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The Shito-ryu Shukokai Karatedo Union is a worldwide acting organisation. It's aim is to provide the art of
It is one of the most dynamic and successful Karate schools. Shukokai's Japanese roots centred on the universities of Osaka and Kyoto and their students established the school as a fast and powerful style. Shukokai was the brainchild of TANI Chojiro sensei. Tani sensei studied Goju-Ryu for a decade until meeting MABUNI Kenwa sensei, the famous Shito-Ryu Master. Tani Sensei became a keep disciple of this fast and fluid style and he was finally allowed to open his own school in 1948.
Sensei Tani was fascinated with the science of body mechanics and movement, and after much experimenting and comprehensive study he re-designed the Shito-Ryu's kicking and punching methods to maximise and benefit from plyometric (elastic property) contraction of the muscles. The hip movement was emphasised and Shukokai's famous double hip movement for executing strikes developed, giving the style it's explosive power.
Impact pads were introduced to help the Shukokai stylists enhance their power. Tani Sensei successfully fused the dynamics and speed of Shito-Ryu with the power and strength of Goju-Ryu so none of the qualities or strengths of either style were lost.
After the death of Tani Sensei in 1998 YAMADA Haruyoshi sensei was elected to lead the organisation of Shukokai. He was born in 1938 in Akita prefecture, . He began his martial arts study in Judo before coming involved in Karate. In 1956 he became a disciple of Tani sensei and was one of his top ranking pupils. He is one of the highest representatives of Japan Karate Federation and is also engaged in the Japanese Olympic Committee. Yamada sensei is living in Amagasaki near Osaka , where he is running a bone setting clinic as well as his dojo with approximately 10.000 students nation-wide.
The SHITO-RYU SHUKOKAI UNION Oceania was re-organised in 2002. It is lead Stephen Kelly, Kyoshi, 7th Dan as Chief instructor. Its headquarter is located in Brisbane, Queensland, , where Mr. Kelly resides. Member countries of the Union are throughout , Europe, America and throughout Asia.
The Shito-ryu Shukokai Union Oceania organises regular visits to for training and competing together with our japanese masters and friends from all over the world. As well, World Chief Instructor, Yamada Sensei, Ishitobi Sensei, 8th Dan and other japanese masters and teams regularly visit to share their knowledge.
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Tani sought to perfect his karate by studying the mechanics of the human body and developed techniques that can be delivered with maximum efficiency. SSU-Oceania aims to forge an organisation free of trivial politics and ego for the betterment of karate and invites all interested individuals and groups to learn more about us.
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Crown celebrate 40 years in print
This month Aldershot based Crown Litho, celebrates 40 years in the print industry.
Director Robert Avery, started the business in the garage of his home in Godalming in 1976 and built the business over the years to what it is today, producing high quality printed materials for local businesses, as well as nationally.
Crown have continually invested in the latest technology to keep ahead of the game. In 2000 Crown went one step further by taking a decision to proactively address their corporate responsibility for the environment by achieving its ISO 14001, and in July 2003 received the Surrey Sustainable Business Award for Best Environmental Improvement.
More recently, Crown was again recognised for its innovative thinking and featured in the print industry press for being the first UK print company to use a chemical free plate making system to further enhance their environmental credentials.
When asked about his 40 years in business Bob Avery, Managing Director of Crown, commented "It's not all been plain sailing, but I've learnt a lot along the way, gained a son-in-law and some grand-children, and met some wonderful people".
Senior Account Manager Alison Ball says "Most of the staff at Crown have been here for over 20 years, and I can see why – the finished product is excellent, the clients are happy as a result, and so are the staff. It certainly makes my job a pleasure, as an Account Manager."
In this anniversary year, Crown continues to look to the future with the acquisition of a higher resolution, digital press, and a die cutting and foiling machine that will appeal to businesses on a budget, that are wanting to make a splash with their marketing materials.
You can find Crown Litho at www.crownlitho.co.uk
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Dining Plus offers a unique privilege to its customers.The members can enjoy 3 Days and 2 Nights stay in hotels at 23 fabulous destinations in India and 9 in the Far East.The holiday is redeemable for a couple and one younger child below 8 years.The Booking request must come in the first 10 months from date of enrolment and 30 days prior to the intended date of stay however, the stay must be completed before the expiry of your membership. T&C Apply
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Arizona Liberty Caucus on Twitter
The top tweets for the Arizona Liberty Caucus over the past week have been fairly eclectic. The Chandler Ostrich Festival, the Flagstaff Liberty Alliance's Americans for Prosperity Event and Super Tuesday II all went viral. The Missouri nail-biter between Trump and Cruz particularly fascinated our Twitter followers.Read more
Fighting the Liberty Revolution
When I read or watch material produced by progressives, socialists and communists, it is striking how everybody seems to be on the same page. The Marxist view of history informs the overall strategy of all of these groups. When Barack Obama or Bernie Sanders chides his opponents for being on the wrong side of history, he is implicitly promoting the Marxist idea that history has a more or less inevitable direction. For the left, Capitalism is just a way station between feudalism and progressivism. Socialists and communists see their ideal societies to a few steps on road past progressivism.
But this view of history is a bluff. The direction of history is not inevitable. History is not a triumphant march from tyranny to liberty. A more accurate view would be that civilization has risen and fallen many times, with tyranny and liberty waxing and waning depending on many factors.
What progressives really have in mind is a well thought out agenda. At each step, the left consolidates their gains. This process is called by many names: the Revolutionary Process; the Socialist Program; or simply "Progress."Read more
Scandal Taints Gilbert Override Election
In their zeal to raise your taxes, proponents of the Gilbert override failed to comply with the law. The election itself is illegal and unneccesary. Undeterred, supporters of the tax increase are pulling out all the stops to win, going so far as to engage in illegal campaign activities using public resources. That's right. The pro-tax campaign is using your money to swindle you into giving them more money that the budget shows isn't even needed.
