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Him BUSHAMA
How Warmongering
Republicans and Neocons Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love Obama
By Servando Gonzalez
Copyright © 2011. All
rights reserved.
The 2008 election brought to the White House another CFR-controlled
puppet. A few days after he moved into the White House, it became
evident that, contrary to the promised change, Obama's policies
would seamlessly continue Bush's policies. In short, Obama
is actually Bushama.
Proof of it is that one of the harshest indictments against Obama
was made by Naomi Wolf in her book The End of America: Letter
of Warning to a Young Patriot.[1] Curiously, the subject
of her book, published in 2007, was not Obama, but George W. Bush.
Just a few days after the election, some observers of the political
scene noticed that many of Bush's neocons were delighted
with the new tenant in the White House. An article published in
the English-language edition of the Swiss newspaper Zeit-Fragen,
reported that David Brooks, Richard Perle, Max Boot, Mona Charen
and other leading members of the neocon/neonazi cabal, were ecstatic
over Bushama's appointments — most of them CFR members.
Joining the neocon dissonant chorus, pseudo-conservative professional
disinformer Rush Limbaugh highly praised the appointment of Hillary
Clinton as secretary of state, and qualified Obama's decision
as "brilliant." As a way of payment, Obama publicly
criticized Limbaugh, in a subtle effort to strengthen his damaged
bona fides vis-à-vis a growing number of his disenchanted
listeners who have growing suspicions that the radio host is not
what he claims to be.
Another voice of the pro-Obama chorus, faux-conservative David
Horowitz, scolded concerned conservative activists filing lawsuits
regarding Obama's citizenship status. Apparently, not because
he did not believe the claims about Obama's illegitimacy,
but rather because the new CFR puppet had already shown his true
hawkish nature — a fact he believed conservatives should
appreciate.[2 ]
Obama's authorization to increase military operations in
Afghanistan, the illegal bombing of Libya, and other paramiliary
operations, has sounded like celestial music to the Pentagon,
the armaments industry, and the warmongers of the right and the
left. It is not surprising to discover, however, that not many
of the hyperpatriotic warmongers have allowed their sons and daughters
to enlist in the U.S. armed forces.
The last step in this amazing transformation took place in early
May 2011. After Bushama told gullible Americans his version of
Osama bin-Laden's death, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark
Levin, and even Glenn Beck,[3] congratulated him for his leadership
and mucho machismo in ordering the assassination. In
addition, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, Karl Rove and other former
members of the Bush administration, joined the dissonant chorus
singing their praise for Obama.[4] Giving further proof of the
truth in Samuel Johnson's dictum that patriotism is the
last refuge of the scoundrel, both branches of the Repucratic
party in Congress joined forces in praising Bushama.
Adding weight to the argument that Obama is actually Bushama,
is the fact that, every passing day, the alleged assassination
of bin-Laden more and more resembles the 9/11 false flag operation.
As in the case of the 9/11 events, the cover-up has been more
revealing than the operation itself.
For example, just a few hours after Bush offered his version of
the 9/11 events, conflicting versions began appearing. Moreover,
a few days later it was known that government officials and other
mysterious personnel had devoted an inordinate amount of time
destroying the evidence. Just a few minutes after something crashed
against the Pentagon, photos showed a line of Pentagon employees,
picking up the pieces of the alleged plane in an effort to hide
the evidence.
In the same fashion, just a few hours after Bushama informed the
American people about the bin-Laden operation, conflicting versions
kept flowing, forcing Bushama's mouthpieces to modify version
after version. According to the first version, bin-Laden opposed
armed resistance to the assassination team and one of his wives
had been killed when bin-Laden used her as a human shield. Later,
however, it was reported that he was unarmed, he didn't
resist the Navy Seals, and none of his wives had been killed.[5]
In addition, no pictures of bin-Laden's body have been shown
to the public, and, in an obvious attempt to destroy the evidence,
his cadaver allegedly was buried at sea. No photos of the burial
have been provided.
On the other hand, there is growing evidence pointing to the fact
that Osama bin-Laden has been dead for many years, and that the
recent mise en scène is nothing but the continuation
of a disinformation exercise conceived in the times of George
W. Bush.[6] According to some reliable sources, bin-Laden died
in late 2001 or early 2002, and his cadaver was put on ice, waiting
for the right moment to use it as a political tool.[7]
Finally, probably one of the most reprehensible things brought
by George W. Bush's "War on Terror" was his
acceptance of torture, particularly water boarding — conveniently
disguised under the euphemism "enhanced interrogation technique"
—, as an alleged mean to extract information from war prisoners.
Surprisingly, most of his followers of the Republican religious
right, who call themselves Christians, accepted, approved and
apparently enjoyed the abomination.
But now, one of the by-products of the bin-Laden operation is
the notion that the information to locate his hideout was obtained
through the application of water boarding and similar interrogation
techniques to prisoners. Surprisingly, most of Obama's supporters
of the Democratic religious left, who call themselves progressives,
have accepted, approved and apparently enjoyed the abomination.
So much for the "change" brought on by the Bushama
regime. As the French say, "The more things change, the
more they stay the same."
1. Naomi Wolf, The End of America: Letter of
Warning to a Young Patriot (White River Junction, Vermont:
Chelsea Green, 2007.
2. See, David Horowitz, "Obama Deranged Syndrome,"
National Review Online, http://article.nationalreview.com/380283/obma-rderangement-syndrome/david-horowitz.
See also, David Horowitz, "How Conservatives Should Celebrate
the Inauguration," Front Page Magazine, January
20, 2009, http://22.214.171.124/reaadArticle.aspx?ARTID=33761.
3. Philip Caulfield, "Limbaugh, Beck shower praise on Obama,"
Daily News, May 2, 2011, http://news1.ghananation.com/vivvo_general/145692-limbaugh-beck-shower-praise-on-obama.html
4. Jef Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, "Gearing
Up for Obama in 12, Republicans Pause to Praise," The
New York Times, May 3, 2011, pp. A1, F5.
5. Josh Gerstein and Matt Negrin, "White House Changes Osama
bin Laden Account." Politico.com, May 2, 2011,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54162.html. Also, Garance
Franke-Ruta, "The Slippery Story of the bin Laden Kill,"
The Atlantic, May 3, 2011, http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/the-slippery-story-of-the-bin-laden-kill/238261
6. See, Paul Joseph Watson, "Top Government Insider: Bin
Laden Died In 2001, 9/11 A False Flag," Infowars.com,
May 4, 2011, http://www.infowars.com/top-us-government-insider-bin-laden-died-in-2001-911-a-false-flag/.
7. Kurt Nimmo and Alex Jones, "Red Alert: Government Had
Osama bin Laden Frozen for Years," Infowars.com,
May 1, 2011, http://www.infowars.com/red-alert-government-had-osama-bin-laden-frozen-for-years/
Servando Gonzalez is a Cuban-born American writer, semiologist
and intelligence analyst. He has written books, essays and articles
on Latin American history, intelligence, espionage, and semiotics.
Servando is the author of Historia herética de la revolución
fidelista, The Secret Fidel Castro, The Nuclear Deception
and La madre de todas las conspiraciones, all available
at Amazon.com.
He also hosted the documentaries Treason in America: The Council
on Foreign Relations and Partners in Treason: The CFR-CIA-Castro
Connection, produced by Xzault Media Group of San Leandro,
His latest book, Psychological Warfare and the New World Order:
The Secret War Against the American People just appeared
and is available at Amazon.com.
Or download a
.pdf copy of the book you can read on your computer or i-Pad.
Servando's new book, OBAMANIA: The New Puppet
and His Masters, will appear next June.


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The route to Sankhu follows the old Tibetan trade route past Boudhnath. After Boudhnath the road to Sundarijal turns off to the north east and the road to Sankhu continues to the east.
