, he appeared shocked at what he saw and said the animals were being treated cruelly. He contacted police dispatchers and asked them to contact Baker.Before leaving, Davis told the newspaper that Baker was sending his senior animal control officer – Ervin Thomas – to the scene in order to take care of the problem.The Examiner obtained a copy of a memorandum Sgt. Davis wrote early Wednesday morning to PAPD Major Raymond Clark, which states, "I advised him (Baker) that someone would need to come out and at least take care of the live animals tonight as it was cruel for them to be left in that type of state."
When Thomas arrived at the animal control office, the reporter began asking him questions about how more than a half-dozen cats and a dog could be left without food or water or how the baby kitten and the raccoon could be locked in the bed of a pickup truck.
His reply was the animals in the cages were "animals that people come and drop off when we aren't here."
But the next day Baker told the newspaper the gate is supposed to be locked, which would prevent such a practice. He told the newspaper he was upset because he wasn't aware the department hadn't replaced a $5 lock that was broken. But somehow Thomas found a working lock when he chained the gate closed to keep the reporter out of the fenced area.
Thomas continued explaining that the animals were put into the cages by people who didn't want them and they had done so by entering the fenced area, opening the cages and putting the animals inside all between the time officers left for the day at 5 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. when Christian and her sister contacted the newspaper."Exactly; they can drop off animals at any time," he said. "Hey, we come here all the time and we may have (sic) full, full of stuff."
At that point the reporter asked if a video camera pointing toward the back fence was functioning and Thomas said it was; however, the reporter was later told by Baker the camera system "hadn't worked in some time."
When asked about the dead animals in the truck, Thomas said, "That is our landfill truck. The animals that we euthanize, they go to the landfill."
But Thomas changed his story when asked why the animals were just left to rot in the truck.
"Those animals are already dead," he said. "These are animals we picked up dead off the road. That is the landfill truck. We air that truck up (the truck had a flat tire) every time we get ready to move it."
He didn't have an answer when asked about another animal carcass that was found rotting in an alcove area next to the rear door of the animal control building. That animal had obviously been there for a while as the concrete was stained from where the animal had decayed.
At that point, Thomas accused the reporter, who was standing in the alley behind the facility, of trespassing and he called the police.
"You know you are trespassing," he said. "You don't have anything. It don't mean nothing, whatever you are trying to do."
A short time later, Sgt. Davis returned to the facility and told Thomas there was nothing he could do to stop the reporter from taking photos because no laws were being broken. He also indicated the same in his memo to Odom.
"I was called back over by Mr. Thomas who was upset that (the reporter) was taking pictures," Davis wrote. "I explained to Thomas that as long as (he) did not interfere with him doing his job, there was nothing I could do about (him) taking pictures. I left the scene. I just wanted to advise you of this, as I am sure it will be in The Examiner next week."
It took Thomas more than 20 minutes to stop talking on his cell phone before he gave food and water to the animals in the cages. An hour later, he finally did the same for the caged kitten in the pickup, but he did so only after he positioned the truck so the reporter couldn't get a photo of him putting a cord around its neck and dragging it out.Thomas is no stranger to controversy or to The Examiner. In February 2008, the newspaper exposed how he used a .22 caliber rifle to kill what he said was a viscous 13-inch tall dachshund. That incident led to a policy change regarding the use of firearms by animal control officers.
After hearing the chain of events and being shown a number of photos, Baker said he was extremely concerned. He promised a "full investigation" and that he would get to the bottom of the matter.
"First, I would like to thank you for bringing this issue to my attention," he said. "We are concerned that all of the animals are taken care of properly. That is why last night when I got the call, I am very upset that the gate was open and that based on the information that was given to me that things weren't done properly. We are looking into that matter to make sure that it doesn't happen again. He said the lock they were using was broken and they hadn't replaced it. I have addressed that and we are in the process of getting a lock so that won't be the case anymore.
"I am trying to find out where the animals came from and how they got there. Once I get that information, I will have a better feel for what happened, how it happened and we will put whatever precautions or safeguards in to avoid that from happening in the future."
Baker said proper protocol is that animals are to be placed in bags and put into a freezer until they are transported to the landfill. But he said he was told the freezer was too full to hold the large yellow Labrador that was seen decaying in the back of the pickup. However, a photo taken that evening shows the freezer contained only a couple of animals and would have easily contained the Labrador and the other animal remains.
"Usually we freeze them overnight and bring them to the landfill, but yesterday the landfill was closed because of the rain," Baker said. It was not immediately known if the landfill was closed on Tuesday.
Port Arthur City Manager Steve Fitzgibbons said there was no excuse for the animals being treated the way they were. He said the supervisor who works at the animal control office has been out since Friday, and he wants to know if she was aware of the conditions.
"Why would they leave dead animals on that truck for very long? Just the stench would be terrible," he said. "I don't have all the information at this time. We have a lot to look at but in any event this should not have been the case. We need to find out what we can find out regardless of whether it was before she (the supervisor) was out on Friday. It shouldn't have happened but it would be interesting to see how long these practices and procedures have been happening.
"That is a serious, serious issue. The animals that are dead are dead, but when it comes to those that are alive, they need to be treated in a humane manner."
The situation also struck a nerve with a Port Arthur City Councilmember, who reached out to the newspaper after hearing about the conditions at the animal control department.
"It isn't right, and we are going to make sure it is addressed," said Councilman John Beard. "I will not tolerate this."
Councilman Bob Williamson was also angry over the matter and sent the following e-mail around noon Wednesday.