Thankfully, Gilbert Public Schools board member, Julie Smith is fighting to protect our schools and your pocketbook. She has filed multiple complaints with the Arizona Attorney General's office so that he will uphold the law. So far, no action has been taken. AG Mark Brnovich has essentially told Gilbert that it's up to the voters and the governing board. Superintendent Kishimoto and her allies can get away with violating the law unless the school board and the voters hold them accountable.
You can hold the Gilbert School Board and Superintendent Kishimoto accountable for this attempted back door tax increase by voting "no!" on the override.Read more
Progressivism Gave Us Susan Bitter Smith
Arizona's political world is up in arms about Susan Bitter Smith, and rightly so. At least three complaints have been filed against Susan Bitter Smith due to her clear conflict of interest. She is both employed by Cox and the regulatory body that is supposed to be keeping an eye on utilities like Cox cable. In my Twitter feed, the people most up in arms, though, are the people with the least right to complain: progressives. Progressives have given us the regulatory state. Corruption is the natural consequence.Read more
Rand Paul Gets Strong Endorsement from Rep. Mulvaney (R-SC)
Rand Paul got a strong endorsement from Representative Mick Mulvaney today. While many have written off the Paul campaign as dead, this endorsement and Paul's strong performance in the last debate remind us why Paul remains a viable candidate. Even as he has made enemies for his tough stands against NSA surveillance and for sound foreign policy, Paul commands respect among informed conservatives like Mulvaney. Most importantly, Rand has clout within the party that his father lacked.Read more
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Launching the New Arizona Liberty Caucus Website
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AET Tankers has agreed to purchase the remaining 50% of Paramount Tankers that the Company currently jointly own (under a 50/50 joint venture agreement) with Golden Energy Tanker Holdings. Paramount Tankers is a JV which owns and operates six Aframax vessels. Commercial management is delivered by AET and technical management is provided by Enterprises Shipping and Trading SA.
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AET President & CEO, Captain Rajalingam Subramaniam, says:
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Norman Rockwell Museum premiered its newest exhibition, Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross, on Saturday, November 10, to an enthusiastic crowd of over 450 people. Visitors had the rare opportunity to view Alex Ross' photo-realistic superhero art, and meet the acclaimed artist himself. Curated by the Andy Warhol Museum, the exhibition will be on view at Norman Rockwell Museum through February 24, 2013.
During the run of the Heroes & Villains exhibition, Norman Rockwell Museum will present a series of superhero-related programs.
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Comic Creations!
Wednesday, December 26 through Sunday, December 30, 1 to 5 p.m.
Envision your own story lines and design unique comic book characters during this lively series of drop-in art workshops inspired by the work of comic book master, Alex Ross. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and other favorite superheroes will be on view. Free with Museum admission, members free.
Educator's Symposium
Comics in the Classroom
Saturday, January 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Explore curriculum-based connections to comics and creative applications for the classroom in this daylong immersion for educators inspired by Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross. Dr. William H. Foster, III of Naugatuck Valley Community College will explore the changing image of African Americans in comics, and Dr. James Kimble of Seton Hall University will discuss the prevalence of comics as domestic propaganda during World War II. PDPs are available. $30, $24 members.
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Monday, February 18 through Saturday, February 23, 1 to 5 p.m.
Explore the art of illustration greats Norman Rockwell and Alex Ross, and design your own superheroes inspired by the works on view. These drop-in workshops for young artists of all ages will encourage experimentation with media and techniques. Free with Museum admission, members free.
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How Buprenorphine Works for Pa in Management or Opiate Addiction
Buprenorphine is being used for drug addiction treatment because it is a long-acting opioid (24-72 hours) and it produces less respiratory depression at high doses than other narcotic treatment drugs. Buprenorphine is much more potent than morphine as an analgesic; and like morphine, it produces dose-related euphoria, respiratory depression, and sedation.
Low doses of buprenorphine can eliminate opiate withdrawal symptoms
When treating someone who is addicted to opioids, a low dose of buprenorphine is strong enough to allow an addict to stop taking opiates without experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Side Effects of buprenorphine are minimal. The most common was sedation but it was mild.
Other side effects reported in less than 5% of the patients in this study were as follows:
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Vivitrol (naltrexone) and Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) are the new hope for opiate addicts
Vivitrol (Naltrexone) is a monthly injection given in a physicians office. It controls addiction by preventing euphoria from other opioids or alcohol.
Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) works by limiting the euphoric effects of opioids but at the same time preventing withdrawal symptoms. While there is no perfect treatment, both of these medications can be safe and effective when used properly.
These are far lower cost to an addict than typical opioids. I know of some addicts who were spending $160 daily to support their addiction, and spend a good portion of the day seeking out the drug for fear of intense withdrawal.
A doctor mentioned some real-world experiences with subxone…
To see a 42 year old nurse to break into tears when talking about how she feels like she got her life back due to these Suboxone treatment. To have a young mother hug me while crying because she was so happy to be able to care for her children and be normal again.
Potentially fatal interactions with other depressants such as benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Ativan), THC, alcohol, sleep aids, muscle relaxers, etc.
Withdrawal: Although the addict feels like dying, withdrawal from opiates in itself is not lethal (as withdrawal from alcohol and benzodiazepines can be)


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Once pure : Shattered Past Series, Book 3. / Cecy Robson.
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She bears the scars of the past. He blames himself for things he can't control. Their defenses are up, but in Cecy Robson's latest Shattered Past novel--perfect for fans of Monica Murphy and J. Lynn--true love lands a knockout punch. Sofia Tres Santos remembers a time before her life went sour, before her innocence was ripped away, before she began punishing herself with risky behaviors and unworthy men. Now, at twenty, she just hopes she's ready to rebuild some of what she lost. One way or another, it always comes back to her childhood friend and longtime crush, Killian O'Brien. As strong as Killian is, Sofia has always been his one weakness. He knows Sofia has suffered and wants to ensure she's never hurt again--not like before, and definitely not under his watch. When Sofia agrees to work at his mixed martial arts gym, Killian seizes the opportunity to help and protect the sweet girl he's always cared for. And yet, as he trains Sofia to defend herself...