Gokarna Safari Park ( 10Km)
Continuing east of Boudhnath from Kathmandu, the entrance to the former Royal Game Reserve or Kings Forest is off the Sankhu road. A deep park was created here alate in the 19th century and the wallled reserve has spotted birds.
This is one of the few woodlands left on the valleyh floor and used to be a great spot for picnics amd a bot pf ga,e-spotting. Unforntunately it has been closed and golf course and resort are being developed in the open part of the reseve closet to the road. The golf course should have been completed by now but entry may be only for golf club members.
Sankhu (20Km)
Sankhu was once an important post on the trading route betwen Katmandu and Lhasa, and although the town's great days are over, you can still see many signs of its former prosperity. The town was first settled in the LIcchavi era and there are many old homes decorated with fine woodcarving. Although many traditional aspects of Newari life continue in the town, the most persuasive reason to visit this place is the beautiful Bajra yogini Temple complex, an easy walk or bicycle ride about 2km north of town.
Getting There & Away
Buses to Sankhu leave from the ity bus station and Sat Dobato near Lalitpur. They take about 1:30 hours and Rs. 26 . It is easy to reach Sankhu by bike. The road is sealed and flat (with a few minor exceptions), and basically follows the Manohara River. Its's an attractive and interesting ride takin about 1.5 hours byond Boudhnath. Rather than back track all the way, in the dry seson at least it is possible to cross the Manohara and climb to the fascinatin Changu Narayan Temple. ;

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By Jay Polk
From the article: "This one involves Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who's running on his tough-as-nails budget-cutting credentials. Come tomorrow, Walker will commit no less than $400 million of taxpayer money to a stadium deal to keep the NBA Bucks in Milwaukee:
The state would put $250 million toward the arena, with interest adding up over decades. The subsidy, approved last month with bipartisan support in Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature, wasn't addressed in the first presidential debate Thursday. That might change in future forums—or attack ads.
That's bad enough, of course. But what makes the situation even worse is that Walker is actually trying to sell it as something other [than] politically motivated corporate welfare of the basest sort:
Walker, 47, argues that the subsidy is a "good deal," partly because Wisconsin would lose revenue if the Bucks leave, as they had threatened. The owners of the Bucks, a team whose value Forbes pegged at $600 million, will pick up half the cost of the $500 million arena.
You got that? A business worth $600 million doesn't have the cash or the credit to build its own…palace (despite covering just half of costs, the Bucks will get virtually all revenue generated by venue forever and ever amen)."
And so it goes that Republicans are just as bad as Democrats on wasting your hard-earned money. Why do fiscal conservatives support Republicans again?


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Hey you….what were you up to this weekend? I was lucky enough to….
1. get to drive up to Hot Springs Arkansas where my work will now be hanging in the Legacy Fine Art gallery. They have a ton a ton of galleries and they do a gallery walk first Friday of every month, so the galleries get a lot of views especially during the holidays and race season.
2. Stay in a lovely hotel with a great discount from the gallery except the kicker was that is was almost 100 years old with everything
from an old fashioned see through mail drop to still using REAL KEYS!!! Imagine that….but with the 100 year old atmosphere, no matter how fancy you cannot take the "creep" factor away….that place felt so haunted it wasn't even funny! If you don't believe in that sort of thing that's ok, but I got the creeps and the room wouldn't warm up!! Was it Room 1408 with John Cusack….no…but the creep factor was there not to mention clothes that were not folded the night before were folded when we woke up on the edge of the bed. TRUE STORY…..At least the ghost was thoughtful. 🙂 They even had a walking haunted tour and I didn't want to go on it for fear there would be the inevitable stop at our hotel. But BOY was the hotel georgous and those Arkansas people know how to party, keep late hours and they LOVE Halloween. Which might have something to do with the ghost in our room!! 🙂 They have the greatest shops, bath spas and yes I partook of both shopping (more than my husband would have liked) and the bath spas with the healing waters from the hot springs. So besides the creepy haunted room with a thoughtful ghost, it was AMAZING. If you haven't visited Hot Springs…. GO and GO NOW…and take a stop at Legacy Art Gallery to peruse my work. See the hotel and our haunted room along with the beautiful scenery,( who knew leaves had colors other than brown and green??) see below…..


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Traditionally, I am informed that ruby is correct for a 40th wedding anniversary. However, Chiyemi got a trip to the Okavango delta, slept in a tent on the hippo path and a nice, locally made hand-woven basket. It might have had sort of ruby-ish colors, now that I think of it. We spent the night of Nov. 1 on the Makoro island, itself, but the AiF group of friends and staff proposed a toast to us on Halloween on the deck of the lodge. That event, 40 years before, occasioned this trip to Africa and brought us happily along into a place like none other we'd ever seen. Well, you could say that about just anywhere along the trail in Africa, but you know what I mean. The little island we stayed on was cut off completely from the outside world as as different as could be.
After the desolate but wildlife rich Etosha Benji and the 16 travelers spent one more night in Namibia at Ngepi Camp. After a longish day of driving we stopped at the most curious, possible the most beautiful camp of our entire stay: Ngepi on the banks of the Kavango river.
As you can see from the map, Ngepi by the red A is on a thin sliver of land jutting eastward between Angola to the north and Botswana to the south. The great white salt pan of Etosha is still visible on the left side of the map, just above the name, Namibia. If you check the link to Ngepi Camp , you'll find their political stance implicit in the George Bush warning (he thought Africa was a country) although I don't recall anyone asking our political affiliation before we entered.
Ngepi is a campsite, but like all campsites, there were "chalets" which might conjure up pictures of the Austrian Tyrol or the French Alps, but indicate a place to sleep with bed, bathroom, roof. I hesitate in Ngepi's case to call them a room because they were on the banks of the river, open to the air and everything else, hippos, eg. which lolled about with the crocs, almost always outside the camp. Beautiful place really – we set up Fox tent in no time and this is where I learned how to put the fly up at 3am in pouring rain. The fly is a simple affair: 1m square of canvas which covers the vent at the top of the tent made of similar material. Held down by 4 bungee cords to the tent cross-stays, simple really and made easier by cursing at the elements such as the driving rain that night. Never left it off again.
From the most curious campsite to the most curious and elaborate preparations of the entire 6 weeks journey. Here's a preview. Africa In Focus wanted to get us from Ngepi to what became known as "base camp" at Guma Lagoon (another campsite) to speedboats to dugout (faux except in our case) canoes to a mooshy island in the Makoros in Botswana's Okavango delta.
- Drive from Ngepi to Guma Lagoon in Benji? No way. Drive within 3 or 4 miles of Guma Lagoon camp because the sandy road won't hold Benji up. You can see where Guma is by looking at the small map: just beside Ikoga.
- Unpack everything on tarps including tents, sleeping bags, enough personal gear for three days, all of the food prep (stoves, coolers, food itself, plates, table wear, water (plenty of clean drinkable stuff), and a few tons of other odds and ends.
- Pack all of that stuff and ourselves into land rovers provided by Guma Lagoon staff and drive through very sandy flood plain to Guma.
- Unload everything from the Land Rovers and carry them off to the campsite at Guma. Set up our kitchen stuff in Guma's kitchen area so we can eat dinner.
- Set up our tents in the very nice shaded, grassy campsites. Eat dinner, drink a bit of Windhoek beer. Eat dinner, watch the moon rise over the delta – gorgeous sight I must say.
- Get up bright and early, pack the tents and personal gear, and everything else mentioned in 2 above onto big broad tarp beside the lagoon where the porters pack the stuff off to the motor boats. All our stuff takes off into the morning as we wait for our boats.