"I wanted to personally thank you for investigating this incident and bringing your discovery to our attention," he wrote. "You have obviously uncovered intolerable conditions and you rescued some animals from a terrible fate. I also extend my thanks to that person who alerted you. This news is indeed troubling. I intend to be certain that we identify all those who are responsible for this and hold them accountable. I also intend to be certain that we pursue a permanent remedy with all speed."
Christian said she feels some comfort knowing the city appears to be taking the issue seriously but she is still grieving over the loss of her pet. She said she doesn't believe Jack escaped and fears animal control officers are lying to her about his fate. She said she is afraid her friend of 13-years was euthanized and throw in among the rotting corpses of other animals tossed in the back of the truck at animal control.


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London necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
Destination Needlepoint
Right now, in order to sell their designs, needlepoint artists have to go through the TNNA (National Needlearts Association) to go to these expensive conventions held nationally only 3x a year. These shows are really pricey for us, especially in this economy.
We are building a website for artists to show off their designs WITHOUT having to buy expensive flights, book expensive hotel rooms, etc. to show the stores our newest designs in order to get MORE sales & reach MORE shops without the usual bureaucratic stuff.
We want to create a place that will allow established artists to show off their new designs on a regular basis without having to pay thousands of dollars for the chance to reach stores. Also, NEW artists can have a great way to become more "known" as shops can see their designs online & buy from them!
We need a logo that will appeal to artists who will want to display their new designs & shops who will want to buy here. We're going to be online tradeshow, a Destination for artists and shops to interact together.
We want to appeal to the artists to give them a clean, crisp professional website look to show off their new designs. Many needlepoint websites are stuck in the early 90's; we want a modern, clean look that will encompass traditional artists like Elizabeth Bradley (http://www.ElizabethBradley.com) along with fresh artists like Kelly Clark Needlepoint (http://www.KellyClarkNeedlepoint.com).
Needlepoint stores will have to want to shop here, too, and many needlepoint shop owners have a lot of disposable income, so we need to appeal to a higher-end market here.
We're pretty open, but I'd like to have the design in a .psd, and ,jpg on a transparent background & at least 800 pixels on the largest end (always easier to make smaller than enlarge!)
Also, our current website has a blue theme, so we'll need the logo in either White or Black or even a combination with blue elements is fine; it just has to stand up from the page.
Maybe the use of a map or spyglass or something to emphasize the "Destination" part of the logo would be helpful!
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It still seems more likely than not that the Senate will confirm Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. But today, there are signs that Senate Republicans may have enough votes to block his nomination while they wait for more information.
According to Politico, Sen. Roy Blunt says he believes there are 40 Senators whose votes would reflect the view that "it's too quick to end the debate on this nomination." 41 such Senators would be sufficient to prevent confirmation for the time being.
Blunt referred to the fact that Hagel has not yet responded to requests for information (such as payments to him by foreign entities). He expressed confidence that Hagel will provide the requested information. Whether that confidence is justified, or even genuine, I do not know. But Hagel shouldn't get an up-or-down vote until he provides the info.
Meanwhile, John McCain plays Hamlet. Having previously said that the Senate shouldn't filibuster Hagel, McCain now says he hasn't made up his mind about whether he will vote to end debate and allow a floor vote on the former Nebraska senator's confirmation. McCain is waiting to see whether President Obama responds to questions about his action (or inaction) during the attack on our consulate in Benghazi.
McCain's long-time side-kick, Lindsey Graham, has tried to tie an up-or-down vote on the Hagel nomination to Obama answering questions about Benghazi. It's an improper linkage because, as I argued here, Obama's response to the Benghazi attack has nothing to do with Hagel's fitness for Secretary of Defense.
McCain and Graham should be focused on Hagel's unwillingness to provide information, not Obama's. Then, perhaps, Senate Republicans could take a coherent and effective "no confirmation without information" stance.


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On the back of Chris Jericho's A Lion's Tale: Around The World In Spandex Mick Foley writes about how much he enjoyed reading the book. "Suddenly, all that enjoyment stopped and a wave of momentary panic crashed right into my literary ego. 'Oh no,' I thought. 'What if this book is better than mine?'" With all due respect to Mick, he may just be right.
Starting with Jericho's youth growing up in Winnipeg as the son of former NHL hockey player Ted Irvine, and closing with his WWF debut, the book is broken up into ten parts. "Winnipeg" focuses on Jericho's initial love of the business and his youth. "Calgary" brings Jericho to his training at the Hart Brothers camp in Okotoks. Part three, "Wichita and Elsewhere" speaks of his early days in the business and traveling around for virtually nothing, being paid in hot dogs and glasses of orange juice.
It is from part four onward that Jericho fans will start to recognize parts of his career that they have followed. "Mexico" takes Jericho south of the border, where he narrowly escaped being called He-Man and takes on the name Leon D'Oro (Golden Lion) that would later morph into the Lionheart nickname that he carried on for a large chunk of his career. It is in this chapter that Jericho discusses some initial problems with fellow Canadian Vampiro, as well as the early days of his relationship with Eddy Guerrero and Art Barr.
From Mexico it is on to part five, "Germany" about Jericho working a tournament in a tent and meeting Fit Finlay for the first time. It is then on to "Knoxville" which covers his time with Lance Storm as The Thrillseekers in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. The chapter details the infamous angle where Jericho was bloodied heavily by The Heavenly Bodies. The section also contains stories about the always entertaining Jim Cornette, including the fact that it was Jericho who videotaped Cornette's infamous profanity-laced tirade at a Dairy Queen.
"Japan" is where Chris Jericho really burst onto the wrestling world's consciousness with his Super J Cup tournament match against Chris Benoit in 1995. It took awhile to get to that match, and Jericho's brief time in FMW and extensive tours with WAR, including his classics with Ultimo Dragon and later in the book his horrendous one night run as "Super Liger" are touched upon.