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Make money speak for utility consumers
To the editor:
Now we know what most of us already suspected. Llewellyn King's exposure of the northeastern electrical utility companies (Opinion, Nov. 19) shows how they have shortchanged customers over the years: obsolete transformers -- one more than 100 years old -- low-cost, unsuitable wooden utility poles, willful disregard of the threat of growing trees, etc. Altogether a recipe for further widespread power outages.
Thanks to a weak-kneed regulatory system, utilities have gotten away with letting the system deteriorate. It saves money in the short run, with juicier dividends to shareholders and fat bonuses to top company executives.
Money speaks.
So let it speak for the consumer: Impose fines, real fines, for future outages: $5 per household for the second day, with the fine doubling each day after that. Outages for businesses should start at $50 and follow the same pattern. With potentially thousands at risk, it'll soon add up.
The utilities claim that burying cables, as is done in most advanced countries, is too expensive. Let their accountants and actuaries figure out the cost of the proposed fines. Burying cables and replacing superannuated transformers as an alternative will be cheap at the price! And we, the customers, will finally get a system for the 21st century, safe from an increasingly violent climate.
John Maarbjerg
What happens when interest rates rise?
To the editor:
We have managed to go through this election cycle with no one even mentioning the issue that will dominate the rest of our lives, which is what happens when interest rates rise.
During the last fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the federal government spent about $360 billion on interest on the debt, which is now $16.2 trillion and growing fast.
We now have historically low rates. When rates rise, as they always do, this interest expense will grow and cause massive cuts elsewhere as funds must be freed up to pay the interest. In the extreme case, if rates were to rise to 1981 levels, every single dollar of present federal tax receipts would not be enough to pay the interest on the debt. Not a single penny would be left for Social Security, Medicare or even Obamacare.
The current proposals to tax the rich will do little to solve this problem.
According to the Treasury Department, the debt of the federal government increased about $1.28 trillion during the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30. According to the Congressional Budget Office, eliminating the Bush tax cuts on those earning more than $250,000 per year, and returning to the rates under Clinton, would result in increased tax receipts of about $80 billion per year.
In other words, if Obama's proposal to tax the rich had been enacted, and the rich had been taxed in a fair manner according to him, our deficit last year would have been $1.20 trillion instead of $1.28 trillion. It is a mystery that people consider such a proposal even worthy of discussion.
The American dream is already transitioning to shared sacrifice. When rates start to rise, we will begin our shift to shared misery and devastating poverty.


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Anna Gunn Lines Up 'Sex With Strangers' Off Broadway
The "Breaking Bad" star will headline opposite Tony Award nominee Billy Magnussen in the Second Stage production of Laura Eason's drama, directed by David Schwimmer.
NEW YORK -- Bryan Cranston opened on Broadway to rave reviews last month, playing Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way. Now his former Breaking Bad co-star, Anna Gunn, is also heading to the New York stage this summer, in an off-Broadway production of Laura Eason's Sex With Strangers.
The Emmy winner will appear opposite Billy Magnussen, a Tony nominee last season for his role in Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. The two-hander will be produced by Second Stage Theatre and directed by David Schwimmer. It begins previews July 8, with official opening set for July 30, in a limited engagement scheduled through Aug. 24.
Eason's drama asks how far people will go when attraction, sex, ambition and digital-age communication are in the mix. Magnussen plays popular young sex blogger and memoirist Ethan, who tracks down his idol, the obscure, upscale novelist Olivia, played by Gunn. Each of them has something the other wants.
Schwimmer has an extensive theater background as both actor and director, notably in Chicago, where he is co-founder of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. He appeared onstage in New York in the 2006 Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, and off Broadway in Detroit in 2012, as well as directing the 2008 Naked Angels production of Stephen Belber's Fault Lines.
Gunn is shooting Fox's murder-investigation series Gracepoint, the U.S. adaptation of critically acclaimed British smash Broadchurch. Sex With Strangers will mark Gunn's first time on a New York stage since making her Broadway debut in 1996 in Jean Anouilh's The Rehearsal.
Magnussen will next be seen in Rob Marshall's starry Disney screen version of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's revisionist fairy-tale musical Into the Woods.


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Awards Season: Why Critics' Prizes Can Be a Dead End (Analysis)
This story first appeared in the Dec. 21 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Sony Pictures might have dodged a bullet.
When the Los Angeles Film Critics Association met Dec. 9 for its annual deliberations, there certainly was a contingent backing Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, the military procedural Sony will release in limited engagements Dec. 19. The film already had been given best picture benedictions by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review, and it looked like a critical sweep was beginning to materialize.
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But by the time the dust settled, Zero captured only one award from LAFCA, for its editing by Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, and Bigelow had to settle for runner-up status to Paul Thomas Anderson, named best director for The Master. As for best picture, LAFCA handed that distinction to Michael Haneke's Amour.
Counterintuitively, that probably was good news for Sony because it means, when it comes to its Oscar hopes for Zero, recent history isn't necessarily about to repeat. Only two years ago, Sony rode into the awards hunt with The Social Network, which had collected just about every critics' prize to be had. The Broadcast Film Critics Association gave the film its top honor, and the Golden Globe Awards followed suit, naming it best drama.
But then, beginning with the Producers Guild Awards, where The King's Speech was hailed as best motion picture, the tide began to turn as the industry itself began to make its tastes known. When Speech was crowned the best picture Oscar winner, all of those Social critics' prizes counted for naught.
With Oscar nominations still nearly a month away, the contenders are looking for every bit of evidence that suggests they've got momentum on their side. But critics' prizes are a mixed blessing: They can boost a performance that otherwise might have been overlooked, but they are no guarantee of an Oscar win. In fact, they can provide a false sense of inevitability, as happened with Social.