- Ride the boats out through the delta to an off-loading point where we load all the gear and ourselves into a large number of dugouts. There were two people per makoro. Just to confuse things the dugout and the islands are called the same thing: makoro. Look at the small map and you can see the dark green Kavango river spreading out like a hand into the Okavango delta – largest inland delta in the world. You can see how the Kavango simply runs out into the ground as it fans out.
- Poler poles makoro an hour of so through papyrus and water lilies to our own little island of maybe 20-50 acres. We are not separated from the wildlife here and the elephant and hippo poop do not encourage one to go wandering. We set up our tent a bit apart with at least one hippo track underneath the tent. I figure the hippos would not actually run over the tent unless antagonized and I had no intention of doing that.
- Unload the makoros and set up camp. Dinner prep begins shortly after arriving.
- Oh, yeah! Set up the one toilet in the designated toilet area, surrounded by reeds but not much else. Ahem. If the toilet paper is not hanging on the shovel, it means the bathroom is occupied. Very al fresco.
- Set up the tents and go for a ride through the reeds to another island where there's a bit of wildlife – red lechwes (pronounced for some reason as LEE-chee). Nice walk where we can see the hammerkop nest and elephant's rubbing on the baobab trees. Back through the setting sun to camp where we eat dinner and go to sleep – not much to do with no electricity and no bar.
- Next day go for another pole to a different island, take another walk and return to camp: nice and a very interesting, boggy environment. Break camp, load up the boats and are poled back to the staging area where we again unload the boats, load up the motorboats and return to Guma Lagoon camp.
- Unload the gear yet again, set up camp under the trees and have a latte before dinner. Sun sets, eat, go to bed, arise refreshed.
- Put all the stuff back onto the Land Rovers and ride the half hour back to Benji where Big Mama has been keeping an eye on the rest of our stuff locked away beside her house.
- Unload the land rovers and reload Benji for a trip off toward Maun where we take our airplane ride. Our efficiency of load/unload gear at this point was 38.4% better than the first unload/reload: we knew the drill by now.
All of the above, as far as I can tell, is so the 16 travelers can spend the night in a "bush camp" in the Okavango delta. Nice but what a load of work for one night out.


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Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
May 2nd, 2019
On April 30, 2019, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice released updated guidance on its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs ("the 2019 Guidance"), replacing prior guidance released in February 2017 ("the 2017 Guidance").
Steele remains committed to keeping its clients, potential clients, and the broader corporate compliance community up-to-date on events such as this. Steele offers the following commentary and insight into the newly issued 2019 Guidance:
The purpose of the 2017 and 2019 Guidance documents is to assist prosecutors in what factors to consider when conducting an investigation of the effectiveness of a corporation's compliance program. Naturally, the 2017 Guidance was, and the 2019 Guidance will be, used by corporations, as well as third party vendors and service providers, as a blueprint for the elements of a successful compliance program even though the topics and questions "are neither a checklist nor a formula" according to the DOJ.
The 2019 Guidance, in tandem with the Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations in the Department of Justice's Justice Manual, poses three fundamental questions:
- Is the corporation's compliance program well designed?
- Is the program being applied earnestly and in good faith? In other words, is the program being implemented effectively?
- Does the corporation's compliance program work in practice?
While the 2017 Guidance merely listed topics and sample questions, the 2019 Guidance provides much greater detail – topics, additional context, and questions under each of the fundamental questions. This is invaluable guidance for companies as to how to implement and follow its compliance program.
Most relevant for compliance officers is the discussion in subsection E: Third Party Management, under question I: Is the corporation's compliance program well designed? The 2019 Guidance further indicates:
A well-designed compliance program should apply risk-based due diligence to its third-party relationships. Although the degree of appropriate due diligence may vary based on the size and nature of the company or transaction, prosecutors should assess the extent to which the company has an understanding of the qualifications and associations of third-party partners, including the agents, consultants, and distributors that are commonly used to conceal misconduct, such as the payment of bribes to foreign officials in international business transactions. Prosecutors should also assess whether the company knows its third-party partners' reputations and relationships, if any, with foreign officials, and the business rationale for needing the third party in the transaction….Prosecutors should further assess whether the company engaged in ongoing monitoring of the third-party relationships, be it through updated due diligence… (p. 6-7).
The 2019 Guidance poses four (4) different sub-topics and questions within third party management.
- Risk-based and integrated processes. No modifications or changes from 2017 Guidance.
- Appropriate controls. The 2019 Guidance includes questions regarding not only the business rationale for using third parties involved in misconduct, but how does the company ensure the rationale is appropriate?
- Management of relationships. The 2019 Guidance includes questions on whether the company has considered the incentive structure, including compensation, for third parties. Not only does the company monitor third parties, but how? Does the company have audit rights to the accounts of the third parties, and have these rights been exercised?
- Real actions and consequences. This section differed the most from 2017 to 2019 Guidance. The 2019 Guidance poses questions not only on whether there were red flags identified from third party due diligence conducted but asks whether the flags were tracked and addressed. The 2019 Guidance also poses questions on whether the company tracks third parties that did not pass a due diligence review or were terminated to ensure that they are not hired.
It is clear from the 2019 Guidance that having a third-party management program on paper is not enough. The DOJ's emphasis has shifted to the implementations and actions taken in connection with the compliance program. Companies must participate in the elements outlined and take actions as necessary and appropriate in advance of any offense and be able to document those actions. It is further evident that reviewing a third party for compliance-related risks is not enough; third parties must be monitored on an on-going basis. Corporations must perform due diligence reviews that go beyond scratching the surface and review, as applicable, agents, consultants, and distributors as third parties, as well as review the relationships of a third party with foreign officials. Finally, prosecutors will want to see whether the compliance program actually results in fewer instances of misconduct; or in swift, appropriate measures when misconduct does occur. This means compliance officers need to think about measurements of program effectiveness, and changes in policy or procedure based on what those measurements say.
Steele will continue to follow any new developments related to the release of the 2019 Guidance, as well as any relevant compliance-related news.
View the DOJ press release here.


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Generally speaking, you need to schedule dental cleaning every six months in Black Diamond, Washington. While the time between your dental appointments is quite long, you should begin preparing for your next visit as soon as you leave your dentist's office. Taking care of your teeth properly is essential and requires daily attention. Failing to care for your teeth can lead to painful cavities and expensive trips to the dentist. To ensure that you're ready for your next appointment in Black Diamond, keep the following dental cleaning tips in mind.
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In addition to the architecture project, Communal Studio developed the visual identity for Salón Sociedad which is a renovated hall/bar located inside the complex Sociedad Cuauhtémoc y Famosa, a club for Heineken Mexico's staff and associates. The visual system is based around a series of elements inspired by the heritage and nature of the complex which was created for the entertainment and social gathering of its staff. We created a series of illustrations and icons, and selected a series of antique photos of the complex for its use in the brand.
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I suppose it depends on what the definition of "wounding" is, but I think it resonates with a lot of men at the basic biological urge level, to procreate, 'sow their seed' etc. Basically, it promises a supposedly sure-fire way to get sex. Despite "all the other stuff" Tomassi and others say, THAT is what is primarily attractive to most men about his 'method' and what it is ultimately designed to achieve for men.Well, it only resonates because the person is already twisted inside by wounding.
The old adage that the best lies come wrapped in truth applies here. There is truth in a lot of what Tomassi says, heck, one of his main points - the push to feminize men - was more or less "confirmed" in a recent session. But those truths just serve to make sure men swallow the whole 'red pill' and they don't need much encouragement because, as I said before, the overall message is to supposedly solve the problem of messy and complicated human relationships by implementing a war-like strategy - that leverages caricatures of masculinity - to ensure men remain dominant in a supposedly loving and intimate relationship.
The end result then, is that it's an attempt to convince men (again, they don't need much convincing) that they can and should discard the raw material that life provides for them to learn important 'spiritual' lessons - primarily about themselves - in favor of following the 'lower' path of 'refining' and exploiting biological impulses to essentially act like a caveman.