"Philadelphia" is where Chris Jericho became extreme. While Jericho's time in ECW was brief, it was memorable. While only 14 pages long, the section provides an interesting look into Jericho's time there, his TV title run, and dealing with Paul Heyman.
"Atlanta" provides a similar look at WCW as many other DVDs and books. Jericho writes that he was doomed from the start when meeting Eric Bischoff to discuss and sign a contract he asked "so who's the third member (of the upcoming start of the NOW angle) going to be?" Initially saddled with a generic babyface gimmick, the section covers the struggles he had to be noticed amidst a huge roster, his heel turn, classic feud with Dean Malenko, and all of the political strife that came with working in WCW during the late 1990s. Proof of this comes in statements like Terry Taylor coming to Jericho the night before his Halloween Havoc 97 and telling him he would lose to Japanese wrestler Gedo, stating, "Well at least you'll be on the show. The boss can take a look at you and see what you can do." Jericho had been with the company for over a year.
Also of interest is Jericho's "feud" with Goldberg towards the end of his run. Jericho speaks about lobbying and pushing a feud that made sense, still put over Goldberg, but gave the fans what they wanted. After a tremendous build up, the feud was dropped and Jericho was in a meaningless feud with Bobby Duncum Jr. It was the beginning of the end as Jericho made plans to leave WCW. The disorganization WCW was legendary for comes shining through as Jericho had agreed verbally to a new contract, but never actually received it.
The book wraps with "New York, New York." In it Jericho speaks about the death of Owen Hart, who he one day hoped to be tag team champions in the WWF with. After talking about preparing for his first promo, including his handwritten notes, the book ends with the countdown to his 1999 debut and verbal joust with The Rock, leaving the door wide open for a sequel.
Jericho's personality is a major selling point for the book. While it is co-authored by Peter Thomas Fornatale, it is Jericho's voice that comes out of the pages. His unique sense of humour results in many legitimate laugh out loud moments (and a few funny looks from people around you). Early in the book he discusses his youth spent trying to get wrestlers autographs when they would come to Winnipeg, and some of the responses he got from '80s stars like Koko B. Ware, Sika and The Dynamite Kid are pretty amusing. The book is also filled with pictures throughout Jericho's career.
Aside from many of the jokes, the heart of the story is honest and emotional. A consistent thread throughout the book is the loss of Jericho's brothers, starting with Art Barr and moving forward through far to many. Also touched upon is the tragedy that left Jericho's mother paralyzed, his parents divorce, and a brief look at the start of his relationship to his wife, Jessica.
Jericho does tell some interesting tales that may surprise people. The fact that none of the Hart Brothers really had anything to do with his training despite the camp being in their name certainly clears up some misconceptions about Jericho's career. His interactions with people like Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Jim Cornette, and many others adds Jericho's own insight to the stories of their lives. If there is one flaw in the book, it is that Jericho at times flows from one story to another without getting any details. Having interviewed so many wrestlers and listened to their stories, I could spend hours listening to them speak. Trying to cram nine years into 411 pages is a daunting task for certain, and left me wishing I had more.
Canadian wrestling fans will see a few familiar names within these pages as well. There are many amusing stories about Lance Storm, from their early days where Lance was a better student than Chris to their days in Smokey Mountain Wrestling. Bret Como (The Black Dragon), Lenny St. Clair (Dr. Luther), Rick Bognar (Big Titan), and Mike Lozanski all get mentioned many times throughout the book.
Chris Benoit is also a major influence throughout the book, as he was on Jericho's career. The book was complete and ready to go to press when June's murder-suicide happened. Jericho includes a note at the beginning of the story that the man in the book is not the one from his final days of life. Inside the book is a photo of Jericho, Stu Hart and Chris and Nancy Benoit at the funeral of Owen Hart. Under it Jericho writes, "I debated for weeks whether or not to include this picture and I changed my mind a dozen times. In the end, I felt that to pull this picture would suggest that Chris and Nancy never existed. But they did exist and they loved each other and I loved them. So it stayed."
Jericho's story is that of one of the last men to go through the "old school" style of breaking into the business -- working small independents and territories, working into international markets, and then going through the "big three" of ECW, the WCW, and the WWF. Longtime fans of Jericho's will find new insight into his career and thoroughly enjoy this book. People who have only watched him since the birth of Y2J in the WWF will enjoy reading about his history. And everyone will close the book and wait with anticipation in hopes of reading the next chapter of his life story. Anyone who is a wrestling fan should have a copy of A Lions Tale: Around The World In Spandex in their home library. It's a book you'll revisit again and again.


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6 Tips for Buying the Best Bike for You (No. 1: Now's the Time!)
On Monday, I told you about three sports that are even better in the fall. And if you read it, you may have been thinking: How could she leave out biking?
It's not that I left it out, exactly; in all honesty, I've been doing little but biking for the last few weeks in preparation for my upcoming Toyota SheRox Triathlon in San Diego on October 21. (I'll be there competing on behalf of SELF, along with several editors from other magazines and fitness websites!) It's just that biking is so awesome, it deserves its own post -- especially because now's a great time to get started.
Last week, I caught up with Jackie Baker, marketing manager at Liv/giant -- a cycling brand that's dedicated solely to the female rider, but is also part of Giant, the world's largest bike company. (Full disclosure: It's also the brand I'll be riding in my tri!) Baker took a break from pedaling the Tour de Pink to give me her best advice for choosing a bike and making the best purchase, no matter what your goals are.
