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EU army exposed: Secret reason Macron pushing for European armed force – 'Total craziness'
Speaking to Express.co.uk, the Popular Republican Union politician argued French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for a united EU army so that Germany can once again be allowed to own nuclear weapons under the pretence it is a European policy rather than a domestic one. Mr Gallois said: "Talks about sharing the nuclear weapon with the European Union is total craziness.
"It's a German policy because as you may know, from the Moscow Treaty it has been decided that Germany could never, ever, ever have a nuclear weapon after the Second World War.
"And Germany knows that. And the only way for Germany to get a nuclear weapon is to say France will share it with the rest of the European Union so it won't be a German nuclear weapon but a European one.
"And it would actually be treason for Emmanuel Macron."
He added: "There's no sharing of the nuclear weapon.
"Even to talk about European defence and European weapons and France and Britain being at the service of the European Union is total craziness.
"It would be contrary to all French interests but then the European Union itself is contrary to French interests."
The French President is calling for a "surge" in European defence spending and resolve, as he championed a more coordinated military strategy in which France, the bloc's only post-Brexit nuclear power, would occupy a key role.
Until recently, European security was reliant on its strong historic alliance with Washington, Mr Macron told the future elite of French armed forces at Paris' Ecole de Guerre last week.
But he said it was vital Europe increased military spending and added: "Our security also depends, inevitably, on a greater capacity for autonomous action by Europeans.
"The issue is not for Europeans to know whether they must defend themselves with or without Washington… Why are they not ready to make defence a budget priority and make the necessary sacrifices, even as the risks are growing?
"Europeans must realise collectively that in the absence of a legal framework, they could rapidly face a new race for conventional weapons, even nuclear weapons, on their own soil."
President Macron also positioned himself as the driving force for a united Europe, using France's military clout to stress his point.
He announced that France had reduced the number of its nuclear warheads to under 300, providing "the legitimacy to demand concrete moves from other nuclear powers toward global disarmament that is gradual, credible and can be verified".
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The French presidency did not elaborate on what form this association would take, but said this did not mean "sharing" French deterrence but rather "talking about it and deepening Europeans' joint strategic culture".
Last week's speech was part of President Macron's insistence that the bloc should strive for greater strategic autonomy in the face of growing global threats and stop relying solely on the United States and the Nato military alliance for its defence.
It also echoed the French leader's previous and highly sensitive call for a "real European army" to reduce dependence on an increasingly inward-looking US.
"We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States," he said in November 2018.
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Good Terrorism?
Say there's a corrupt government thats starving and slaving its people. You hear about it on the news and get your friends together, buy some weapons from the black market and smuggle them into the country... Successfully. The government is creating grave injustices and trampling on human rights. In this case, is it right to terrorize the government of that country?
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Terrorism is a tactic and in itself cannot be good or bad in that sense. In our case we think of the founding fathers were revolutionaries and not terrorists, but that is simply our perspective since we were for the cause. The British at the time said differently. It's perspective, and if you think modern armies don't use terrorism you are severely naive.
Side: yes
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A "Coup d'etat" is always in order when a government is that evil and corrupt. Guerrilla fighters have aided in these ousters throughout the ages to help their fellow man overthrow an unjust government. It's not about terrorism...it's about justice and counter-terrorism.
Side: yes
What is described here is not terrorism, it is resisitance. Torrorism is acting in violence against the general populace, many of which are totally innocent of the wrongdoings of their government, leadership, etc. Resistance, focused on the actual groups (police, military, or other actual organised groups) that are perpetrating offences against humanity is justified. Is there any other justifiable cause to violence against another unless it is to save a greater group from suffering? I do not think so.
Side: yes
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What is the definition of terrorism?–noun 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
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Terrorism uses violence and violence should never be used. Military intervention should be used on corrupt governments
Side: No
The only difference between the Americans and say Al-Queda, is that the latter are more determined and have less resources. Both sides use violence to suppress other views, both kill civilians to do it and both believe everything they do is justified. In the end, every war in history has been nothing more than a glorified terrorist campaign on both sides.
Side: No
I agree with what my opponents say though i would like to keep my point that for the greater good we cannot forget a few people. Imagine a violent revolution for the greater good, lots of people being killed and injured and if you or your relative were in their place.
Would you allow yourself to die for the greater good? The answer to this question is a big NOOOOO...........because when it comes to life no one thinks of the greater good . Further if you don't consider this point important then I have one more for you my friends...........All of you and Everyone of you know that in this era in the 21st Century, no terrorist organization not even a single one uses violence for a good cause.
The one who still don't accept it they neither love peace nor do they want it. You know various organizations like ISIS, the biggest among them uses violence only to establish its rule.........and there are many more...........so no organization bothers for the greater good instead they are lost in greed of power and fame.......In a nut shell I believe that every coin has two sides, negative and positive but this coin(terrorism) has more of negative side ...
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PHBs enable patients with long-term conditions and disabilities to have greater choice and control over their healthcare and the support they receive. PHBs are built around a care plan, agreed with one or more health professionals.
They aim to give people more control over their healthcare and support. People being offered a budget should be made aware of what this means, what support they can receive and the information/advice available locally.
Since 2009 Government has been piloting PHBs concentrating on people with six long-term conditions:
From October 2014 adults and children who are eligible for NHS continuing healthcare have a right to request a PHB. Then in the 'Five-Year Forward View', published in 2014, the government asks NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to set out a local offer on PHBs by March, 2016.
NHS Thanet CCG wanted their offer to be co-designed with patients from the outset, so in November 2015 they held a workshop to look at how PHBs might be offered to people in Thanet as one part of the wider self-care agenda.
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Did you ever go to museum and step into a gallery where there was a large piece of art taking up the whole wall such as a Jackson Pollock or a medieval tapestry?
That's what accent walls do. They make a statement.
They are an opportunity to create something really unique that is a portrait of you. They also serve to set the "tone" or atmosphere of your space. They are also a great way to make your space unique when you're on a budget. And, if you're someone that is more neutral, accent walls are a great way to add a bit of color or texture without going overboard, (unless you want to 🙂 ) If you love imagery, consider doing something such as a mural or a visual graphic. The benefits far outweigh the negatives. Suppose you decide you want to change that wall down the road? In the case of textured applications, just skim coat the wall.