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Sure, there are those rare years when critics' choices seem to predict the Oscar outcome. In 2009, the three most prominent critics' groups - LAFCA, the NYFCC and the National Society of Film Critics - endorsed Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, which ultimately stole the best picture Oscar from the mighty Avatar. But usually, the critics shouldn't be read for their predictive powers.
"There have been plenty of movies that didn't score with critics — from Forrest Gump to Titanic — that won Oscars, and there have been plenty of movies that won all the critics' awards, like Raging Bull and GoodFellas, that didn't win best picture," notes one strategist. "It doesn't really mean anything if a film wins one or two critics' awards. What really means something is when they start winning them in the aggregate; and even then, what really matters is what the guilds then choose."
Plus, critics groups sometimes have their own agendas -- and even within each group, there often are dueling cliques more interested in voting down a rival clique's favorites than promoting their candidates. At the New York vote, for example, critic J. Hoberman reported that after Beasts of the Southern Wild fell one vote shy of being named best first film on the group's first two ballots, the documentary How to Survive a Plague snuck in and took the award on the third try. And at the Los Angeles confab, though there was a definite and vocal Holy Motors faction (the French pic ultimately won best foreign-language honors), the sentiment was pretty equally divided among Amour, Master, Zero and Beasts, with each getting a prize or two to take home.
When it comes to the broader awards scene, though, critics' nods perform one useful function: While the cottage industry of Oscar bloggers spends months predicting nominees, which has the effect of narrowing the field, the critics, in turn, can open the field back up -- at least in regard to nominations.
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This year, for example, Ann Dowd got an assist from the National Board of Review for her performance as a restaurant manager forced to submit to a nasty prank in the little-seen Compliance. And Rachel Weisz, whose The Deep Blue Sea grossed only $1.1 million when it was released by Music Box in March, could get a second look now that the New York Critics have named her best actress.
"It puts an exclamation on her performance," says Weisz's rep, Mara Buxbaum. "Now, hopefully people who didn't see the movie will take time to watch the DVD."
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We're a philosopher and a computer scientist trying to understand the world and the choices we make.
About 'Contraposition': There's an aphorism in philosophical circles that goes "One man's modus ponens is another man's modus tollens." The idea is that two people can agree on a conditional statement `If p then q', but use it to make different inferences. Someone who endorses p will conclude that q (that's modus ponens). Someone who denies q will deny p (that's modus tollens). This double aspect of the conditional shows up in the fact that, in classical logic, 'p -> q' is equivalent to '~q -> ~p'. Converting from one to the other is called contraposition.
We've noticed that much of the sustainability/green/environmental community likes to reason in only one direction:
(1) If we're going to maintain the current economy (p), then we'll need alternative fuels that meet current energy needs (q).
But why not contrapose?
(2) If we can't get alternative fuels to meet current energy needs (~q), then we won't be able to maintain the current economy (~p).
If you emphasize (1), the lesson is: let's get to work on making alternative fuels meet current (extravagant) energy needs. But if you emphasize (2), the lesson is: let's start thinking about what a different economy would look like. We think it's vital to start thinking about both directions, and not neglect the contrapositive.


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Are Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem expecting baby #2?
Spanish television program Espejo Publico (Antena3) is reporting that the Volver actress is pregnant, quoting multiple sources who are close to the star who say that she is 3 months along.
If the reports prove true, the baby will be the second for Penélope and Javier, who are also parents to 17-month-old son Leonardo.
The 38-year-old beauty recently raved about family life, saying, "I'm a housewife and it's beautiful, the best thing in the world."


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A glorious medley of golden shredded brussel sprouts sauteed with fennel and fresh nutmeg. Caramelized onions with smoky apple bacon and sweet Pink Lady® Apple slices brings all the flavors home. Not one for brussel sprouts? These savory golden crusted sprouts browned in smoky bacon fat is sure to change anyone. Add a poached egg for a upscale treat. This one pan meal is great for the week days, tastes amazing the next day and is great for packing lunches. Serve family style for main course or pair with our Pink Lady® Sage and Butternut Apple Bisque for a hearty meal. Double recipe and freeze for weekends on the go.
- 6 oz. or 4 strips of thick apple smoked bacon, cut in half inch chunks
- 2 pink lady® apples, medium sized, sliced thinly
- 1 sweet onion, sliced thinly
- 1 large fennel bulb, sliced thinly
- fennel fronds from bulb, chopped
- 1/2 pound brussel sprouts, shredded thinly
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1.5 tsp nutmeg seed, freshly grated +extra for garnish
- sea salt & rainbow pepper
In a large glass bowl, add thinly sliced apple and lemon juice. Put aside and slice up all other ingredients. Shred brussel sprouts by chopping off each end of the sprout and thinly slicing it from the top to the bottom multiple times. In a large cast iron pan on medium heat, cut bacon chunks with scissors into pan. Cook for 5-8 minutes until almost golden brown. Take out of pan and set aside. In the same hot cast iron pan, add thinly sliced onions and saute in bacon fat until light golden brown. Add apple slices and continue to saute for 4 minutes until lightly browned as well. Remove onion and apple slices out of pan, place aside on another plate. Add fennel slices into pan and saute for 5 minutes. Add olive oil if moisture is needed depending on bacon fat in pan. Pour shredded brussel sprouts on top of the fennel and continue to saute until roasted brown, 6 to 7 minutes. Grind some fresh sea salt and rainbow pepper or regular black pepper on veggies. Lower heat and add back in, apples and onions. Mix and add bacon chunks. When tossed completely, grate some fresh nutmeg all over the medley. Plate family style in one serving dish or individual plates with bowls of soup. Fresh ground pepper and nutmeg as garnish.


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Nishka Lulla is an Indian fashion designer who was born in Mumbai, India. She has design costumes for many bollywood stars and also worked with her mother to design costumes in movies too. Nishika mother Neeta Lulla is an famous fashion designer who has worked for almost 26 years in fashion world. Both the mother and daughter also design wedding dress of actress Genelia D'Souza's. Her mother has also won the National Film Awards for Best Costume Design.