The thing is a lot of men don't wear this new found "masculinity" very well. They try anyway of course, but often come across as fake or caricaturish or just plain obnoxious, an object of either pity, ridicule or resentment, or a combination of all 3, to those (more sane people) around them who really have no idea what they are doing or expect to achieve.
For the men who do learn and take to the technique well, they essentially start to act like the guys in Sandra Brown's book "Women who love psychopaths", able to easily seduce women, play head games with them and then discard them. Of course, this is not what Tomassi advocates, but it is very likely at least part of what he PRODUCES. And if this is not intentional on his part (where he is a psycho himself) then it just means that his psychology degree was wasted because he clearly has no real understanding of human nature, let alone what positive masculinity is and how it should be applied in the process of self-development.
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Nice. Not sure I need one... Not even sure I've got anything that'll fit... But ordered anyway because it looks like a robust bit of kit!
Cameraking Deals & Offers6 hot deals
You can get a set of Wera screwdrivers starting at £15. Draper stuff is terrible.
I got mine from Halfords they were £16 (with trade card) but a life time warranty
I wouldn't trust draper maybe a few things because they tend not to last and i know for a fact they just put their name on cheap aliexpress stuff..
Laser Chrome molybdenum are the best
That's good for Hoya and a huge 77mm fitting.
Good price, you can really have some fun with these. I do find though that these very dense circular filters do vignette alot especially at wide angles and need some work in PP. I chaged to a Lee filter kit about a year ago and although they are more fiddly to set up I find the end product better. Still this is a good price, well worth buying this size of circular filter and using step down rings for your smaller dianimer lenses.
Why Cold??? I have two of these and love them, reasonable to clean, and protect my lenses fine! Nice and slim so work fine when shooting wide angle. Nice price - hot!! :)
I've got, nice bag very well made and no probs with camera king
Great price, thanks for posting I ordered the quad set on Friday and was delivered on Monday! I agree with others on this feed that PW is the best in it's class so I didn't bother with any other brand
@NASKI666 The PocketWizard Plus X is a flash transceiver where you attach one Plus X to your camera and another Plus X to a remote flash, then you set both to the same channel and start taking pictures! In essence you do need more than one, I currently have two and needed another so I bought one from CameraKing as they are the cheapest I could find on Google from a UK based company. A friend of mine just bought the Quad set from them upon my recommendation.
@BEDNIM, I have heard that the YongNuo branded ones can misfire, this can be a big problem depending on what you are doing, the PW's tend not to misfire and have a superior build quality, for this reason I would recommend PW without a doubt. I didn't want to buy the YongNuo replica and find out the hard way. The YongNuo is a copy of PW so why not go for the original?
Pocket wizard is the market leaders in remote flash triggers. Although to be honest I use Yongnuo triggers as you get s lot more for your money. These are great though and a good price.
exactly to trigger the flashes. pPW is meant to be best in his class
Bought from cameraking via ebay absolute bargain @ £2.50 including next day royal mail delivery great quality argos asus refurb netbook fits perefectly
same price on the camera king ebay shop 8)
No silly, a Gimpesse! ;)
Is a female gimp a gimpette? 8)
Surprised by the lack of gimp joke posts in this thread.
thanks mudds, have been waiting for a kata deal ordered newer model 3n1 20 DL
I have this bag too - it's a nice compact size, but Tardis-like in terms of the amount of kit you can get in it. My only (slight) criticism with it, is that the long zip that provides a flexible compartment space can limit speed of access because of the buckles that go over it. That said, I have several bags, and this is by far my most preferred. It holds more gear than the much larger Tamrac I also own. It's also very light and comfortable and not too wide/bulky. The price here is good, but I only paid a couple of quid more for mine in the Summer, so the RRP is misleading (as usual).
Nice find, I've got this bag and you can get quite a bit of gear in it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001IWHY08/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 same price for new one
But a great brand name :)
CameraKing site describes this as new but discolouring due to glue mark...? Seconds...? cold as ice
Ordered - Thanks OP - and HOT!
ordered 4 and needed 4 from amazon but the order has just been cancelled by email due to having no stock :-(
Will Surface 2 fit?
See above link to Amazon where it still seems to be on sale.
Coming up as £5.95 for me :-( and sold out on ebay.
confirmed that Amazon price, bought click and collect, ta. same model in beige £54.30!
£4.95 now, which is still pretty cheap
Can't see it at that price
Unlucky :(. Mine looked as if it was new. No dirt, still had tags etc. But it did have red marks by the straps, not too fussed about that considering the price and delivery.
Grr... Looks like I got the bum one... Mine looks like it has been kicked around the stock room floor. Dirty grey marks on the panels, the zips grey in places, and the buckle has marks & scratches on it. There are also strange red marks by the straps?
Got my Unica V, great service at camera king, wish it was black but can't complain for quality and price. Best of all it didn't look like a camera bag to most people which is good for me. Thanks again OP.
I received my Unica V and I am very pleased. Great quality bag, loads of space and cant find any marks. Not bad £75 RRP to £9 ! Hope some others got theirs. Very hot deal
Yeah I got an email this morning saying they had the Bella V I ordered but didn't have the Unica V due to a stock error.
Or... should I prefer to have this attached to my lens instead of dslr body?
I am not sure why I shoudn't prefer to have a dslr body at the end of the lens instead of that adapter... But please enlighten me...
Looks like a good idea
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Why is this going cold so quickly? Please tell us where you can get a better deal.
Ordered and heat added, many thanks OP
The other post today was for Currys
Already posted
Bought one last year for same price very good value hot
Cheap, Heated!
Meant to add you can also trigger the camera remotely as this distance too.
Handy for placing flashes where the eye cannot see them, i.e. inside this cockpit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jackhawkes/3987956916/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jspitfire/3462762485/
Also for strobists out there a new ebay trigger has appeared on the market in the last few months for Canon cameras with full TTL and HighSpeedSync for just over the hundred quid mark called Pixel Knight, worth having a look at. http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157623797323770/?search=pixel+trigger
its for photographers thought it was some survalience kit lol
yeah what is it ?
SLIK tripods are distributed in the UK by a company called Intro 2020, tel 01628 674411. They are very helpful with tech specs etc. One thing they did mention was that this tripod has a 1 year warranty... the Giottos on the other hand have 5 years warranty.
Voted hot :)
Does the 780DX have incorporated spirit levels? I know the 700DX does have levels and a 4-way head - is the 700DX better? This looks like a good buy but I also like the GIOTTOS MTL9361B with MH5011 head as this is lighter, more versatile and on paper supports roughly the same weight. I would think the SLIK would be far more solid though. Could only find one review on this which is not good although the reviewer does seem a little dramatic: http://www.epinions.com/review/SLIK_PRO_780_DX_Tripod_Legs_with_SH_807E_Heavy_Duty_3_Way_Pan_Head_Case/content_419479260804 I can't find any closup pics of the head and would appreciate any more specs. Voted hot - thanks!
Great price, great tripod, heavy though, not for trekking up and down hills, that's for sure, but well worth the money.Paid around this price for the 700dx in march this year. :thumbsup:Also camera can be reverse mounted.
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Site has been down for awhile - is it gone for good?
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I hope it won't go away at any time soon. Does anyone have any more information on the Chris Dixon reviews posted on there? Those are great.
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The majority of businesses buy the machine in order to better use the machine,so as to better serve the production.Therefore our clients need a good understanding of the maintenance of spring cone crusher knowledge.
Cone crusher is suitable to crush various kinds of ores and rocks of medium or above medium hardness,and cone crusher is of stable structure, high efficiency, easy adjustment, and use economically, etc.