In my experience, accent walls are generally the first wall you see when you walk into a space. It just makes sense to have your statement "heard" as soon as you enter a space. Accent walls can also be part of a wall such as in the case of a fireplace wall. Or, accent walls can hi-light an interesting piece of furniture.
Accent walls can also be a ceiling. Oh, yes they can! (I saw you shaking your head.) Your ceiling is your 5th wall. It will never be obscured by furniture, or hanging artwork, other than a light fixture. Why not use it?
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I bought a little Galaxy Mini from the Vodafone stall in the mall the other day. The sales person had a badge that told me that he was a "Smart Phone Ninja". A Ninja, I thought for a moment with true wonder. This person has been studying the technology of smart phones from the age of three judging by his acne. For a laugh I asked him, "What version of Android is on this phone; Ice Cream Sandwich or Hamburger?"
He looked puzzled only for the tiniest second then promptly and confidently replied, "Hamburger."
Wrong answer dude. It was in fact Froyo (30 seconds on Wikipedia told me that). Those who know will know that there is no Android OS called Hamburger because they are all named after puddings, which are equally delicious as hamburgers but arrive at a different time during meals. I confronted him over this. He looked ashamed and hung his head, pulled out a long sword, plunged it into his own torso and with a shocked look dropped to the floor. Ninja status withdrawn. To use the parlance of his generation, he had just experienced his own epic fail.
But no matter. The point is that my purchase was a cheap phone bought between the time it takes to eat a small roast pork lunch and have a perve at the lingerie shop window. This is not a major IT purchase but it has major implications for the future of IT provision. Resellers are increasingly facing the fact that you don't need brains to sell IT, hence the brainiac in the mall with his Ninja badge.
Despite that, this cheap little phone has enough computing power to do almost all the tasks required of it by many of the country's most important employees. Which makes us think, what future for resellers if a spotty kid is qualified to advise on computing-communication devices? And to think, Ninjas will be selling us Google Glass within a year or two.
As NZ inches ahead down the technology road, the rest of the world runs. They're out there testing Google Glass and we're stumbling around trying to find a crappy 3G connection with first generation smart phones and hoping we can get Angry Birds downloaded before our measly data caps run out.
Right now resellers should be negotiating with the Police department and every other essential services department on how to supply those public officials with smart glasses. Or it's going to be left to the pimple-faced Ninjas in the malls. Just think about how many officials will be wearing Google Glass or another form, as soon as the insurance companies work out they need concrete video proof of all potential legal situations?
I tried to reach Google to ask if there were any plans there to supply the world's cops with recording spectacles, but I managed to break my own internet in the trying. It seems typing Google, into Google really does 'break the internet' as was once warned in an episode of the IT Crowd.
However, as we fumble with our RFPs a few selected Wellington cops (mainly those with double charge X2 Taser guns) are currently testing body cameras to record anything and anyone they see. So this is already happening and it's not my crazy addiction to conspiracy sites that has sent me down the loony bin path. Although that also may be true.
The NZ cops have yet to supply any information as to which company is supplying the 'body cameras' or what make or model is being used (I'm going to have to apply for another Official Information Act request to get this information.)
A Police spokesperson says this: "Police recently began a trial of officer-operated body cameras in the Wellington Police District, and will be evaluating its future potential for operational policing."
And superintendent Barry Taylor, Police national manager operations, says the cameras: "...will be worn by staff using the X2 Taser. The purpose of this is to assist in providing additional operational context in situations where the X2 may be used."
In other words: If they Taser your ass, they film you too. Those clips make hilarious viewing on AFV don't they?
So not only is the Police gearing up to record our every move without telling us, they've also not told us who's supplying the cameras.
As resellers we should be queuing up at the door presenting all possible solutions to this opportunity that is only now in its germination stage. And as the general public we should be waving flags demanding to know which bottle of wine we drank when our rights to privacy were taken away, because it must have been a damn good one.


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darkstar 1 wrote:I totally agree with this ideas, way better than the current system.
Fixer21 wrote:I think there is somethin' with IP adress so you can't actually rate your own map with alternative accounts, unless, you have a few more network places...
assasinguy wrote:For the rating systems what you need is a balance to avoid apathy, if you force people to vote they won't vote legitimately they'll just vote in order to get out of the match, so, what I think we should have is ... basically the same thing as you suggested but you can leave the match if you want to, it doesn't force you to stay until you vote, it simply reminds you to vote. Perhaps give the mapmaker the option to write a short message which will be displayed with the reminder.
assasinguy wrote:For the map approval system, whilst I would disagree with your accusations of corruption in the approval system, as only Eric has the ability to approve maps and nobody on PB2 is really his friend because he's never here, I would agree with your suggestions for the new system. Just add something in for how well-balanced and fair a map is, obviously you don't want unfair gameplay in an approved map.
mrblake213 wrote:For the second suggestion, there are many great maps out there that isn't famous so they don't get 50/+ rates.
Quality > Quantity. Even if players have friends on the staff, only Eric can approve the map. I somehow remember pixelvowel making a "tutorial" or a guide on how to make an approvable map. (I think it was deleted with the old forum)
mrblake213 wrote:Yes, there are rules in map approving but the guide that pixelvowel made was deleted with the old forums.
Most of the maps you know that are "approvable" aren't approved because the map makers doesn't try to notice Eric Gurt. Yes, you need to let your map be noticed by EG but the staff doesn't suggest that idea.
EDIT: Pixelvowel's guide was gone but I found these tutorials
http://www.plazmaburst2.com/level_edito ... roval.html
http://plazmabursttwo.wikia.com/wiki/Ap ... ustom_maps
Ayano wrote:Great Idea! I give you +1 for that . w . !
If this was Actually Implemented i have a Feeling i would see ALOT of approved maps.
I know its hard to get Rates from Players without begging them.
But if you add this you may look less Greedy for Votes.(Which every mapmaker needs so badly.)
this could also help New Mapmakers(Like me.) To get votes.