Nishika said about her design that "I have learned a lot from my mother and one of them is hard work. She said that you have to work hard to make your own mark. My designs need to have a definition of myself without imitating someone else. For instance, I can't imitate my mother's creation and make my own line". Her passion of design costume comes from her mother. Apart of her worked for bollywood she has also design costumes for ecommerce site Stylista.com at fashion gala.
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http://theiu.org/?alisa=%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-Opteck&866=06 On Sunday my Mum and I decided to make the most of the lovely sunshine and go to Waterperry Gardens for an afternoon walk. We had been wanting to go for the gardens for some time as we often popped into the garden centre and tea rooms (for the best homemade scones) when I was at university in Oxford. Waterperry is a stone's throw away from Oxford, just outside the village of Wheatley.
http://asect.org.uk/?ilyminaciya=%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9&d52=19 The gardens include a formal knot, a rose garden, a water-lily canal, orchards and a river side walk. There is plenty to explore and we were both impressed with the various different parts of the garden that each had their own unique character. There were lots of visitors but you wouldn't have noticed as it was so peaceful. For someone that gets anxious easily I find being in gardens like this to be really calming and a great way to 'escape'. I am not one for walking in the countryside often but I do enjoy exploring places such as Waterperry where there is lots of colour and sights to take in. I would highly recommend Waterperry for an afternoon out in the Oxfordshire countryside.
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follow I used the rucksack for the first time on Sunday and I am so happy with it. It's the perfect size allowing me to carry my everyday items (purse, makeup, keys etc) along with my camera and notebook. I could have easily fitted more into it. It is the perfect 'blogger' bag or university bag with a sleeve to fit a laptop of up to 13″. It also features a large pocket on the front giving you easy to access to your essential items and has adjustable straps on the back. I would really recommend having a look at Cath Kidston if you are in the market for a new bag!
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Hi! I'm Rochelle Weber, and I write the Moon Rock series. ROCK BOUND—Jake saved Annie's life. Now slaves on that God-forsaken rock, the Moon, how will they survive? ROCK CRAZY—Katie McGowan's abandoned, pregnant, bi-polar, and going crazy on that God-forsaken rock, the Moon! THE THIN PERSON INSIDE—when Kristen got help for her obesity, she never expected to fall in love—let alone with a rock star. Buy ROCK BOUND at Amazon. ROCK CRAZY and THE THIN PERSON INSIDE are at MuseItUp Publishing.
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Six Sentences from Rock Bound
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I'm glad you posted on the loop, because your link isn't working from Six Sentence Sunday's site.ReplyDelete
Sounds like an interesting book, Rochelle. Best of luck with the sales.
I too tried to get in on the link and couldn't, so I'm glad you posted to Muse also. Great visual, sounds like an interesting book. Being sentenced to the moon, wow, I never would have thought of something like that.ReplyDelete
Wow girl, you took numbers and named names. :) Good for you, and I'm so happy you're at Muse. I enjoyed your post and I tried to picture being a correctional officer on the moon and it didn't appeal to me. Too far to come home for weekends. *lol* Great excerpt, BTW.ReplyDelete


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September 15, 2005 :: More Disabled Students Taking College Courses in Oklahoma, Survey Finds
Oklahoma's colleges and universities are serving more students with disabilities than in years past, and the trend doesn't appear to be slowing down.
According to a survey conducted by the Council on Student Affairs (COSA), a key advisory council to the chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education regarding issues and policies affecting students, the number of disabled students served by the state's higher education institutions increased 57.3 percent from 2000 to 2004. In 2004 alone, nearly 3,600 students with disabilities were enrolled in an Oklahoma college or university.
Higher education officials say they expect to see even more students requesting disability services during the next five years.
"Meeting the needs of all students on our college campuses and helping them succeed is important to our higher education institutions," Chancellor Paul G. Risser said. "The fact that so many students with disabilities are enrolling in college is outstanding, and we need to continue providing them with the services and programs that will help them achieve their goal of earning a college degree."
Twenty-three institutions responded to the survey, including one independent institution. All of the respondents indicated that their college or university offered at least the minimal accommodations and auxiliary aids for all students with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Most institutions, however, did more than what was federally mandated.
The report also revealed that colleges and universities spent almost $9 million on ADA compliance and program services in 2004. And officials expect that figure to increase, citing increasing enrollments, continuing architectural expenditures and meeting requirements as directed by House Bill 2197, the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility law.
HB 2197, which state lawmakers passed in 2004, obligates public and independent institutions to provide qualified individuals with disabilities equal access and equal opportunity to any program, goods or services, including information technology.
Another noteworthy finding gleaned from the survey was that retention rates for first-time students with disabilities varied little from the retention rates for all first-time students.
Because of these and other findings, COSA officials say they would like to have the survey presented to the State Regents annually to show what continued challenges institutions face as they attempt to meet all of the state and federally mandated disability requirements. They also have recommended that research be conducted to ensure that students with disabilities have access to higher education in Oklahoma and are given every opportunity to succeed.
"It's pretty clear from this and earlier surveys that the demand for programs and services among students with disabilities will continue to escalate, especially as enrollments climb across the state system," State Regents' Chairman Cheryl Hunter said. "Our institutions should continue to assess what they are doing in response to that demand and do everything reasonably possible to accommodate those students."


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The taverns and inns are abuzz with rumors that an artifact of great power has been stolen from a wealthy merchant here in Haven. Even the local thieves' guild has been sacked in the search for the item and no treasure trove has been left unturned within the city limits. As ships arrive in port more tales emerge that two other artifacts are missing – one in the kingdom to the north and another in the south. One common thread among the rumors claims that an ancient, long dead wizard is behind the caper, perhaps the ghost of the Wizard King himself. Speculation on the items in question abounds and no two are the same.
Agents for the victim Riikan Dax, a wealthy merchant in Haven, have been trolling the taverns and adventurers guild looking for stalwart and trustworthy adventurers willing to take on a dangerous recovery mission. Riikan Dax is an extremely wealthy merchant who commands a fleet of merchant ships based in Neverwinter. His fleet is the fastest and most profitable in the region. He wants his treasure back and will spare no expense to get it.