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According to stave work need of Cone crusher, cone crusher is mainly used in the compressive strength not surpassing 300Mpa each kind of ore and rock to medium crush and in broken bits .this is a typical equipment of our country for crushing hard ore to medium crush and broken bits.it is widely applied.it has the characteristics of high reduction ratio, high output,,few powder lost, , the product granularity even, strong compatibility of hard grain.
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Beveled Gears This gear set translates the horizontal rotary motion of the counter shaft into the vertical rotary motion of the main shaft. They are typically forged and cut for strength and low noise. Top Cell Liners Material to be crushed enters the cone chamber through something called the top cell, which is typically lined with manganese liners.
A device called a rotary feed distributor is sometimes added to the top cell to distribute the input material evenly throughout the bowl. When feeding a cone from a screen the rock obviously is always entering the crushing chamber on one side of the bowl only, the rotary feed distributor slings the materials around both side of the cone head, filling the crushing chamber more evenly resulting in potentially a better wear pattern and even better gradation from the full choke fed feed chamber.
Cone Crusher Mantle Diameter cone crusher come in different sizes depending on desired production output rates. This size also determines the maximum diameter of input material the cone crusher can handle. Fine vs Standard Head Size This has to do with the clearance built into the mantle in terms of its distance from the liners.
Fine heads have less clearance and can produce a finer output product while standard heads allow for a larger output product. Remote Adjustment in Cone Crushers Remote adjusters in Cone Crushers are a quite valuable feature, often adding $100,000 to $150,000 to the price of a unit.
They allow for "on-the-fly" adjustment of the mantle/liner clearance distance. If you don't have this feature you must stop the crusher and adjust it with wrenches. Some manufacturers included this as a standard feature.
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how you find the money at that age to drive minis lol
im finding it hard my self and im near on 22 lol
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I have a `88 Racing Flame, BRG, 998cc. Taken the car apart recently, engine has flat top pistons, dont suppose if anyone could shed any light, did they come with them as standard? They have the A engine type stamped on the top. Cylinder heads been taken to a mad doctor to have a few interesting mod`s Gonna throw alot of money into the engine into the summer, see what i can get out of it. Nice site
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Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan will today (Oct 11) make the keynote address at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, a regional security dialogue touted as China's version of the Shangri-La Dialogue held in Singapore. Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Defence Ong Ye Kung will speak at a plenary session titled "Responding to New Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific through Cooperation". Mr Ong is expected to speak about Singapore's support for China's engagement in the region through defence cooperation platforms such as the Asean Defence Ministers' Meeting.
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The Purple Parade, which aims to promote inclusiveness and celebrate the abilities of people with special needs, will be back next month. This year, Singaporeans will be encouraged to show their support through Purple Outfit Of The Day, Purple Spaces - by decorating their office or personal space in the colour - and Purple Building Light-Ups. Details about The Purple Parade, which takes place on Nov 5, will be shared today (Oct 11).
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Practical Ways Of Achieving Better Sleep Quality
This post is a guest post contributed by Patrick Holmes
Getting a good night's sleep is essential to your body and overall health, not to mention your mood; about one in four people suffer from insomnia or other sleep-related problems, which cause interruptions in your body's natural sleep cycles and can lead to serious health and cognitive problems. Doctors recommend around 7-9 hours of quality sleep for adults – meaning no waking up in the middle of the night or tossing and turning – but so many of us still suffer from these exact scenarios. Surprisingly, one of the biggest culprits of interrupted sleep is uncomfortable bedroom temperatures!
The Effect of A Bad Night's Sleep
Sometimes, the theory of eight hours' sleep is a lot easier than the practice. In stifling summer heat, it can be difficult for your body to naturally regulate your temperature and keep you cool enough to sleep. When your brain struggles to keep you at an optimal temperature, due to an overheated room or too many blankets, it can lead to disrupted sleep. Common effects from lack of sleep include:
Weight Gain – Even as little as 30 minutes less than the recommended sleep duration can cause chemical imbalances in the body, increasing the risk of diabetes and heart problems, and also the level of stress hormone in your brain, cortisol, which in return makes you eat more.
Lower Immune System – Sleep is when your body recharges itself. That means your immune system too. Messing with your natural sleep cycle leads to less white blood cells in your body, making it harder to fight off passing viruses.
Difficulty learning new things – Sleep deprivation leads to a lack of concentration, which makes a lot of sense; but it also has an effect on short-term memory, which is where new information is stored. Having an impaired short-term memory severely compromises your ability to build on existing skills, or learn new ones.
Sleep deprivation has also been linked to depression and social isolation, stroke, and lowered sex drive. So much about the science of sleep is a mystery, but it is clear that those with good sleeping habits live longer and healthier lives than people who aren't getting a good quality rest.
If you're struggling, what can you do?
Natural Remedies to Help You Snooze
Magnesium – Magnesium may actually have a naturally relaxing effect on your body. Calcium helps bind the magnesium so you can absorb it faster.
Essential Oils – Burning calming essential oils or incense can help you fall asleep. You can also dilute your essential oils with coconut oil, and apply them to your skin. Great choices to help you sleep include ylang-ylang, valerian, lavender, and chamomile.
Keep Your Body Temperature at Bay
You can try cooling yourself down with a bath or shower before bed; moving rapidly between a warm bath into the cool air of the bathroom helps lull your body into sleep mode. For extra hot nights, try a cool, wet towel for your forehead.
But remember that even with all body heat under control, you still need your bedroom at an optimal temperature for a good night's sleep. You may be used to being snug as a bug before bed, but it turns out the ideal temperature for sleep is a bit on the cool side; sleep can be disrupted by temperatures below 18°C or above 24°C, so if you've got an air conditioner, you may want to set it to the optimal temperature to help you catch your Z's.
Air Conditioner Tips for Better Sleep
Keep the temperature consistent – A sudden drop in temperature on a hot day can often cause health problems, as your body struggles to adjust. Lower the temperature gradually, and try to keep from being out too long when it's too hot.
Clean your filters – If you're sleeping with the air conditioner on, you might be worried about dust particles in the air. Air conditioners are designed to eliminate dust, but if you're not cleaning the air conditioner filters regularly, you can actually spread more dust around, causing breathing problems. You can clean your filters yourself or get professional help to keep your unit in great shape.
Use a timer – If you find the sound disruptive, you can get an air conditioner on a timer. Using a timer will also save you a lot of money since the AC won't be on all night. Instead, you can set it to help you fall asleep, and leave the rest to take care of itself!
Investing in a Smart Air Conditioner Remote Controller
Even with all these tips and a good AC unit, it's still a bit hard to really nail it and get the ultimate comfort without some added control. To remove the hassle of guesswork, you and your family can invest in a smart remote controller.
Smart controllers allow you to set and maintain optimal conditions, and make use of smart timers and other tools such as Geolocation, voice assistants and more to keep you comfy and save energy. Best of all, you can use your phone to keep an eye on your home's condition no matter where you are.
Sleep deprivation is a real problem for many of us today; automation and investing in Smart Home capabilities can greatly influence and improve our sleep, and eventually our lives. Combined with some natural remedies and making sure your AC is in good working condition, Smart AC control can help you keep your home at the optimal temperature and give your body what it needs – you'll be comfortable and your home will benefit from it too, no matter the season or weather conditions.
Patrick Holmes is an indoor air quality specialist at Home Air Quality Guides. His passion is to help people create a cleaner, healthier and more comforting environments inside their homes by sharing expert advice that's easy to follow. He enjoys writing in-depth articles on air purification, household cleaning tips, home maintenance advice and more.


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My sentimental favorite this week is SD's video for the "New World Order" remix, with Danny Brown, mostly because I can't ever imagine myself getting tired of seeing Danny Brown, drunk and shirtless, too-tight tight pants sagging and hair blowing out, in a kitchen surrounded by Chicago teenage goons, having a wonderful time. That guy! Good at life! I don't know if I can actually recommend that one as a good music video, though. So I picked five other good music videos, and they're below.