So please add this! ; w ; ( i wanna Improve my map-making skills. even though me maps are horrid.)
mrblake213 wrote:Goodluck with the hint
but sure, we can try your idea out.
tehswordninja wrote:I hope you do know the staff can't really do much about the approval system, that's up to Eric. I highly doubt it will change for now, but the system has to change in PB2.5, the current system is just poorly thought out.
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The beloved just closed her youth music theater company's production of A Chorus Line, and with that the swing shift part of our family life is slowly, gratefully, opening back to normal. Two of us to do (and trade off doing) what drove a menopausal monotasking Baba half-way up a tree to do solo for too many weeks. With increasingly unhappy kids. Again, I have no idea how single parents do it.
I was already half-way up a tree in the first place, so being driven the rest of the way up it located me at the tippy-top, where the view might be pretty, but the balance is precarious.
Things aren't been easy. Life-wise and blogularly, and particularly at the points — few, if significant — where those two lines converge. Those who write narrative nonfiction and draw heavily on autobiography are always in danger of writing themselves into a corner: it's the Faustian bargain one strikes to gain access to the ever-present gold mine of material. But a corner of some sort is where I seem to find myself at the moment. At least until I can figure out how to turn it.
As a sensitive person (okay, Highly Sensitive Person, complete with capitalization and sketchy Wikipedia bona fides, and by the way don't tease me; a lot of my best work derives from that condition), I am prone to becoming so moved by the world that I am slowed to an imperceptible pace. Some might even think I come to a full stop, but that's because they're moving so fast they don't notice the eensy beensy, ant-like advance. Okay, so ants seem kinda speedy. Let's say, lady bug-like.
I've seen lady bugs huddled motionless in this very room I'm sitting in now, for what seemed like weeks, in silent congregation at the apex of the ceiling. Then, when the temperature and light got just so, they slowly migrated toward the window, crawled into position, lifted their wee wing-armor, and took flight.
But so there's the weight of the world clumping up every now and then. The public sphere is always a challenge, and the private sphere can sometimes rival the public for pathos, or at least drama. In both spheres the cumulative accumulation of it all can become heavier and heaver over time. The course of human events. Each death, for instance, sits on top of the previous one, which perches on top of the previous one, and so on, like the balancing elephants in that circus scene in Dumbo. I needn't enumerate the weighty sorrows of the world. I mean really. Open the paper (one must say, proverbially, or virtually, since the opportunity to literally do so diminishes by the day, itself yet another weight, not elephantine, maybe, but palpable). Or if you really need an e.g., here (trigger warning, though).
Alleviation of the weight comes, but not always on time. For some, as the young gal at the other end of that link, not in time either.
There's also the matter of our immediate family unit being in need of greater material resources than we are currently trying to live on. Time spent here, doing this, is time not spent working for the stuff that feeds, clothes, and houses the kids. So there's that, too. It's not getting any easier, much as I do my darndest to solve the problem creatively, such as by finding a nice deep drift of sand and plunging my head into it.
But finally, and perhaps most vexingly, there's this: with the girlchild's leap from preschool to Kindergarten, her world expanded more than tenfold. Literally: her preschool had about twenty kiddles in it, and three or four staff; her elementary school has upwards of 275 kids in it (small, by our school district's standards), and about two dozen staff. Her capacity and desire to make new friends has multiplied exponentially, too, as has my desire (though not my capacity) to donate time and energy to the community there. Because I've already spent so much of my life working on and in public schools. Because this place will be the crucible for my kids' understanding of community outside their family.
Think globally, act locally, I always say.
So the girlchild's leap to elementary school has meant that some of my already limited discretionary time is redirected to the school, volunteering. (Nothing to complain about here: Aside from cutting out dozens of little black construction paper cats for the classroom and chaperoning a pumpkin patch field trip, I been strafing the garden and helping the gardening instructor, himself a volunteer. Never a bad day in the garden.) But the leap to elementary school has also led me to feel that the stakes for whatever I write here have shot way up. Tenfold? Who knows. Could all be a figment of my imagination. Hell, all this could be a figment of my imagination. You, gentle reader, may well be a figment of my imagination, except that a couple hundred of you filled out that survey for me, thereby proving your actual existence, thank you and the deities.
When she was in preschool, the scope of the lil' monkey's peregrinations was fairly limited, and her imaginary friends far outnumbered her actual ones. Now her circuits are sweeping wider and wider, and her actual friends may begin to equal, and soon outnumber the imaginary ones. And since Baba is not very playdate-forward (the logistics! the variables to remember! the healthy snacks to have on hand!), Baba has to limit her liabilities. It's challenging enough figuring out how not to hurt the future feelings of my future tween kids as they read in the LD archives in 20-whatever. How can I do that plus not inadvertently misrepresent (god forbid insult or lampoon) an actual, present-day person (or her parents) who may one day want to come and line up small toys with my daughter?
Mind you, insulting and lampooning good kind people is not in my nature (arseholes? hell to the yeah). But I'm not sure how to even begin to describe all the interesting things I've been experiencing without exposing actual people, even if never by name. I mean, I was worried about our being the only lesbian parents in our girl's class, one of just two families out of the 60-kid incoming Kindergarten cohort. But then nothing is ever that simple. Meaning, one of the co-PTA presidents is mom to the other kid-of-two-moms in Kindergarten. And the head of our regional LGBT family org has a kid in the school, another having just graduated from there. Our numbers are teeny, but our people are mighty.
And then, at the PTA meeting, while mannish lesbians were in short supply, white women were phenomenally, overwhelmingly over-represented. In the mornings, when I drop the girlie off, while every kind of parent is hanging around the younger grade kids, it's white parents who predominate, even though the school is only about a third white. Much as we struggle to make our ends meet in our household, we're doing so with schedules we have some control over, such that one of us can bike or even drive the kid to school, and linger there a bit.
The dynamics at the school are kaleidoscopic, not just in complexity but capacity to shift. With the stark exception of the elements that bound and define the space — the powerful impact of wealth and privilege. We have enough of the former, and most of the time, we benefit from plenty of the latter as well.