Your individual reputations have earned them an audience with Riikan in his lavish and well-guarded estate overlooking the bay. He explains that a valuable trident has been stolen from his (formerly) impenetrable vault. The only clue to the perpetrator is a note left in its place. It reads:
Search ye far or search ye near,
You'll find no trace of the three
Unless you follow instructions clear,
For the weapons abide with me.
North past forest, farm, and furrow
You must go to reach the feathered mound.
Then down away from the sun you'll burrow—
Forget life, forget light, forget sound.
To rescue Wave, you must do battle
With the Beast in the Boiling Bubble.
Crost cavern vast, where chain-links rattle
Lies Whelm, past waterspouts double.
Blackrazor yet remains to be won
Underneath inverted ziggurat.
That garnered, think not that you're done,
For now you'll find you are caught.
I care not, former owners brave,
What heroes you seek to hire.
Though mighty, each shall be my slave
Or vanish into the fire.
His scribes have concluded that the "feathered mound" in the note refers to White Plume Mountain, far to the east in a remote region. The 'K' is believed to refer to the ancient wizard Keraptis who was presumed dead some 300 years ago.
He offers a reward of 10,000 gp to your party for the return of his treasure, Wave – he cares nothing for the fate of the other objects mentioned in the note or any treasures you may find there.


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South Glens Falls: 6 p.m. Parade travels down Main Street to Village Triangle Park.
Stillwater: 6 p.m. //villageofstillwaterny.org/. Parade route begins at Railroad Avenue, through the village, ending at American Legion Post 490.
Ballston Spa: 9 a.m. //www.ballston.org. Parade proceeds down Milton Avenue (Route 50) to Front Street, ending at the Armed Services memorials on Low Street for a wreath-laying ceremony.
East Greenbush: 10 a.m. 462-7006. Melvin Roads Post 1231 American Legion is the host. Parade heads west down Columbia Turnpike to the post led by the representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7338, with a brief pause at the Greenbush Cemetery.
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy: 9 a.m. (800) 556-6273. Oakwood Cemetery and the Veterans of Lansingburgh annual wreath-laying ceremony and placing flags on the gravesites of veterans in the Soldiers' Plot. Officials: Oakwood President Tom Maggs and trustee retired Army Col. Charles R. Johnson.
Albany Rural Cemetery: 11 a.m. Cemetery Avenue, Albany. The Albany County Joint Veterans Council and the Marine Corps League conduct their annual President Chester A. Arthur Memorial Day service at Arthur's grave. County Executive Dan McCoy is the speaker. The Marine Corps League will have a color guard and the Tri-County Council of Vietnam Era Veterans will have a firing party and bugler.
Albany: 9:30 a.m. //www.albanyevents.org. Parade begins at Partridge Street and Central Avenue and proceeds east on Central Avenue, east on Washington Avenue to Hawk Street, just east of the Capitol.
Berne-Knox-Westerlo: 10 a.m. Parade goes between Route 156 and the Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, where a flag ceremony will be held.
Bethlehem: 11 a.m. Parade begins at the Elsmere Fire House and heads down Elsmere Avenue to Kenwood Avenue to Adams Place, Adams Street and Delaware Avenue, ending with a ceremony at the Bethlehem Veterans Memorial Park.
Castleton-Schodack: 10 a.m. //www.castleton-on-hudson.org/. Parade begins at the corner of Boltwood and Seaman Avenue and ends with a ceremony at the Mountain View Cemetery.
Hoosick Falls: 8 and 10 a.m. //www.villageofhoosickfalls.com/. A memorial service is at 8 a.m. Parade follows, Wood Park services at 10 a.m.
North Greenbush: 1:30 p.m. //www.townofng.com/. Parade steps off from Dana Avenue along Brookside Avenue to the Town Hall on Main Avenue for ceremonies. Refreshments will be served at the American Legion on Main Avenue and the Wynantskill Fire Department on Church Street.
Troy: 11 a.m. //www.troyny.gov. Parade route is from 123rd Street and Fifth Avenue, to 115th Street, Second Avenue to 121st Street and Second Avenue. The reviewing stand will be on the east side of Second Avenue in front of Standard Manufacturing Co.
USS Slater: 8:30 a.m. 431-1943. A brief ceremony.
Vale Cemetery, Schenectady: 10:30 a.m. The program includes the massing of colors, tributes, addresses by city and county leaders, laying of wreaths and flowers, memorial address, firing squad and taps.
Watervliet: 10 a.m. Parade proceeds from the high school to 19th Street, east to Second Avenue, then south to 16th Street, ending at Veterans Memorial Park for a memorial service.
West Albany Memorial Park, Fairfield Avenue, Albany: Noon. 438-9527. Wreath-laying event by the West Albany Italian Benevolent Society and Ladies Auxiliary.


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Kolkata: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said she wanted to know West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s "vision of the future".
"I want to know from the chief minister of West Bengal her vision of the future... I come with a belief that India can compete with anybody, anywhere," she said at a gathering at the La Martiniere school for girls here.
Ahead of her meeting with Banerjee, the state`s first woman chief minister, Hillary Clinton said: "I know how difficult it is for women to be elected anywhere. When I meet a woman who has broken through those barriers, we share a common bond of having gone through the fire of electoral politics."
On her being thought of as formidable, Hillary said: "I don`t think of myself as that but others do...it can be an advantage sometimes or a disadvantage."


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Spring fling: New Hope Christian Fellowship hosts spring celebration
A couple of months ago Mike Barnett started to notice his parishioners getting a little antsy. They were tired of snow. Tired of cold. They wanted to get out in the sunshine.
That's when Barnett, senior pastor at New Heights Christian Fellowship, decided to throw a party.
The fruits of that moment of inspiration will be on display May 17 and 18 at the downtown Farmington church. The two-day New Growth Spring Festival, a first-time event for New Heights, will feature carnival games, a silent auction and a chili cookoff, among other activities.