5. Sophia Knapp – "Close To Me" (Dir. Daniel Katz)
Those cars! I mean, Jesus. Somebody please buy me all of those cars. I will be your best friend.
4. Night Beds – "Ramona" (Dir. Abraham Vilchez-Moran)
The whole mumblecore aesthetic didn't necessarily need to cross over into the music-video world, but it can work, in the right hands. This one doesn't exactly move along at the breezy clip, and vast stretches of it drive me nuts. (Like: Hug your kid. Come on, son.) But the acting alone is way, way beyond what you'd expect to see in something like this, and the cinematography is absolutely boss.
3. The So So Glos – "Lost Weekend" (Dir. ?)
With all the hi-def chipped-tooth dirtbag swagger on display in this video, I feel like I'm watching a Rancid video. And if you know anything about me, you know that this is a vast, monumental compliment.
2. Spiritualized – "I Am What I Am" (Dir. AG Rojas)
Music-video suicides: They never turn out quite the way you expect. Rojas deserves serious credit for casting an angelic Culkin kid and still conjuring levels of meth-squalor that make most Breaking Bad episodes look downright pleasant.
1. Major Lazer – "Scare Me" (Feat. Peaches & Timberlee) (Dir. Brandon Dermer)
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Drivers Scatter As Plane Makes Emergency Landing On California Highway
This would add some excitement to your day! These drivers had to move over, but not for another vehicle…for a plane! The small plane had to make an emergency landing onto the highway in the Bay Area. Reports said the pilot that a fuel line had snapped.
The original video description and owner of the dashcam footage said:
"My wife and I were just exiting Eastbound highway 238 interchange to highway I 580 northbound. I pointed out that the plane was flying very low. We continued onto I-580 when, without warning, the Cessna plane swooped down over traffic, then proceeded to hover until finding a clear spot in traffic to share the highway. My wife and I were continually yelling "Oh my gosh!". Most of the traffic didn't even respond nor were they slowing down. I feared they would hit the plane, so I turned on my flashers, started honking and weaving back and forth into lanes. Finally, we reached the tail of the Cessna as cars continued to attempt to pass on the right. I could see the plane leaking fuel. I exited the vehicle and ran over to see if the passenger and pilots were OK. Amazingly, no one was hurt, and no damage done to any vehicles nor the Cessna."


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Basic information
The Raków Commune ( the administrative district) is located in the Kielce County, the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It covers an area of about 73.78 square miles (191,087 km2) whence 42% is the agricultural land and 54% is the forest. The Raków commune in 2010 had a population of 5987. The administrative district comprises of 28 villages including Raków, which is the largest and it is the seat of the Local Goverment. The administrative district area is the part of two mesoregions: The Szydłowski Foothills and The Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Across the central part of the Raków commune flows the Czarna (Black) River.
Two hiking trails run through the area of the Raków commune:
• the yellow tourist route (Szydłów - Widełki),
• the blue tourist route (Chęciny - Łagów, named: E. Padechowicz).
The total length of these routes is slightly over 31 km (of which the yellow trail is 27.7 km, the blue route is 3.4 km).
The area of the Raków commune is dominated by small agricultural farms. Their productions are cross-curricular, but grains, potatoes and strawberries are dominant. The main directions of yhe development are agri-food processing and tourism, which make the use of the natural resources. The Gmina Raków's advantages are a good state of the natural environment, charming places, which are the ideal localization for resorts and retirement homes.
The Raków commune covers parts of wide geological history of The Świętokrzyske Mountains: the Orłowiński Landscape Park and the Ociesęcki Landscape Park in the north part of the commune. They consist of paleozoic formations, mainly cambrian sandstones and mudstones. Ordovician, silurian and devonian formations occur locally as well. In Bardo (one of the Raków commune's villages) are diabases, which are the proof that volcanic processes took place in the Paleozoic Period. In this place the bardolit mineral (before the unknown mineral, which belongs to chlorites) was discovered. The highest peak in the commune is Góra Zamkowa (the Castle Mountain) 422 metres (about 1384,51 ft). River valleys and ravines were mainly formed in tectonic fractures or were carved into eroded rocks (eg. shale).
The southern part of the Gmina Raków is located within the area of the Szydłowski Foothills, has tertiary (mainly limestone) deposits in the ground that cover quaternary deposits. The Czarna River and its tributaries caused the fragmentation of the Foothills through the gouging of deep valleys with a flat bottom and steep slopes of up to 15 m height. The remainders of Pleistocene glaciations are sheets of boulder clay, sand(rivers, gravel, dunes), and loess soil. The youngest sediments occur in the valley of rivers - fluwisoles, sands and peat (near Raków). Quaternary deposits occupy the largest part of the commune's area. In the sedimentary rocks you can find many interesting fossils such as trilobites, graptolites, mussels, brachiopods and many more.
Protected natural areas
Within the Raków commune's area there is the Cisowsko-Orłowinski Landscape Park (established in 1995). The park is located within the Kielce Highland and includes the eastern part of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. The area of the Park is crossed by the following ranges: Orłowiński, Cisowski, Ociesęcki and Bardzański Hills. The greatest value of the natural environment is the plant cover, especially forests. Forests are characterized by significant typological diversity of habitats, species composition of tree stands and their age structure. There are 13 forest habitat types from dry conifer to alder. A large diversity of habitats is accompanied by a wealth of plant groups, both the forest vegetation (15 groups, among which dominated by mixed upland forests, forests and fresh forests and mixed forests) and peat bogs. It covers the north-eastern part of the commune on the border with the districts of Daleszyce and Łagów.
The second protected area in the commune is the Cisowsko-Orłowiński Protected Landscape Area, which was created in 2001 in the area of the Cisowsko-Orłowiński Landscape Park's zone. It covers agricultural and forest areas. There are 10 natural monuments and 2 nature and landscape complexes in its area. A valuable element is the historic urban layouts of Łagów, Raków, Daleszyce and Dębno.
The third protected area located in the commune is The Chmielnicko-Szydłowski Protected Landscape Area. It is generally located in the central part of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. The area belongs to the communes of Gnojno and Szydłów, and partly also to the following communes: Morawica, Pierzchnica, Kije, Chmielnik, Raków, Łagów , Busko Zdrój, Stopnica and Tuczępy. It is an area of the agricultural and forestry character. In terms of habitat, pine forests and mixed coniferous forests prevail here, sporadically there are the fragments of reed, alder and riparian forests. An important element of the vegetation are non-forest communities: mainly bogs with the participation of such rare plants as: the white beak-sedge, the blue moor-grass, the Davall sedge, orchids: the marsh helleborine,the western marsh orchid. The outcrops of carbonate rocks are overgrown with xerothermic grasslands, but much poorer than the lower Nida River. Numerous ponds and the Chańcza reservoir create biotopes for many species of water-swamp birds.
At the Raków commune's territory there are 29 species of birds listed in Annex I of the Council Directive 79/409 / EEC of April 2, 1979 on the conservation of wild birds, as well as 11 species of regularly occurring migratory birds not mentioned in the aforementioned annex.
Among mammals, there are species of a wild boar, a deer, a roe deer, and among the small animals 3 species are listed in Annex II of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora: an European beaver, an European otter and a greater mouse-eared bat. In addition, there are 5 other species of bats: a serotine bat, a Daubenton's bat, a Leisler's bat, a common noctule and a brown long-eared bat. Other important species of mammals present in this area are badgers, edible dormouses and hazel dormouses.
Among the reptiles, the occurrence of Slowworms, sand lizards, viviparous lizards, grass snakes and common European adders has been reported. Two of the amphibians species found here are listed in Annex II to the abovementioned Council Directive. They are the northern crested newts and the European fire-bellied toads. There are other species of amphibians here: a smooth newt, an alpine newt, a common toad and an European tree frog.