Can I write about these things in anything but the broadest (and therefore neutered) generalities? Narrative abhors a broad generality, that's for sure. But I can't really figure out how to be specifically descriptive just yet, without beginning to tie my girlie's shoelaces together, if not to mine. And alas, I don't have time enough to figure that out at the moment, either. Or, if/when time appears, I lack enough spirit. I've asked Robin Reagler to allow me to interview her about how, among other things, it came to be that she put her prodigious blog The Other Mother to rest (as it happens, around about the week her eldest began Kindergarten). She has graciously consented, and when I have the time (!) I'll be able to find out, among other things, whether she faced similar dilemmas. My man Looky, Daddy! closed up shop recently, too, for some reasons quite different than what I'm stewing on, but also some similar, too.
Toward the end of A Chorus Line, one of the dancers injures his leg, and is carried offstage. The director asks the rattled dancers who remain: What would you do if you couldn't dance? What will you do when you can't? Thus launches "What I Did For Love," a (rather saccharine) paean to the no regrets life, and implicitly, to the value of at least trying to do what you're moved to do for as long as you can. This is not to imply that I'm about to dim the LD stage lights, as it were. I am trying to figure out whether there's another act in here somehow, given the prevailing fiscal and social conditions, and if so, to what degree it will resemble the first acts. 'Til I make any traction with that dilemma, it might just be photographs and the occasional Mary Oliver poem here. I could do worse.


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Finally reunited with the family today and did our usual Sunday routine. Thanks to the new C6 road, it only took us 30mins to go to Alabang from our house. We passed by the Taytay road our village in Pasig which leads to C6. The C6 road ends in Bicutan. Its a good thing for me since my 2 best friends live there. It will be easier for them to visit me :)
And because of this new route, we were able to go home early and I was able to catch the sun again. Yipee!
I also have a my personal photographer now, my younger brother. He takes my outdoor shots :D
Here's what I wore:
Grey Top Bazaar Find
Forever 21 Body Con skirt
Parisian Platform Lace Ups
Fabricate Necklace
I just realized I need to color my hair soon and lose a lot of weight :D


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Honesty and integrity: Keystone of a good leader (Philippine Star)
Now that the President has anointed his close friend DILG Secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas to succeed him in the 2016 presidential elections, the battle lines are clear. At this point, survey results can be thrown out the window because it's a whole new ballgame now. With this proclamation members of the Liberal Party are now expected to get onboard and help support Roxas' bid to the highest office of the land.
There was a lot of controversy and rumors about who P-Noy was going to push to be his successor and I think this might be what caused survey results showing Mar in the lower bracket of rumored presidential candidates. Now that Aquino has done what many thought he would do and stand by his friend, the Liberal Party is finally going to throw its full weight behind Roxas and I think we are going to start to see a change in the polls. As the Bible says, 'the last will become first.'
I first met Mar Roxas when he dropped by The STAR Port Area office when he was running for a higher elective post. He was then known as "Mr. Palengke" (because he would visit the wet markets to see the standard of goods and prices) and was enthusiastically received in the pressroom by a cheering crowd. At the time, we were all thinking that it was possible he would become the next president. He was very polite and humble and expressed himself in a very genuine way.
Many know that Mar had initially expressed no interest in becoming the president of the country. Politics was not even really his passion or what he perceived was his life's calling. It was his older brother Rep. Gerardo Manuel Roxas or 'Dinggoy,' who was a rising star in the world of politics and was aiming for Malacanang. Alas, it was not meant to be. Dinggoy succumbed to disease and Mar was thrust into the political arena despite showing a keen business acumen, which would most certainly earn him success in the field of business.
His story is actually similar to that of former President John F. Kennedy. His father had originally wanted his eldest son to seek the presidency but when he died in the line of duty, JFK was thrust into the spotlight. When it comes down to it, we can all plan for our lives, but destiny also has a way of changing and defining things.
From what I know and have known of Mar Roxas, I believe that he is an excellent candidate. We are looking for someone who is honest, who values the future of the Philippines, and who is willing to do the right thing even when it's hard. I think Roxas has already proven he can do that. Back when he had his eye set on Malacanang he stepped down to let P-Noy take the lead when he realized that it was what the Filipinos wanted. His sacrifice is now being rewarded and the president is fulfilling his part of the bargain and supporting Mar's presidential bid.
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Up this point, so much was in the air about who would be in the presidential race and who the Filipino people would be pinning their hopes on in 2016. It's a very emotional time for the country because we are desperate to see change and we want it to happen soon. To become the leader of the nation one must accept a heavy burden of fulfilling the hopes and dreams of those who gave you the power to lead them. It's a heavy load to carry because there is only so much you can do in the amount of time you're given, but it's important to keep on trying because big changes start with small ones and everything has to start somewhere.
As President Aquino said when he publicly backed Mar the real battle is about to begin. He was referring to helping Roxas raise his popularity and gain the trust of the people. As the president said, "His numbers may now be low, but that only means that we need to do even more to make him known to all. Again, we are being called to prove that 'the Filipino is worth fighting for.'" And it will indeed be a fight. Thanks to the digital landscape, voters are more likely to be discerning and even skeptical when it comes to the information they receive during the campaign season. Information about candidates helping people or candidates pushing for change at this point will be viewed as self-serving and campaigning.
I think this is when track records will come into play. It's time to look beyond what we see now and look back over all that has been accomplished and achieved in the years past. We have to look at what has been historically important to candidates so we can choose the candidate that is best primed to give the country what it really needs.
I believe that Mar Roxas could be a great leader. It is in him to push the country into the future and make the hard decisions that will yield positive results. As a highly educated and intelligent politician, he can help push the country's business agenda and mold the economy to be competitive with other ASEAN countries. To quote his own words, "Professional, not transactional. We leave nothing to chance. We deal with a systematic approach of attaining our goals a government that is answerable for our bosses, for the people that gave us our mandate to serve with greatness."