"People were just tired of winter and they were getting depressed and tired and moody," Barnett said. "The overarching theme of those two days is, we want to celebrate spring and something to look forward to.
"We just want to invite the community to have good, healthy, clean fun."
The New Growth festival will be split into two distinct days. The first day will feature carnival games including a giant slide and an inflatable jumper, bake and plant sales and a dunk tank, among other things. There will be a $5 admission charge, but all proceeds will go toward the church's Pakistan mission project.
There will also be a silent auction Saturday.
There will not be any charge on Sunday, and the day will be all about family-friendly fun. Sunday will feature a chili cook-off with categories such as hottest, sweetest, most like Heaven and most like Hell. There will be a pie-eating contest and a no-hands finger painting contest as well as an egg toss, popcorn relay and hula hoop pass.
The church will also attempt to fill its sanctuary with people Sunday. At first, Barnett agreed to shave his head if at least 200 people walked through the door Sunday. Then he decided that didn't go far enough.
"I wear my hair pretty short anyway," he said.
So, Barnett upped the ante. Now, he said he'll shave his head and paint a flower on his bare skull, then keep it there one hour for everyone who files into the church sanctuary Sunday morning.
"If 300 people walk through the door I'll have to wear the flower on my head for about 13 days," Barnett said.
If the prospect of pie-eating contests and crab walk relays sounds a little old-fashioned, well, that's kind of the idea. Barnett said he liked the idea of families getting together and having a good time without "gizmos or gadgets."
"It's kind of a throwback to what churches used to do a long time ago, but churches have more money and resources now than they did 50 years ago so they can do things at a more professional level," Barnett said. "The congregation's pretty excited about it. That's just it. The whole event came about as, 'Let's have fun.'"


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Am I correct for feeling physically ill and actually offended that Bad Brains are *supporting* something called Slightly Stoopid:
― NYCNative, Monday, 14 February 2011 21:19 (seven years ago) Permalink
ugh i fucking hate that band
― HOOS the master?? STEEN NUFF (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 14 February 2011 21:28 (seven years ago) Permalink
Slightly Stoopid b/w Bad Brains and the Dum Dum Girls.
― dolphins cavorting in a cathedral (staggerlee), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 02:52 (seven years ago) Permalink
Jay Reatard was originally supposed to headline...
Mary Stein (daughter of Sire Records Seymour Stein and murdered NY realtor/former Ramonees manager Linda Stein) just premiered a Bad Brains documentary at SXSW. Has anyone seen it yet?
There are also 2 DC filmmakers working on 80s DC HarDCore punk docs now
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (six years ago) Permalink
!!! wanna see that
― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:20 (six years ago) Permalink
Banned in Dc: Bad Brains Greatest Riffswas the compilation I mentioned last year. Think it has been mastered at the right speed and so it seems Caroline have attempted to at least partially right their earlier wrong.http://www.amazon.com/Banned-Dc-Brains-Greatest-Riffs/product-reviews/B00008V5TK/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFourStar
― Stevolende, Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:45 (six years ago) Permalink
Dr. Know is running for president.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:01 (six years ago) Permalink
Ha ha.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:04 (six years ago) Permalink
Long Washington City Paper cover story suggests HR may be battling with schitzophrenia
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:13 (six years ago) Permalink
plus a review of the movie
Both are written by Mark Andersen, who co-wrote the Dance of Days book with Mark Jenkins about the DC hardcore punk scene
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:16 (six years ago) Permalink
The first piece is spot-on in recounting the bullshit that is a Bad Brains show in 2012. So sad.
― InternationalWaters, Sunday, 24 June 2012 14:28 (six years ago) Permalink
Saw the movie doc "Bad Brains: A Band from DC" last night. Well-made movie with awesome footage of early years Bad Brains and coverage of the sadness that is HR circa 2012, struggling with mental health issues. HR (wearing a woman's wig) showed up for both of the 2 showings of the movie. Saturday night, Mark Anderson asked HR in the q and a portion afterwards about his health, and he insisted he was fine.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:17 (six years ago) Permalink
These 7 items and more
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:21 (six years ago) Permalink
Some of HR's answers on this radio interview are o0.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:01 (six years ago) Permalink
Is HR's mental state really a fresh debate in 2012? I thought he's been nuts for years. Decades?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:03 (six years ago) Permalink
Like, I last saw the band in ... 1999? HR was there, but he just stood there, grinning between songs (which were otherwise solid).
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:08 (six years ago) Permalink
Here's a bit from what I wrote about that show:
An eerily docile H.R. received a hero's welcome when he waltzed on stage, an unsettling grin giving way to his effective if somewhat distracted recital of the band's "Attitude." Dr. Know's blazing leads flew in and around the rhythmic knots tied by Hudson and Jenifer, while H.R. mainly stood still behind the microphone, his hands clasped in front of him as if in meditation. Hey, if that's what it takes to keep him from throwing himself at the crowd, so be it.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:10 (six years ago) Permalink
If you think the Beatles were something, if you think the Jam Band was something or the Police or even the latest overnight sensation with, you know, the Jackson Five and Mariah Carey, well let me tell you, Beyonce, she has something to listen to finally.