1. Fall is a great time
Cycling season may be winding down soon, but that makes right now the perfect time to buy a bike, says Baker. "The 2013 [bikes] started arriving at retailers in August, and many will still have 2012 [bikes] on the floor that they'd like to sell so they can make room for the new bikes." This could mean a limited selection, but great deals on what's left. "Also, there's nothing better than being the first of your friends to get the brand-new model, and now's a great time for that, too!"
2. Ask yourself the two W's
"Before you think about price range, color, size or anything like that, you want to think about where you're going to be riding this bike and who you'll be riding it with," says Baker. "Someone who rides on trails and dirt roads needs a different bike than someone who rides to work every day in a dress, and she needs a different bike than someone who wants to compete in races." Take a cue from your riding partners, as well. If your friends all have road bikes, it might make sense for you to ride one, too. (See SELF's buyer's guide for bike suggestions to fit every personality.)
3. Find the right fit
Bikes are not one-size-fits-all, and it helps to know a few of your basic measurements -- like your height and inseam -- when shopping for one. (Salespeople can always measure you in the store, but this is especially important if you're buying online or secondhand.) Look first at women's models, says Baker: "I would never say that every woman has to ride a woman's bike, because we're all built differently. But typically, women are smaller, with longer inseams and shorter torsos. We build our bikes to reflect those proportions." The technicians in-store can change your seat height and handlebar position, but ideally, you want to find something that doesn't need a lot of adjustment. "You know you've found the right bike when you only need a few tiny tweaks to make it right."
4. Budget for accessories
"Whatever your budget is for your bike, figure in about $50 of that for a helmet." Even if you have a helmet already, there's a good chance you may need another one: The foam inside can dry up and wear out after about three years. Other gear you should buy the same day or soon after: A pair of bike shorts with padding to keep you comfortable on long rides, a bell and a flat-fix kit that contains a spare tube and the tools you need to change a tire (or to provide to the Good Samaritan who helps when you don't know what you're doing!).
5. Know how to shift
This may seem obvious, especially if you've ridden a bike before with multiple gears. But different bikes contain different shifting mechanisms, and if you haven't ridden with a specific style in the past, it's good to take a refresher course before you leave the store and get out on the open road.
6. Get a maintenance schedule
Ask your bike retailer about when your bike will need servicing, and what, if anything, comes with your purchase. Most stores will provide a heavily discounted or free first tune-up, or discounted service for the first year or so. Take advantage of it by setting a reminder in your calendar for a future visit: It may take a few days, weeks or months of riding for some of your new bike's kinks to surface, and once you're familiar with it, you'll be better able to explain what needs to be adjusted.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The Pentagon has agreed to pay $2.4 million to U.S. service members whose separation pay was cut in half because they were discharged for homosexuality.
The landmark settlement follows a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on behalf of 181 service members who were dismissed under the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, The Hill reported.
Federal law entitles service members to separation pay if they have been involuntarily and honorably discharged after completing at least six years of service, the ACLU said.
However, the Department of Defense decided to cut separation pay in half for any service member discharged for homosexuality.
Laura Schauer Ives, managing attorney for the ACLU of New Mexico, said those service members were subjected to "a double dose of discrimination" by being removed from the armed forces and then denied full separation pay.
An average payout of $13,000 will go to each of the 181 service members, the ACLU said.


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Utah boy's letter: 'Grown-ups killed my kitty'
SALT LAKE CITY -- An 8-year-old Utah boy wrote a letter to his local newspaper after an animal shelter worker failed to write a note to save his cat from being euthanized. "Yesterday grown-ups killed my kitty, my best friend, when they weren't supposed to," he said.
The letter appeared in The Herald Journal, of Logan, on Thursday. By Friday, it had received the fourth-most comments on the newspaper's website -- behind three letters about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Some berated the shelter for failing to keep the cat safe. Others criticized the family for letting the cat outside, failing to have it on a leash or not looking for the cat at the shelter sooner. Still others faulted the neighbors who had trapped the cat and denied having seen it when asked.
But the boy, Rayden Sazama, just wanted to share his love of his cat, Toothless.
"I just wanted to tell people about Toothless -- that I loved him," he told The Associated Press through his father, Jason Sazama, on Friday. "And that people shouldn't lie."
Sazama said he's surprised how many people didn't get the point of Rayden's letter, which the boy dictated to his grandfather: "It was about a boy sharing his love for his cat -- and saying, 'C'mon grown-ups.'"
Toothless, a fluffy, black cat who roamed the cow pasture next door and often brought home "presents" of field mice, slipped out his kitty door Sept. 28 and didn't return home. By Sunday, Rayden and his younger brother, Devin, were going door to door, asking neighbors if they had seen the cat.
Everyone said they hadn't seen Toothless.
Jason Sazama checked the Cache Humane Society's website but didn't see any photos resembling Toothless. After two busy days on the road for work, he decided to swing by the organization's shelter Tuesday to see if Toothless had turned up.
The shelter had already closed for the evening, but a worker allowed Sazama inside, where Toothless sat in a cage. There was just one problem: Sazama still needed to pay the impound fee at a government building that was also closed.
The worker assured Sazama the cat would be fine, and he returned home, crowing: "I found Toothless! We'll get him tomorrow."
But when Sazama returned the next day, the receipt for his impound payment in hand, he discovered that Toothless had already been euthanized. The worker had forgotten to put a note on the cage.
The Cache Humane Society did not return a telephone message Friday from the AP. When reached by The Herald Journal, Director Brenda Smith confirmed Rayden's story, saying the boy's father had visited the shelter after business hours, when the worker was busy training another employee.
"She let him in to look for the cat, but unfortunately, in training someone she forgot to leave a note on the cat's cage," Smith told the newspaper. "I've just been sick about it, and so has she."