Among invertebrates, 7 species from Annex II occur in the Cisowsko-Orłowińskie Forests. They are: a shellfish (bivalvia) -a thick shelled river mussel; dragonflies (odonate) - a green snaketail and a large white-faced darter, and butterflies - a scarce large blue, a large copper, a violet copper and a marsh fritillary.
The world of fish was artificially enriched as a result of the construction of the Chańcza Reservoir. In the commune there are among others: a burbot, a grayling, a roach, a bream, an European carp ,a ruffe, a perch, a pike. In the area of The Nature 2000 Cisowsko-Orłowińskie Forests, there were found 2 species of lamprey: a brook lamprey and a Ukrainian brook lamprey.
Ensembles and historical objects
In the Raków commune there are nine historic buildings or complexes entered into the register of monuments under the Act of 15 February 1962 for the protection of the cultural property and museums.
They are:
- The parish church under the invocation of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary complex with the church cemetery in Bardo, reg. No. A.451 / 1-2 from 20.01.2010. Built in 1789; founded by Barbara Misiewska; on the antepedium of the main altar there is the Misiewscy - Ciołek coat of arms.
- The filial church of St. Andrew in Drogowle, 1620-30, the registration number: A.452 from 20.01.2010.
- The urban layout and the small-town housing complex with relics of sacred and the bourgeois architecture of the Polish Brethren in Raków, 2nd half of the 16th century - 1st half of the 17th century and 19th / 20th century, reg. No. A.453 from 20/01/2010.
- The parish church of the Holy Trinity complex in Raków (3 Kościelna Street), including the parish church of the Holy Trinity, 1640-50, 1947; the belfry from the 1st half of the 18th century; the former presbytery (now a pilgrim's house), XVI / XVII century, reg. No. A.454 / 1-3 from 20.01.2010. Built between 1640 and 1950 from the foundation of the Cracow Bishop. The church was built on the site of the destroyed Arian congregation. Inside, late-Baroque style equipment.
- The reformed church, currently under the invocation of the Saint Anna in Raków, 1641, 18th century, reg. No. A.455 from 20.01.2010. Built in 1641, rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century.
- The city council building in Raków, named "the Arian House" or " the Mayor House", 9 Jan Sienieński Street, XVI / XVII century, re no .: A456 from 20.01.2010
- The remains of a fortified castle with a moat in Rembów, 14th century, reg. no. A.457 from 20.01.2010.
- The manor complex in Rembów comprising the manor (remnants, currently a dwelling house) and the park remnants, XVII century, reg. Number: A.458 / 1-2 from 20.01.2010.
- The parish church of St. Stanislav Bishop and Martyr in Szumsko, 1673, 1910, 1945-50, reg. no.: A.459 from 20.01.2010.
In the Raków commune there are also a number of historic buildings intended for the inclusion in the commune record of monuments. These are:
• The Roman Catholic parish cemetery; 2nd half XIX century
• The chapel of the Holy Mother, brick-built; XIX century
• The urban layout; XVIII century
• The chapel complex of St. Tekla comprising:
• The chapel, brick-built (rock-solid); 2nd half XVIII century
• The fence with a gate, brick-built; 2nd half XVIII century
• The church cemetery as a part of the Filial Church complex of St. Andrew; after 1620.
• The manor house complex comprising:
• the manor house ruins, brick-built; 3rd quarter of the 19th century
• the farm building; 3rd quarter of the 19th century
• the park remains
• The chapel of the Holy Mother, brick-built; XIX century (the renovation)
• The chapel, brick-built; 1895
• The war cemetery of German soldiers; 1944 - 1945 (in the grove in the village of Podgórze)
• The war cemetery of German soldiers; 1944 - 1945 (two places), (according to the information obtained from the Raków Commune Office, based on the interviews with the residents, the graves were exhumed several years ago and moved to a different location, a more accurate location is not possible)
• The church cemetery; after 1617.
• The Roman Catholic parish cemetery; before 1878 (the area within the fence)
• The parish church complex of St. Trinity including:
• The church cemetery; after 1640 (the area within the fence)
• The fence witha gate, brick-built; XVII century and XIX century, the renovation in the 20th century
• The presbytery, brick-built; around 1920.
• The Reformat Church complex, currently fillial of St. Anna comprising:
• The church cemetery
• The fence of the church cemetery, brick-built; 2nd half XVII century
• The Roman Catholic parish cemetery; before 1831 (thearea within the fence)
• The Arian cemetery; 1st half XVII century
• The Jewish cemetery; 2nd half XVIII century
• The Arian House, 2 Jan Sienieński Street (currently "Arianka Bar"), brick-built; XVI / XVII century, rebuilt in the 20th century, cellars preserved
• The Arian House, 6 Jan Sienieński Street, brick-built; XVII century, rebuilt
• The ground-floor buildings, the market and the adjacent streets, brick-built; XIX and XX centuries, destroyed in 1944, rebuilt in the traditional forms using old walls.
• The parish church complex of. St. Stanislav Bishop and Martyr including:
• The belfry, brick-built; 1751
• The church cemetery; after 1637 (the area within the fence)
• The fence, brick-built; XIX century
• The presbytery, brick-built; 1845, expanded in 1927.
• The burial cemetery complex comprising:
• The Roman Catholic parish cemetery; before 1857 (the area within the fence)
• The chapel, brick-built; XIX / XX century
• The remains of a manor house complex including:
• The stable, brick-built; 2nd half of XIX century rebuilt
• The granary, brick-built; 20s of the 20th century (currently the front part is partially ruined).


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Costco West Sales Items for Nov 21-26 for BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
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First things first, there was a FOOD RECALL this week on SABRA BRAND HUMMUS and related products. If you have purchased this product, please visit this post to find out more details.
Also, there was brand new Costco location that opened up in Bellingham Washington, USA over the weekend. If you want to see all the sale items (and there are a lot of them) visit the following pages. Most of these sales are good until November 27, 2016.
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Hi Everyone! Sorry for the late post. Has anyone else got that cough that just won't go away after weeks and weeks? Anyways, I had to get someone else to take pictures this week as I did not have the energy to do it this week. 🙁 There are no handout coupons this week – the same thing happened two weeks before and after Black Friday last year! Fortunately, there are still lots of sale items that are unadvertised! Just so everyone is aware, Costco started its holiday hours last week – which means it stays open an extra hour on the weekend! It stays open until 7:00PM on Saturdays and 6:00PM on Sundays! http://www.costco.ca/hours-and-holiday-closures.html
This week it was the SanDisk 32GB SDHC Extreme Water & Weather Proof memory cards that caught my eye. Also the Collier's Welsh Cheddar is a pretty good cheese especially with the discount. The Collier's Welsh Cheddar, the Boursin and the Charcuterie Plate would make a nice appetizer.
I think the Kirkland Dishwasher Pacs (Dishwasher Pods) are a new item – or at least I haven't seen them before. I can personally eat the Poppies Mini Cream Puffs straight out of the freezer.
After Eight Mints and Icy Squares are on sale if you want to be that person whose desk everyone goes to to steal chocolates from. Also Kinder Surprise Eggs, Dentyne Gum Variety Pack, Excel Gum Variety Pack, and Mint Mentos are all on sale
Sorry about the post last week – some of you didn't see the pictures for a while. It should be all corrected for future posts 🙂 Thanks for your patience everyone!
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The strange story of the death and posthumous life of Italy's Fascist dictator, and the continuing power of the cult of his body over the Italian imagination.
Warning: graphic image below
From the very start Italian Fascism was inextricably linked to the personality and person of its founder and leader Benito Mussolini. The Duce's body, and stories concerning his alleged physical courage, virility and violence were a key part of the appeal of the movement. Mussolini's wounds sustained in the First World War sealed his credibility as a nationalist hero. After the war, Mussolini became involved in a series of real or threatened duels with opponents, again seemingly placing himself in the front line of the struggle against the Left.