He said that P-Noy started the path that showed us what Filipinos can achieve whether it be dreams as simple as food on the table or as complicated as a fair justice system. Though there have been improvements in the last five years, Roxas, should he win, will still inherit a government that has much to account for, much to fix, and so much more to prove. He will need to unify the officials in the Philippines and allow for more national and local government cooperation and coordination. It's only this way that he will be able to get everyone to work towards the same goal.
This 2016 will hopefully see another actionable step towards a better Philippines. We have what it takes to make it better, we just have to work at it and elect leaders that share the same vision. Hopefully we see a thriving economy with a stronger division of wealth throughout the classes and a unified strong Philippines as the end goal.
At this point, we are faced with the same scenario we are faced with every election the chance to make the right choice and elect leaders who will make a positive difference. I believe this time that Mar will make it to the finish line. Though I will readily admit that I admire Vice President Jojo Binay's earlier days and work as a staunch human rights activist as well as championing the oppressed during Marial Law, I still feel that Mar Roxas could be the leader we need and I hope he succeeds in what will undoubtedly be the toughest race of his life.


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A rare, convention-breaking £1 coin featuring Edward VIII has sold for a record £1m ($1.31m).
The Royal Mint said on Friday it had facilitated the sale of the rare coin, which is dated 1937 and never entered circulation.
Edward VIII, the Queen's uncle, abdicated in December 1936 to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, so no coins bearing his face ever entered circulation. However, the Royal Mint was due to start production of Edward VIII coins in January 1937 and so 'pattern' coins were created to test possible designs. Only a handful exist.
As well as the coin's scarcity, collectors are also drawn to its unusual design. Monarchs traditionally face a different way to their predecessor on coinage. However, Edward preferred his left side and so demanded his face left on the coin, the same direction George V faced on coins.
"The Edward VIII sovereign is one of the rarest and most collectable coins in the world, so it's no surprise that it has set a new record for British coinage," Rebecca Morgan, head of collector services, told the Press Association.
The 22-carat-gold coin was first sold in 1984 for £40,000 in Tokyo, then sold again in 2014 to a US collector for £516,000. The Royal Mint was contacted by a UK collector looking to purchase the coin and facilitated the sale.
"We were delighted to be able to locate such a special coin for our customer, and bring it back to the UK to make history once more," Morgan said.
The buyer wants to remain anonymous but spoke to the BBC about the record purchase.
"When the opportunity came along, I felt I could not turn it down," the collector told the BBC. "It was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"I'm aware that [£1m] is a lot of money for a coin, but if I did not secure it now, I'd not get the chance again."
The Royal Mint said it only knows of a few Edward VIII pound coins in existence. The Mint holds three, one is on loan to the British Museum, one is held by the Royal Collection, and another is "thought to be" held privately, according to the Mint.


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Long slow build but going well
In the process of finishing the chassis repairs on my basket case. I'm trying to do it on a very low budget around family and work commitments. If anyone is interested I'm blogging as I go on www.vwbeetlepickupbuild.com
Looks like a fun build! Just had a read of your blog and the first post about the drama of the collection was comical - I've also had days like that :lol:
Will be following your progress. Good luck!
You're best off posting some proper updates here, perhaps with links to your blog for the full story.
Good luck with it. :)
Thanks for the feedback, will be doing both the blog and this site but wanted more information and pictures posted. Trying to keep it low budget and aiming at the low tech side of beetle building.
Has anyone else experienced a build that was more strip and clean than actual build? I'm still taking apart mine, would very much like to start putting things back together!
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Also started getting the gearbox ready to refit but found one of the m18 bolt holes to be cross threaded so waiting for a new tap to sort it out.
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This is my passenger heater channel that had a repair panel glued on the top of it and the bottom just fell out. This makes it easier to remove and saves me time with the grinder. Attachment 260941Attachment 260939
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29-30 May 2003, Hyderabad, India. The objective of the Conference was to discuss the various important issues regarding the regulation and supervision of private pensions in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on India.
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Benefits of Strength Training for People Over 40
Regular strength training is so essential for body building for people of over 40 years. Despite the fact that many women fear exercises because of becoming bulky, exercises are very important. The following are some of the importance of strength training.
Balance improvement is one of the importance of strength training. People tend to lose balance as they get older according to research carried by scientists. This is more prone to people who do not carry out exercises. In case, you are past 40, exercise will help you a lot in improving your body balance, and therefore minimizing chances of falling down. Walking upright will thereby reduce the chances of you falling down and getting injuries.
The second advantage of strength training is that they often lead to muscle mass increment. Studies have shown that people at the age over 40 years stand s risk of losing weight in case they do not engage in active activities. Inactivity from strength training leads low slowed metabolism and finally storage of huge junks on fat in the skin. Strength training is essential is essential in either reducing sir increasing muscles depending on the exercise. However, you should be sure on the type of exercise that you engage in as some of them like squats help in the build-up of the muscles whilst others like running and walking lead to the reduction of the muscles.
The third benefit of strength training is that it is known to enhance sleep. Regular exercises have been proven scientifically to enhance the quality of sleep. Exercise also reduce stress which is known to affect the quality of sleep. It is therefore advisable to conduct regular exercises and for the purpose of quality sleep than taking drugs to achieve the same purpose.
In addition to the above importance of regular is that regular exercises make it easier for you to carry on daily chores with easy. There are many things that we ought to do in our daily lives. Some of these tasks are too complex to be carried without the help of specialized laborers. But in case you do regular exercises, then you will be able to carry some of the heavy duties with easy and with a little pain aftermath and without any assistance. Some of these exercises are not so hard to accomplish since you can only achieve fitness by doing them like 3 times a week.
The last importance that comes with strength training is that they help in glucose regulation in the body. The glucose in the blood should be regulated from time to time for health purposes. This is so essential if in alleviating stroke and other diseases. It is also important noting that strength training help in reduction of pain arising from arthritis.


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A Revolutionary Vision
A revolutionary vision is symbolic and is received beyond the reasoning conscious mind. Which means, more often than not, it will feel outrageous. The vision itself will trigger both your fear, which is a projection of the ego, and a deep sense of inspiration and imagination. A powerful principle to bathe in?