Sazama said he has no ill will toward the shelter.
"I had to explain to my son that several adults made mistakes here," he said. "The worker made a mistake, and I should have gone to the shelter sooner."
Sazama said he even understood why the neighbors trapped the cat; he hadn't known that Toothless had been visiting the neighbors' sandbox and leaving different kinds of presents there.
But Rayden said in his letter that the neighbors lied when he asked them if they had seen the cat. "My dad and mom tell me and Devin not to lie and that is right," he said.
"Now I don't know what to do," the letter concludes. "My cat Toothless is dead; the people that killed him didn't even give him to my dad so we could bury him. What do I do now?"


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Republicans build on Romney debate momentum at Royal Oak phone bank WITH VIDEO
ROYAL OAK -- Pamela Smith of Ferndale usually limits her Republican volunteer work to knocking on doors on Saturdays, but she was eager to work a phone bank Thursday.
"I'm so excited about the debate, I wanted to do something right away," the freelance court reporter said at the GOP's Royal Oak Victory Center, which is one of 23 in Michigan.
Republicans are energized after Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's strong performance during his first debate against President Barack Obama on Wednesday night.
Smith and about a dozen other volunteers seized the opportunity to build on Romney's bounce at the phone bank, where they got plenty of encouragement from state GOP leaders.
"You can feel the momentum building here," U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, told volunteers. "And, if we can feel it here in Michigan, you know they are feeling it in Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Colorado, and all these critical states."
Miller said political attack ads will have diminishing returns as voters wait for the next debate between the vice presidential candidates on Oct. 11 and a town hall meeting with Obama and Romney on Oct. 16.
"It's a ground game now," Miller said at what was billed as a "debate response event."
Standing by a poster that says Oct. 6 is "super Saturday," Michigan Republic Party Chairman Bobby Schostak said data collected by volunteers this weekend will position the state GOP to make 250,000 phone calls and door knocks every day in the final week and half leading up to Election Day on Nov. 6.
"That means in 10 days we'll have 2.5 million voters hear from us," Schostak said. "That's our goal to turn out 2.5 million voters likely to vote Republican."
He also is challenging party supporters to try and sway 10 undecided voters.
"More than ads, phone calls and door knocks, if someone trusts you, you can convince them," he said.
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said he thinks the number of undecided voters is even smaller following the first debate, by which most accounts Romney won.
"Undecided voters were primarily undecided because they didn't know Mitt well," he said.
Romney came off as better prepared and appearing presidential at a time even some conservatives were criticizing his campaign and poll numbers.
Former state senator Mike Bishop told GOP volunteers it was therapeutic for him to watch the debate.
"I expect these polls will change over the next couple weeks," he said. "We are awakened. People will be emboldened about what they saw."
Smith also has renewed faith in her candidate.
"I just spoke to a woman who usually votes straight Democrat," she said. "She said she was undecided but after the debate she may go for Romney."
Frank Houston, chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party, isn't worried. He said Michigan remains a purple state leaning toward Obama and the same goes for the county.
"In Oakland County over 20,000 jobs were created in the last year or so and only a few thousand of them were not auto related," Houston said. "If the president hadn't pushed the auto recovery with the bridge loans, the auto industry in Michigan would be far different."


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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha songwriter is releasing two new CDs of love songs created for same-sex marriages.
Karen Sokolof Javitch says she wanted to make sure gay couples had some of their own love songs, so she wrote the songs for the "Women in Love" and "Men in Love" CDs.
An assortment of male and female artists sang the songs. The CDs were produced by Chuck Pennington, who is part of Mannheim Steamroller.
Javitch says she plans to donate 1,000 CDs to national and local gay rights groups.


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If you've ever been Waterfest or H20 — the big VAG-togethers for VW/Audi fans — you know how rabid tuning shop APR's fanbase is. The Alabama-based outfit has been responsible for some major-league hardware and software upgrades.
This week on Tuned, Matt Farah visits the company's 'Bammy headquarters to drive a 560-horsepower (at the wheels) Audi TTRS, and helping out with some development testing on the company's new Stage 3 package.
That's pretty hot for a car based on the VW Golf.


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Controversy seems to follow Lil Wayne wherever he goes, but the rapper's popularity hasn't suffered a bit from his various bouts with the law and his tendency to land in hot water in the court of public opinion. Revered for his street-tough persona, aggressive, nasal-inflected rhymes and the general gruffness of his post-crunk recordings, Wayne is also renowned for his dynamic stage presence and the arena-rock spectacle of his live performances.
The 2013 edition of the America's Most Wanted Festival finds Wayne headlining over longtime compatriot T-Pain and relative upstarts G-Easy and Future. The tour stops by Darien Lake Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets range from $59.75 to $119.75 for reserved seating and $29.75 lawn (www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com).
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Update: KMUD makes audio recording of this nearly three-hour forum available on this website. Audio has been edited into five parts, and can be listened to or downloaded from the links below.
The water rights brochure mentioned during this presentation can be found at http://calsalmon.org/files/documents/tools/RedwoodCreek_WaterRights.pdf
We will include other links mentioned as they become available.
There will be time set aside after the presentations for a question and answer period. The presentation part of the Water Rights Forum will be broadcast live on KMUD from 4 to 6 pm.
Use the player below to hear more about this Water Rights Forum, including an interview with Dana Soltzman, Executive Director of Salmonid Restoration Federation. This story was aired by KMUD News Director, Terri Klemetson on the KMUD Local News Mon., July 8. 2013.
Additional Resources:
- Click here for more information about the Redwood Creek Water Conservation Project.
- Click here for the Redwood Creek Water Conservation Project,South Fork Eel River: Report & Updates.