With the Fascist regime in place, Mussolini's body became a central component of the ruling mystique. Thousands of heroic statues were erected. The Image of Il Duce, with his huge shaved head and bared barrel chest, was reproduced on posters, in films, and in newspapers. Left-wing activists became obsessed with the physical extinction of Mussolini, as if with his death the whole regime would crumble. Mussolini himself enthusiastically endorsed this personification of the regime with himself: in the 'Battle for Grain' he was famously pictured bare-chested and wielding a farm implement, and at the draining of the Pontine marshes he harangued an adoring crowd half-naked.


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A shout out to Phillip Reed's blog, and especially to Battle Grip. We need more toy blogs and reviews out here in net-land.
Articulated Discussion is also pretty good.
While I'm at it, yet another random link to Fanmode (even though most of you come from there anyway) and OAFE.
Edit: Since I'm doing random linkages, might as well add Cliffbee and Action Figure Review. Both of which I've been visiting for reviews for quite some time.


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Going all the way to the bottom will create an element that is very as in (VERY) hard to ship as well as a lot more expensive. I don't think the furnace needs 12 elements based on my experience. Six is quite adequate for a 300 lb pot. We don't actually know the capacity of the Norwegian pot in that picture. Going down five inches should do it in my mind since the pot curves in towards the center after five inches. Getting the pot off the furnace floor and on to a pedestal will really help as well. Having the pot right on the floor really creates a cold spot for the pot which in turn creates stress.
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Newburgh City Club (Culbert House)
Newburgh, NY
As described by the Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance: The Newburgh City Club, originally the Culbert House, was designed by Vaux and A.J. Downing in 1851 - 52 during their all too brief working relationship. The house was designed for a prominent Newburgh doctor, William A.M. Culbert (design #22 entitled "Suburban House With Curved Roof" in Vaux's book, Villas and Cottages), and was expanded after the Newburgh City Club acquired it in 1904. The building was restored in 1975 - 76 only to have its interior gutted by a suspicious fire in 1981. The City Club still sits today in front of the south end of the Newburgh Free Library. The exquisite concave roof is completely gone, as are the majority of the building's exterior design elements, yet its basic structure appears to be sound and restorable. It is part of CVPA's mission to see that this contributing building to Newburgh's Montgomery - Grand - Liberty Streets Historic District is fully restored and an adaptive reuse found that will benefit the Newburgh community and its struggling economy.
From Villas and Cottages:
This house, which now belongs to a gentleman residing in Newburgh, was planned for another party in the first instance, and was partly executed with the idea that it was to be very simply and economically finished. It was commenced without any intention of constructing the dormer-windows, the projecting hoods, or the covered balcony over the lower bay, all of which, as may be seen on reference to the sketch, help materially to give individuality and completeness to the design. The main outline of the plan is a simple parallelogram, without any break in the walls, and the study may, therefore, be interesting to those who like a generally picturesque effect in a house, but who wish to avoid irregularities in the internal arrange
ment, or uneconomical projections in carrying up the brick-work. During the progress of the work the building changed hands, and came into the possession of its second owner, Mr. D. Moore, and in accordance with his instructions the design was improved in many important points. The additions already referred to were made, another bay-window was introduced, the roof to the veranda, also, was curved, and finished with a balustrade.
The plan may be thus described: An inclosed wooden porch, shown to a larger scale at page 72, leads into the principal hall, which is paved with red, black, and buff encaustic tiles in a simple but effective star pattern. This hall communicates with the library, which is a handsomely-finished room, containing two book-cases recessed in the walls on one side, and a third arranged between the windows on the other side. The architrave mouldings of the doors, windows, and book-cases being boldly relieved, and so arranged that they may group together in several different combinations. The drawing-room extends the whole length of the house. The southern part was originally proposed for a bedroom, but when the property came into Mr. Moore's possession it was connected with the parlor by an ornamental wooden arch, without folding doors. From this drawing-room the windows open on to a wide, spacious veranda, commanding an extensive view of the Hudson. In the staircase hall is a garden entrance, and a door to a small private room or office. The dining-room is in the basement, but the ground falls off so rapidly that the side of the room which looks out on to the ornamental garden, and the river beyond, is entirely out of ground, and communicates with a brick piazza supporting the veranda above. It has not, however, been thought necessary to give a separate plan of this floor, which contains kitchen and other offices, cellar, vaults, and furnace-room. Conveniently situated underneath the pavement of side-entrance is an outhouse and necessary, approached from the basement through a vinecovered veranda passage, and arranged on a similar plan to that already described in the opening chapter, and in the description of Mr. "Warren's house. Mr. Moore's house was, however, the first in which this plan was tried, and it was while endeavoring to overcome the difficulties suggested by his needs that the idea occurred to me. The filling up and grading about the house was thus made more satisfactory, and the outbuildings were entirely concealed from view, which could not, in any reasonable time, have been done by trees or evergreens on account of the continuous fall in the ground, which made it necessary that the principal rooms and veranda should look down on to the lawns and garden ground surrounding the house.
The chamber plan will be found to contain four bedrooms, with a linen-room, bath-room, and watercloset, all easy of access, but planned with a special regard to privacy. An open and airy stairway to the attic leads into a roomy, well-lighted upper hall, communicating with four large bedrooms and a storeroom. Above this again is a well-ventilated garret four or five feet high, that affords convenient stowage for trunks, and furnishes a complete shield from the heat and cold. The attic rooms in this house are as convenient, and almost as agreeable, as the principal bedchambers below them ; and as they naturally command a more extensive view than can be obtained from the rest of the house, they have this one great advantage over the other rooms. A reference to the plan of roofs will show how, by the arrangement of the flat on the top, the whole composition is simply treated, so as to offer as little resting-place as possible.


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Looking Ahead
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my scarf made the photo collage! yay!ReplyDelete
Looks like you had a pretty good knitting year to me. :)ReplyDelete
Only ten!?! They are so beautiful and wearable, it's a wonder you accomplished so much while moving and fixing up your new home! Your goals are admirable, but I just couldn't use up the stash. I think part of the problem is that I have a lot of yarn I do not really like that I got on sale when I was a new knitter, or was given. My goal is to use my recent yarn purchases this year- much more doable.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have a similar problem - I have lots of yarn that I will never use. I've tried to give some of it to my sister, who is just learning how to knit, but I know she will only want so much! Most of my nicer yarn has been purchased in the past couple of years and while I have a couple of sweaters worth, a lot of it is single or double skeins, so hopefully I can focus on getting some of those used up.Delete
10 sweaters is pretty amazing in my book.ReplyDelete
It is fun to see a year worth of projects all at once. It's amazing how many awesome things we creative types are able to produce over the course of 12 months. I think your goals for 2013 are wonderful and I look forward to watching you post your progress!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year, Jennifer! I'm glad you had a good time ringing in the new year :) we were basically sick all month so I totally feel like we missed out (I'm just getting caught up on my blog reading now - loved your Days of Christmas series). Your no-buying-new-yarn goal is one of mine for 2013 as well - I just hope I can stick with it!! It's so great to see all your finished projects in one spot - love your Aidez. I look forward to reading and seeing what you work on in 2013!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, thank you Rachel! Hope you're all getting to feeling better - being sick over the holidays is no fun! I'm reeeeeally going to have to try hard to not buy any new yarn! One of the Groupons for Asheville last week was $15 for $30 worth of yarn and I didn't buy it - first step! Good luck! Can't wait to see what you create this year!Delete
- Anonymous1/4/13, 11:52 AM
Wow, what a great year! You made so many gorgeous things! You should be totally proud. :)ReplyDelete