There is no order of difficulty in miracles – A Course In Miracles.
A miracle is a shift in perception. It is a conscious contraction release. A revolutionary vision is only as revolutionary as our ability to open our mind and our hearts to see things differently. Only then do we really understand the power and depth of a miracle. And when this is understood, the power of our miracle reception is exercised, and the illusion of miracle order cast aside.
With order cast aside, we begin to understand our vision. We see that there is no vision greater than another, and we each have a specific vision that only we can bring to life. Race, gender, or social hierarchy, is irrelevant. What is, is our individual commitment to trust in the vision itself.
However, we can trust a revolutionary vision only as much as we trust in our limitless power. Where limitation resides, so does our inability to take action.
How do we take action and what is the right action? Spiritual paradox tells us that there is no right action. There only IS action. All action is an effect of thought. This is law. Our greatest compass resides in our ability to take action from our heart. To trust our feeling state. To which in itself is the gateway to ultimate consciousness.
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St. Cloud Times, Minn., Andy Rennecke column: Ellering doesn't shy away from past
GREY EAGLE, Dec 28, 2009 (St. Cloud Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Paul Ellering has been all over the world. He's probably seen everything twice.
That's what happens when you're involved in the professional wrestling business.
Ellering was involved in the sport during its big burst of popularity in the early 1980s through the late 1990s. He got out of the game in 1998 after years of managing the Road Warriors, aka the Legion of Doom. The tag team of Hawk and Animal were first in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and eventually moved on to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Ellering, a 1971 Melrose High grad, just isn't known for his time in pro wrestling, however. He also became a sled dog racer and has participated in the Iditarod many times.
While he's asked about both, wrestling may be the hotter topic. Ellering, 56, and his family operate The Historic Rock Tavern on Big Birch Lake in Grey Eagle. The family lives above the establishment. Ellering and his wife, Joan, have two daughters and a son.
But if somebody asks Ellering about his days with the Road Warriors, he's not one to shy away from talking about it.
"I still go out and do autograph signings," Ellering said. "I went to St. Louis in May and just got back a couple months ago from New York, Newark and Charlotte. A vendor usually brings in 25 guys and people can get pictures with you and autographs. The vendor pays you a flat fee. It's nice to go to those and see the old guys who were around when I was.
"Hardly a week goes by that people don't ask me about it. That's fine. It's better to be asked than not asked." Ellering does miss some things about the professional wrestling lifestyle. For one, he always had a tremendous amount of down time.
During that down time, he usually liked to read as much as possible.
"I love to read any kind of book," Ellering said. "I don't have that luxury anymore. My time is all chewed up. I always had down time in the cab, at the hotel or on the plane. I miss the locker room banter with the guys too. That was always fun. I don't miss the traveling or the grind of it." Ellering is grateful to have been apart of the AWA and the WWF just when cable TV was beginning to sweep the country. He knows that's why he and the Road Warriors had so much success.
"It was a tremendous time to be in the sport," he said. "In the early '80s, we were right on the cusp of history as cable was spreading across the country. Before that we wrestled in little territories and moved on. Cable completely changed the demographics of the sport. That was an exciting time and I didn't live in one place. You could fly everywhere and live where you wanted.
"Wrestling was a passport to everywhere. You name it, and I've probably been to that country. I've been to every state and city in the country it seems like. That was part of it -- it was a lot of fun." Ellering knew he always wanted to come back to Central Minnesota when his wrestling days were behind him. He loved the area growing up and knew what kind of education his children could get in Melrose.
"When you see other places and how they do things and compare it, it's really hard to beat this area," Ellering said. "The schools are good and the people care about each other. The crime is low. It's a great place to raise a family. That's why I came back. I always loved this area." The tradition of wrestling in the Ellering family may not be done. Ellering's son, Saul, 15, is a freshman on the Melrose varsity team. However, Saul is recovering from a knee injury that he suffered while motorcrossing.
With Saul being so young, he really doesn't know how popular his dad was in the wrestling world. It's hard for his daughters -- Rebecca and Rachael -- to remember as well.
"They were young and I traveled a lot," Ellering said. "Becca was 10 when I retired. At that time I didn't let them watch TV. I thought some of the stuff they put on those shows in the later years was almost rated R. It was just time for me to get out. After all, how long can you do it?" Just long enough.
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|Watching the 3rd place baby fly!
Saturday I raced in the Buster Britton Memorial Triathlon in Birmingham, Alabama. It was my 12th time to do the race which was the very first one I did in 1999 when my son was seven years old. I have raced it every year except two over that 14 year period. (read about last year's race here and here)
Over the years they have shortened the swim from 600yds to 400yds and shortened the bike from 16 miles to 13 miles and moved the transition area up the road a bit until now it's at the very last picnic area before you start up the barely paved rough road that winds it's way up the mountain to peavine falls.
That's where the run takes place. It goes gradually uphill out and then mostly downhill back except a couple of small uphills. It's not bad though. The bike ride is the same. Going out is rolling but mostly uphill and coming back is smoking fast downhills with a couple of uphills.
There's a reason it's called "Oak Mountain" State Park.
|In line for swim start... adjust the googles.... it's important!
The swim start is not a mass start. Everyone lines up by race number and goes in the water every 3 seconds. It use to drive me nuts to stand in line and wait, but after last year being at the end because I registered late, it doesn't bother me at all. I even got to the race at 6:30 instead of my usual 5:30 a.m time and parked a fairly long distance away from transition and that was fine. This was my husband and chief athletic supporter, staff photographer and food and beverage coordinator that broke me of the my OCD habit of having to get there at a certain time, park in a certain place, do everything in a certain way or have complete meltdown.
I actually race better now!
There was one small moment of panic when I couldn't get my bike in transition area before the race start because I wasn't wearing my arm band. It was way down the street in the car because I hate wearing those things! We have to have our bike racked by 7 a.m and I only had 5 minutes to run back to the car and grab it and get back. I had also forgotten my bike pump and had pumped the tires a little before we left Pensacola on Friday, but I knew they needed more air.