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text: Show Hide image Politics 20 June 2012 Leader: It is time for Chancellor Merkel to intervene to save Europe Sign-up For more than two years, Europe's leaders have delayed and prevaricated as the survival of the single currency has grown ever less certain. "If the euro fails, then Europe fails," the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said, implying an unconditional commitment to the single currency. Yet her narrow focus on austerity has left it on the brink of collapse. The Greek people, now enduring a fifth year of recession, may have handed a narrow victory to the pro-bailout New Democracy in their country's second election in two months but relief among EU leaders was dispelled when Spanish ten-year bond yields climbed above 7 per cent, the level that forced Greece, Portugal and Ireland to seek bailouts. The prospect that Spain, the eurozone's fourth-largest economy, and Italy, its third-largest, could default on their debts is the greatest threat to the euro's survival. The EU has the firepower to keep Greece in the single currency, in the form of the €750bn European bailout fund, but it would struggle to assemble a rescue fund large enough to save Italy and Spain and the single currency itself. It is this realisation that has finally pushed Mrs Merkel to consider the hitherto unthinkable. Under pressure from Barack Obama, who fears that a eurozone crash could disrupt the fragile US recovery, and the French president, François Hollande, who has won the strongest possible mandate to promote growth rather than austerity, the German chancellor has reportedly agreed to allow the eurozone's bailout fund to buy up the bonds of EU member states in order to reduce borrowing costs. If so, and we await the full details, the move is welcome. To paraphrase Winston Churchill on the US, Germany has done the right thing after exhausting all the available alternatives. There is no guarantee that this strategy will succeed; bond traders may continue their assault on Spain in the expectation that the EU will blink first. But, for the first time since the crisis began, Germany has recognised the need for extraordinary measures. A debt purchase programme would be a step towards the creation of a eurobond market, through which Germany would underwrite the debt of the single currency's poorer members. It is incumbent on Germany, which, as an exporting nation, benefited more than any other from the creation of the euro, to throw its full economic weight behind the currency. In addition, it must tolerate higher-than-average inflation as the price for allowing the peripheral countries to rebalance their economies and increase their competitiveness. From its vantage point outside the eurozone, the British government has delivered a series of increasingly shrill lectures to EU leaders. George Osborne said that the UK's "recovery" was being "killed off" by the crisis. The truth is that the Chancellor accomplished that all by himself. It was his austerity rhetoric (he compared the UK economy to that of Greece) and his measures, most notably the 2.5-point rise in VAT to 20 per cent, and his absurd claim that Britain was on "the brink of bankruptcy", that destroyed confidence and choked off growth. With the exception of Italy, Britain is the only G20 country to have suffered a double-dip recession. In response, Mr Osborne, a "fiscal conservative but a monetary activist", appears to have subcontracted his growth policy to the Bank of England. The latest policy wheeze from Threadneedle Street – an £80bn "funding-for-lending scheme" – will do little to revive the economy at a time when the creditworthy, for fear of worse to come, are unwilling to borrow and those who are willing to borrow are uncreditworthy. The UK's fundamental problem, a collapse in aggregate demand, remains unaddressed. As Mr Osborne is so fond of boasting of the UK's historically low bond yields (though they owe more to the Bank's quantitative easing programme than to his deficit reduction programme), the least he could do is take advantage of them. He should increase borrowing to fund higher infrastructure spending (the most effective stimulus, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility) and tax cuts. The one European leader willing to put the case for stimulus over austerity is Mr Hollande, now buttressed by the first Socialist parliamentary majority since 1998. He has called for a €120bn "compact for growth and jobs" to be agreed at a summit in Brussels later this month and implemented before the end of the year. His plan deserves the support of all EU leaders. While the collapse of the euro may be averted, the danger of enduring stagnation remains. If Europe's prosperity is not to be lost, there will be no alternative to stimulating growth. It is time Mrs Merkel acted accordingly. Subscribe £1 per month This article first appeared in the 25 June 2012 issue of the New Statesman, Europe's most dangerous leader SUBSCRIBE More


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(Rutland, VT) The Lady Clippers earned another win to add to their schedule today. Erin O'Connor had a hat trick to lead the Clippers in scoring. Kylynn Adams added two goals and an assist. Emma Legallais, Sarah Castor, Kim Pratt, Stephanie Wunderley, Brittany Shultz, and Denise Zahui all also scored as the Cleppers cruised to an 11-0 victory. Rebecca Young had two savs on the day to preserve the Clippers shutout. The will face Vermont Technical College tomorrow.


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"No way" and "No how" are American colloquial expressions, which may be used either individually or together to signify one's emphatic disagreement. "Absolutely not" would be a similar British expression.
In this case, using alliteration as a tool, Hilary Clinton was obviously expressing her opinion about Senator John McCain's chances as a Presidential candidate in 2008.
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Boko Haram and the Kidnapped Schoolgirls
The Nigerian terror group reflects the general Islamist hatred of women's rights. When will the West wake up?
Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month, the meaning of Boko Haram—the name used by the terrorist group that seized the girls—has become more widely known. The translation from the Hausa language is usually given in English-language media as "Western Education Is Forbidden," though "Non-Muslim Teaching Is Forbidden" might be more accurate.
But little attention has been paid to the group's formal Arabic name: Jam'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-da'wa wal-Jihad. That roughly translates as "The...


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East and West are battling over computer market share in the north-west African region, with the American-based Compaq making impressive inroads.
In 1999, Compaq had $60 million in computer sales in this region one year after it opened a regional office in Casablanca. This sales figure is equal to its total regional sales of the previous three years. It is estimated that the company's market share in Morocco is 20 percent. German-based Siemens is the leading western company and Hewlett Packard is third. In 1999, total PC sales and associated equipment equaled 100,000 units.
Despite their expanded efforts, western computer companies account for about 50 percent of the overall market. Of all computers hooked into the Internet in Morocco, roughly half were assembled either in Morocco or the South East Asia.
The computers made in the East sold for less than $1,000 and were popular, especially at Internet cafes because of the low price.
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I enjoyed the previous issue on pumps. I was in harbor freight a couple days ago an purchased a 12 vote utility water pump (marine printed on the box....LoL) but for all intense purpose's will have it as a quick replacement should one of the 2 existing pumps fail. . so for an inexspensive back up is stored.
Tips on replacement for my 2 current 12v on demand water pumps. Perhaps best answered by those with more experience on the issue. What are the most popular brands. The price range one could expect to pay for such a pump? My system uses 2 pumps, one is for the commode straight drop . The second pump takes care of kitchen & bathroom sinks, along w/shower. So before I M reminded how ambiguous my question is, its for a HB with 2 adults 3 day outings weekly, if I didn't mention it I don't have it or use, ie dish washer etc....opps there is a Hot water heater...Very normal use dishes to wash, commode to flush seldom use the shower out because the lake works great.
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I understand Harbour Freight wont be where I shop for replacement pump if any of you have a certain outlet you recommend that info would be helpful,
While I have you, has anyone tried using the services of having there pumps rebuilt, IM sure if its a diaphragm style that would be the weakest point, thanks for reading, I have to assume bench time at or near 100$ an hour its cost prohibitive.
lol after rereading my post I realize the back up pump I purchased isn't an on demand style, perhaps a second question later.


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As you are relaxing over the weekend, contemplating how to repurpose the leftover turkey into a tasty new dish, this is a good time to revisit your annual financial goals.
As you are relaxing over the weekend, contemplating how to repurpose the leftover turkey into a tasty new dish, this is a good time to revisit your annual financial goals.
We have about five weeks left in the year, so there is still time to make directional shifts.
Here are a couple of long-term goals which are good to review heading into a new year.
Saving for college can seem like a daunting task, with inflation for college averaging between 6 percent and 7 percent annually.
The 529 savings plans are a tax-advantaged type of qualified tuition program parents can use to save for college.
What was your college savings goal for the year? You still have time to make additional contributions before the end of the year and possibly save on state income taxes, to boot.
New York State's 529 plans allow New York taxpayers up to a $5,000 state tax deduction on annual contributions. Married couples filing jointly in New York can deduct up to $10,000 of contributions annually.
For 2012, you are allowed to contribute the lesser of $17,000 or 100 percent of your compensation to your company-sponsored 401(k). If you are over 50 years old, you are allowed an additional catch-up contribution of $5,500, for a total allowable contribution of $22,500 this year.
How close are you to meeting your annual retirement savings goal? Go online to check your annual contributions to date. Then you can calculate if you are on target to meet your annual savings goal by the end of the year.
If you are not, then consider increasing your contribution amount. Ideally, you could aim to contribute the maximum amount. That may not be feasible, since there are only five weeks left in the year and holiday expenses are vying for your dollars, as well.
However, keep in mind that any increase in your retirement account contributions rewards you twice. First, you get the short-term benefit by decreasing your taxable income for 2012, and then you get the long-term benefit of increased retirement savings.
It is hard to find a holiday gift with as many benefits, as this one is a gift to yourself that will continue giving long into the future.
So, as you are enjoying your leftovers, football and shopping this weekend, take a few minutes to ensure your year-end financial goals are also poised to score a touchdown.
-- Laura Medigovich is a certified financial planner and vice president for M&T Bank's Hudson Valley region. The views expressed by the author are her own and are not endorsed by M&T Bank, M&T Securities or their affiliates.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Best place for next September Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Best place for next September Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> France View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message JRCashJoined: 07 Nov 2006Posts: 91 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: Best place for next September These are the places I'm looking at: Paris. Lens. Nantes. Bordeaux. Saint-Etienne. Lyon. Marseille. Montpellier. Toulouse. Nantes would be one of the top ones, as would Montpellier and Toulouse. Anyone suggest anything?!? Back to top PeterBarJoined: 20 Jul 2006Posts: 145Location: La France profonde Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: Looks like someone likes football Are you a particular fan of Barthez ? Back to top JRCashJoined: 07 Nov 2006Posts: 91 Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: PeterBar wrote: Looks like someone likes football Are you a particular fan of Barthez ? I hate football, I am a rugby fan and that is where the world cup is! Back to top quoi_de_neuf?Joined: 06 Mar 2007Posts: 48 Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject: Montpellier rocks! Back to top JRCashJoined: 07 Nov 2006Posts: 91 Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: quoi_de_neuf? wrote: Montpellier rocks! Montpellier - what is the ease of finding work and is it possible to find a job where you can live on the wage? Back to top quoi_de_neuf?Joined: 06 Mar 2007Posts: 48 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: Sadly, it's not that easy to find work here - but that's the same anywhere in France, to be honest. Paris is the only real exception, but if you DO find work there you'll have high living costs. Montpellier's not too bad for living costs - the public transport's really good and pretty cheap... So if you have to travel to different companies / classes /private tutoring etc it's no problem (trams every 2mins). Rent's reasonable, too and you may get help from the CAF. Eating out is super-cheap and shopping's average (expenditure-wise). It is, therefore, possible to live on the wage offered here (language schools here pay 17+ per hour). you just have to make sure you get plenty of hours!! Let me know if you want any more info Quoi Back to top NmarieJoined: 07 Jun 2006Posts: 85Location: Paris Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: quoi_de_neuf? wrote: Sadly, it's not that easy to find work here - but that's the same anywhere in France, to be honest. Paris is the only real exception, but if you DO find work there you'll have high living costs. Anyone with concrete experience in Marseille or elsewhere seaside? Five years of Paris has been quite enough... Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> France All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Sheryl Sandberg back with new 'Lean In' for graduates
NEW YORK— It's been a year since Sheryl Sandberg came out with "Lean In," her best-selling manifesto for working women. Since then, more than 1.75 million copies have been sold; the book's out in 28 languages and will be in eight more by the end of 2014 (a deal was just made for a Kurdish edition.)