I rode the bike to the car to get the arm band and then went by the Bike Link tent to get the guys to pump air in my tires. Good thing because the back tire only had about 65psi and I usually race at 100psi. Luckily, there wasn't a line and I got my bike in transition right at 7 a.m with tires full of air.
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The water as usual was very warm and very brown and squishy at the bottom. The ramp is slippery but they had us going in next to the ramp with a carpet down. I wish the carpet had been extended all the way into the water until it was deep enough for me to start swimming though. It was squishy.
|Thinking if I lean back far enough it will postpone going into the icky brown water....
|Finally in the water swimming around...
|Buster Britton transition area... you can't come in without your wristband... don't forget the wristband! Trust me!
The camera battery died right after the swim start so the Murph couldn't take any other pictures of the bike and run portions of the race. I got the awards ceremony photos off of facebook. The President of the Vulcan Triathletes Club took them. I missed the group photo with them though. I usually do! Now I am a member of both the Vulcan Triathletes and the TriGulfCoast club in my new home city. I guess this will be my last year as a Vulcan Triathlete.
I will miss that too even though I haven't been training with them much the last couple of years because I haven't been training much at all the last couple of years! That will change now that I'm training for a 70.3 race.
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|Award ceremony
I felt a little flat on the bike and I don't really know why. It was the first time this year that I've used the race wheels. I didn't use them in the other two races I did last month so I thought I would feel faster but nope. I was a minute slower on the bike than last year which was disappointing since I've been on the bike more than last year.
|Buster Britton Finish line... always a welcome sight!
My run was much faster and I that's because of all the 5k's I did in April. I've been working on speed and keeping my long distance runs under 13 miles. Long distance has always slowed me down.
Overall I was about 3 minutes faster than last year and placed first in my age group same as last year. This year we stayed for the award ceremony so I could get my award. I'm glad I did because I also got a bag of all kinds of goodies such as running socks, bike tubes, water bottle, bike co2 pump, power gels, etc. It took a very LONG time to get to my age group though because I'm so old. The Murph was somewhat patient and I appreciate it. He even broke down and used the port-o-potty, something I thought he would never do.
Also, new this year was that everyone, all the race finishers, received a very nice finisher medal. After all that hard work everyone deserves a medal, especially the ones on the course in the heat after the 2 hour mark. They deserve something more than the top finishers and now they get some hardware too.
At packet pickup Friday I ran into the psychiatrist my son has been going to for ADD meds since he was in 6th grade. The same psychiatrist who diagnosed the Boy with Asperger's when he was in 8th grade and changed our lives for the better. He told me he was racing and that Buster Britton was his first triathlon. I didn't see him during the race, but as I was heading over to look at the results after the race I ran into him again and asked him how he did. He kicked butt! He placed 6th in his age group and was 6 minutes faster than me.
I have to admit I couldn't find his results because I thought he was much younger than he is. When I first took my son to see him many years ago, I even remember thinking he's so young that he probably just got out of school. "How much experience does he have? He's barely older than the Boy." Of course, I immediately realized he was very qualified and I shouldn't be so quick to judge. After seeing the race results I realized he's older than I am! Oh, well, sorry I thought what I thought! I'll never tell though!
The race is named after Buster Britton, a Birmingham area triathlete who died while doing a fun run a couple of weeks after doing the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii about 25 years ago. Buster Britton's family was there and his daughter spoke about what a great legacy this race was for their family. This was the first time I had seen the family and I didn't realize that Buster Britton's daughter was pregnant with his grandchild when he died. The granddaughter had never met her grandfather, but his legacy lives on in the triathlon which is one of the longest running ones in Alabama.
That was very touching. I hope that I can continue to do the race in the future even though I'm not living in Birmingham. Oak Mountain use to be practically in my back yard and was one of my favorite places to train. I will miss it.
|Another pic of award ceremony.... babies still flying!


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Happy Friday Junior, and Backlist Blast day! This week I'm featuring a book that I've been wanting to read ever since it was published two days after my birthday last year! An amazing friend of mine from Twitter actually granted my #bookish wish by sending me a copy of this book the other day, too! Thank you so much!!!!! Also, we're so happy to see that so many of you have decided to join Backlist Blast, and in order to make your post for this meme more visible (and your blogs, Instagram, or Twitter accounts too), I decided to add a link-up form/widget to the bottom of every Backlist Blast post from now on! So, don't forget to add your links to the form!
– About the Meme –
Backlist Blast is a meme created by Milana from A Couple Reads and myself, and is meant to encourage book bloggers to feature and talk about backlist books (meaning books that were published 6 months ago, or earlier). We all get excited about all of the newest books coming out, but many of us also have a looming TBR of books published 6 months ago or earlier that we still need to read!
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– My Backlist Blast Choice –
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
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Title: Strange the Dreamer
Author: Laini Taylor
Type: Fiction
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group)
Published: March 28, 2017
Source: Gift from a friend
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around–and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams?
In this sweeping and breathtaking novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Timesbestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.
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MASTODON's TROY SANDERS Talks About Making Of 'The Hunter'
Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with bassist/singer Troy Sanders of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Metalshrine: Why Mike Elizondo for producer [of the new MASTODON album "The Hunter"]? Did that have anything to do with him producing AVENGED SEVENFOLD?
Troy Sanders: We chose Mike. A lot of people look at his résumé and he co-wrote some giant hits with Eminem and Dr. Dre and he worked with Fiona Apple and Mavis Staples and that was one thing that drew us to him. Mike is a very, very musically intelligent person from all genres of music, just like the four of us are, as people who respect music from all over and every genre. But deep down his roots are in… he grew up playing bass in heavy metal and thrash bands and then he went to college for orchestral upright bass guitar and then he went and worked with Dr. Dre and then Fiona Apple and then he worked with Mavis Staples and he's all over the place. Mike is the first producer for this record that approached us and said, "Hey, guys, I want you to know that I'm a big fan of what you guys have been doing and if you have any inclination to work with me at any time, these are things that I can bring to the table, dah dah dah dah!" So we befriended on a personal level immediately and then after many, many talks and sharing demos with each other, we thought he was the guy to work with. Now, listening back to the record, we're very, very glad that we did.
Metalshrine: Did he approach you and had you come across him before and knew of his work?
Troy Sanders: We knew of his work, but he actually approached us back in February of this year when we were in the demoing process of all our new stuff. He flew to Atlanta and took us out to eat some tacos and that's when we started sharing ideas and first and foremost we bonded on a friendship level, which was the most important to us. We wanna be friends with someone that we're working with before we enter into a business relationship. It started from the ground up, personally first and business second.
Metalshrine: After "Crack The Skye" and you were done touring and all that, had you already decided that you weren't gonna be working with [producer] Brendan O'Brien again?
Troy Sanders: Well, we didn't decide that we would not work with him. It was more of a fact that we knew… once we decided to change everything… we wanted to change the direction of the music, we wanted to change the album artwork, we wanted to change producers. We just wanted to change everything and we wanted to hit the refresh button on our band. Kind of like feel free to explore anything that we felt and explore in any direction we wanted to go. We didn't speak about the idea of working with Brendan again, but then we just said, "You know what, let's change everything!" We love Brendan and he's a giant reason why we were able to make "Crack The Skye" what it was.
Metalshrine: Speaking of that artwork? How did you come across that guy AJ Fosik?
Troy Sanders: We'd seen some of his work in magazines and such and books and it was quite striking. Months ago while we were in the writing process, we contacted him and discussed the idea of making an epic wood sculpture and he was very much into it, so he started busting his ass similarly to the way we feel about creating our music. He spent hours and hours of dedicated time and talent making this massive wood sculpture of a triple jarred minotaur-type head and it turned out to be so slick and beautiful, that it almost looks like a computer-generated image, but it's not. It's actually a massive wood sculpture that he spent many, many hours on. It was cool to change it up and we're very, very happy with what he did.
Metalshrine: These days and I've talked to others about this, these days there's like five different versions of the album released. The making-of DVD, the bonus tracks, the deluxe jewel case and so on. What's your thought about that? Is that just another way of selling things?
Troy Sanders: Well, I think… we always do a limited deluxe because we do have a handful of people that want to have everything, that are collectors. A lot of people think that the deluxe stuff is only released like a cash grab, but in our opinion that's not the case. I only buy the $50 version of things from the bands that I truly love and I really want to own. That's why we only make a small run of those things, for those that wish to have that and that's fine, but if you just wanna hear that 14th song, then you can simply buy that digitally for a dollar, so we're definitely not doing that for any type of monetary gain. Obviously we release the standard version and that's what bands do, but the deluxe is strictly for those that really want this limited collector's-type release.
Metalshrine: Writing this album, I understand that it was more of a collaboration and a group effort than "Crack The Skye". How do you guys work on songs? Does everyone bring an idea for a riff or a melody? How does it work?
Troy Sanders: Yeah. Essentially, everyone in the band contributes a lot to the finished product, but the majority of songs are written in one or two ways. One of the ways is that one of the guitar players will come into practice because they both have acoustic guitars and they play a lot of music at home on their couches, so sometimes that guitar players will walk in and say, "Hey, I think I have a whole song. Check this out," and they'll play it and then we take what we love and move forward and build on that or it might be a complete song already and we're like, "Wow, kick-ass!" The other way that a lot of the songs are written is that somebody will come into the practice space and somebody will start jamming on something cool and everybody kind of joins in and then we try and find other riffs that match that and just kind of build it very spontaneously and then by the end of the day we'll go, "Holy shit, that's a song! Done! High five!" so those are the two main ways that songs are written in the MASTODON world. Essentially everybody has their style and their feel and their contributions to it, whether it be guitar-wise or vocally or whatever. It is very much a band effort when it's all said and done.
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Best Witch Horror Movies #1 Crowhaven Farm (1970)
This made for television movie is simple yet terrifying. A woman moves into a farmhouse she inherited with her husband only to find it all so familiar. She has dreams of another life in which she betrayed her witch friends to save her own skin. The question is will she do it again?
Best Witch Horror Movies #2: Warlock (1989)
Julian Sands is fantastic as the meanest witch of all trying to undo creation. He manages to escape his execution in the seventeen century by fleeing to the twentieth with Satan's help. Hot on his heels in a witch hunter seeking to destroy the witch before hell comes to earth.
Best Witch Horror Movies #3: The Gift (2000)
Cate Blanchett plays a good witch who reads Tarot cards to help raise her two young children. When a young woman disappears she is enlisted to help find her dead or alive. This movie has a down home country feel that makes it even more scary when supernatural things begin to happen.
Best Witch Horror Movies #4: Salem Witch Trials (2002)
The scariest thing about this made for television movie is how closely it sticks to true events. It addresses the hysteria and fear that enveloped the town of Salem. One child's imagination carried away the common sense of every adult in that township. The fear lies in how quickly that can happen in the worst circumstances.
Best Witch Horror Movies #5: Eyes of Fire (1983)
A group of travelers begin having members disappear and realize that an ancient spirit is to blame. The only salvation is a half-insane witch child Leah who has the gifts to save them all. Some truly frightening images that will shock you and I am not talking about Leah eating dirt for power.
Best Witch Horror Movies #6: House of the Devil (2009)
A college girl finds a babysitting job that isn't quite what it seems. The dialog between the babysitter and her employers is eerie and leads in well to future events. This movie is frightening at times because it doesn't hold back and punches you right between the eyes.
Best Witch Horror Movies #7: Darkness Falls (2003)
The townsfolk of Darkness Falls created their own witch over a simple mistake. The curse she lays on the town will forever have them seeking the light. She visits their children on the night they lose their last baby tooth and wise children don't look upon her face.
Best Witch Horror Movies #8: Warlock:The Armageddon (1993)
The evil warlock is back from hell searching for sacred stones that will destroy mankind. The only thing between him and victory are two teenage druids, the last warriors of their kind.
Best Witch Horror Movies #9: An American Haunting (2005)
The Bell Witch terrorizes John Bell and his lovely daughter Betsy. The entire family is powerless to protect them both. Betsy has a secret that can end all the torment if only her mother would get a clue.
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