And Sandberg's professed goal of seeing 1,000 Lean In "circles" — small support groups — formed within a year has been exceeded, actually 16 times over. The Lean In foundation says more than 16,000 have formed in 72 countries. Recently, Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, met with one such group in China.
"That was an emotional experience," she said. "I told them this was my dream."
There are also 310 Lean In circles on college campuses, where, Sandberg says, she's found that graduating students are craving more age-specific content than the book provided. And so, "Lean In: For Graduates," out Tuesday, includes the original text enhanced with new chapters, many containing concrete advice for graduates. For example: How to craft a resume (and get rid of those typos!). How to handle a first interview. And how to negotiate a first salary.
Sandberg spoke to The Associated Press this week, her first U.S. interview about the new book. She also addressed those persistent rumors that she may be interested in a future in politics, and the continued debate over the word "bossy." (The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.)
AP: The original book resonated so strongly. Why the need for a new edition?
The most common question I get is, "I really want to 'lean in,' but HOW?" Especially from younger people. So this is an attempt to answer some of those questions. Also, since "Lean In" was published, so many people wrote us these amazing stories that I just wanted a chance to share. The broadening perspective is really good. This gives us a chance to address explicitly women of color. And men 'leaning in.' For one woman, her 'Lean In' moment was testifying against her rapist. It was hard to choose only 12 stories.
You know, if we get to equality, it's going to be THIS generation that does it. And they're going to have to start from the beginning of their careers.
AP: Three years ago, you gave a graduation speech at Barnard, which got everything started. Is there anything different you'd say in that speech today?
Sandberg: Yes, I'm learning a lot from this process. What I would add now is the importance of supporting each other as we "lean in." I think what all these Lean In circles speak to, and what we suspected but didn't know, is how important it is to surround yourself with peers and make an explicit commitment to figuring out what your goals are, and going for it. So I would probably have added: "And don't do this alone!"
AP: How receptive has this new generation been to your message?
Sandberg: I'd say I've found this generation very receptive, and really hungry for specifics. Which is why we got these chapters written. About the smallest things, like don't make typos on your resume! It's a shocking thing how many great graduates from great schools make mistakes. And do basic research. This is not your father's job search.
AP: What about male graduates? Are they thinking about supporting women?
Sandberg: What's clear is that we won't get to equality by just women working on it alone. We only get to equality if men and women work on it. And it has to be men doing it not just as a favor to women in their lives, but because it's good for THEM. And we can't wait until men are senior. It has to be the millennial men coming into the work force.
A bunch of the surveys show that millennial men are much more interested in work-life balance, much more interested in having lives that are meaningful. The real question is, is that going to translate into doing more diapers, doing the laundry? Because that's what this takes.
AP: We have to ask: There have been rumors about your interest in political office in California. Where do you stand?
Sandberg: I'm not running for office. Listen, I love Facebook. I really do. I love tech. I love how we connect people. And I love Lean In! I've met with circles all over the world. I have no plans to give this up.
AP: Let's talk about the word "bossy." You've launched a campaign to ban the word, when talking about girls. Some people have raised objections, saying that "bossy" isn't necessarily a damaging word, or on the other hand that "bossy" behavior is not necessarily to be encouraged.
Sandberg: The goal of Ban Bossy is to make people aware of how deeply entrenched our stereotypes are about women in leadership. It's a program with the Girl Scouts, designed to address a problem, which is that by middle school, more boys than girls want to lead, and that continues into adulthood.
My daughter has been called bossy. Lots of little girls are. My son has never been called bossy. And those patterns continue.
Listen, I always say: Next time you're about to call a little girl bossy, say instead that that she has executive leadership skills. Everyone laughs. But then I say, think about saying that a boy has executive leadership skills. Nobody laughs. It's not funny! What that points out is how different our expectations are about boys and girls.
So the debate about "bossy" is fantastic, because every single person who talks about it starts out by acknowledging that we have different expectations for leadership in girls and boys — which is exactly what the point was.
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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans.
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program offers two different tracks for individual placement: (1) a residential track that includes a nine-to-12-month placement in Washington, D.C. or at a state agency (as a legislative assistant in Congress, a professional staff member in an executive branch agency or in a policy organization); and (2) a non-residential track that includes a health policy project and brief placement(s) throughout the year at relevant sites. Nonresidential fellows may focus their policy project at a community, state, federal or global level. Core program components focused on career development and professional enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks.
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- Harold Alan Pincus MD, Director
- Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, Deputy Director
Fellows will be selected each year through a national competition based on their commitment to health and aging issues, leadership potential, and interest in impacting policy. The program has a broad interdisciplinary focus, and fellows have included physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, dieticians, healthcare administrators, epidemiologists, economists, and lawyers from academic and practice settings, spanning career stages from newly minted PhDs to senior professors and community leaders.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its territories who have career plans that anticipate continued work in the U.S. after the fellowship period. The program seeks to achieve racial, ethnic, gender, and discipline diversity; applicants from groups that historically have been underrepresented are strongly encouraged to apply.
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