wise words there
― jacob von logflume (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:17 (six years ago) Permalink
TS: being in a band with HR vs being in a band with Mark E Smith
― jacob von logflume (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:18 (six years ago) Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, June 24, 2012
It's just that the movie doc has just been recently released. When I saw them in their 79 to early '80s heyday HR was not like this onstage
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:30 (six years ago) Permalink
Plus, isn't there current tour their first in a couple of years
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:39 (six years ago) Permalink
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:40 (six years ago) Permalink
I dunno. Looks like the band has played at least a few shows every year. I guess my point was that coming aboard maybe around the "I Against I" era, even then I knew H.R. was nuts. I'd heard all the stories.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 June 2012 14:34 (six years ago) Permalink
why isn't this 50 year old guy doing backflips, i want a refund
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 18:01 (six years ago) Permalink
Exactly. That is EXACTLY the nature of the complaints here. You imbecile.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 18:48 (six years ago) Permalink
If you get a chance to see the movie doc, you should-- no matter when you learned about HR's mental state. As I noted upthread, there's great archival footage and there's also interesting interviews. I think the directors only have music clearances right now to show it at film festivals.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 19:35 (six years ago) Permalink
So that it's entirely clear that this isn't about back flips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWM24NTnDzs
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:48 (six years ago) Permalink
Anyone who dons an outfit like that knows just what he's doing.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:50 (six years ago) Permalink
That's what the Brains think, which is why he's been kicked out of the band so often. I am less sure.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:58 (six years ago) Permalink
are you mark andersen or just his knight in shining armor
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 21:39 (six years ago) Permalink
the band might wanna turn his amp off next time
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 21:49 (six years ago) Permalink
"Anyone who dons an outfit like that knows just what he's doing."
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 07:48 (six years ago) Permalink
lol @ H.R. in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2209817/Brooke-Shields-denies-woman-puffing-marijuana-pipe-leaked-Twitter-picture.html?ITO=1490
kinda less fun now the website is just an endless celebrity content farm but still
― Did communist FB take down the awesome bacon quran picture? (DJ Mencap), Friday, 28 September 2012 16:27 (six years ago) Permalink
still awesome
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:28 (six years ago) Permalink
Since this was revived, I will mention that I tried listening to Black Dots, as recommended on one of the 80s rocking music poll threads, but I am just not into their songs or the vocals. I'm pretty sure I must have tried some of their other albums before. It just doesn't seem worth the effort for me.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:47 (six years ago) Permalink
Are there hardcore punk bands from the early 80s that you like?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:27 (six years ago) Permalink
A few. It's not like something I really listen to much any more, it just came up because of the 80s poll.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:36 (six years ago) Permalink
'i againsts i' could really use a remastering
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:27 (six years ago) Permalink
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:34 (six years ago) Permalink
the mix of the drums is lol on headphones, its like they hard-panned a thin crash cymbal to each ear
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:36 (six years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:39 (six years ago) Permalink
great read, hope the album's half as good as sold
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 7 December 2012 17:01 (six years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 17:05 (six years ago) Permalink
Looks like a menu from an ital retro diner.
― endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 8 December 2012 04:50 (six years ago) Permalink
― endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, December 7, 2012 11:50 PM
― ♨ (am0n), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:27 (five years ago) Permalink
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 11 February 2013 21:50 (five years ago) Permalink
adeline otm
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 February 2013 21:54 (five years ago) Permalink
Oh my god, that's the cutest thing since the little girl singing along with Magma.
― Uncle Sam is... ...No Daddy! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 05:11 (five years ago) Permalink
I still act like that when the Bad Brains come on.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 10:57 (five years ago) Permalink


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Last month's murder of an American citizen on the sprawling Falcon Lake highlighted what some say is a weak spot in our national security.
Only six hours fromHouston,Falcon Lake is simultaneously one of the most popular tourist spots in the state and one of the most heavily used smuggling routes by the Mexican drug cartels.For years, local law enforcement has been begging for extra help, but it took this recent murder to spur a surge in border patrol agents patrolling the area.
"You hear this, you hear that. You don't know what's true. You don't know what to believe," said Pam Hartley when asked about the murder of her son, David.
David Hartley and his wife Tiffany'sattraction to Falcon Lake is easy to see.This is aportion of the Texas-Mexico border where the sun casts an amber glow over willows and soft waves. A 60-mile stretch of the Rio Grande forms a basinrich with fish and the offer of a relaxing day on the water.
"It's not safe for anybody because the drug cartels own this portion of the lake," Houston U.S. Rep. Ted Poe said, referencing the spot on the lake where the Hartleys were attacked.
Armed with automatic rifles,Texas Game Wardens, Zapata County sheriff's deputies and border patrol agents crisscross each other on a lake that is now empty; tourists driven away by fears of Mexico's drug war spilling into the US.
The Hartleys rode their jet skisinto Mexican waters to snap pictures of a partially submerged church in Old Town Guerrero, a spot long admired by shutter bugs on both sides of the border. Zapata County sheriff's investigators said Tiffany Hartley told them they were attacked by armed men in boats as they were leaving the area. Tiffany Hartley told detectives her husband was shot and, as she tried to pull his body from the water, the men kept firing. Fearing for her life, Tiffany Hartley said she sped back across the border, pursued by the gunmen.
"I just kept hearing God tell me, 'You have to go, you have to go,'" Hartley said during an interview earlier this month.
Both state and county law enforcement officers told Local 2 Investigates that one boat continued pursuing Tiffany Hartley into U.S. waters and gave up the chase when she made it shore. U.S. authorities have since warned boaters not to cross into Mexican waters.
"It shows you how bold they are; it shows how they feel they control certain portions of the lake," said Poe during a recent visit to the lake to meet local and state law enforcement officers.
"Do we have enough resources to protect American lives on this part of the Texas-Mexico border?" investigative reporter Robert Arnold asked.
"We need more resources," Poe answered.
This is not the first timeLocal 2visited Falcon Lake. For years,Zapata CountySheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez has been asking the federal government for more help. In the past year there have also been other reports of so-called pirate attacks on the lake.It wasn't until David Hartley's murder that the number of border patrol agents working that area more than tripled.
AsLocal 2rode aboard aTexas Parks and Wildlife plane,it was easy to seethe sprawling and unforgiving terrain sheriff's deputies, border patrol agents and game wardens have to contend with. Smugglers try to blend in with fishing boats.
"It's so hard to patrol up and down here, especially at night," said a pilot with the Parks and Wildlife Department.
With automatic riflesalways at the ready,sheriff's deputies took Local 2 Investigates through thick brush to show several desolate spots where smugglers use the lake and narrow parts of the river to move drugs across.
"Some of us in Washington take this matter seriously, others still live in Never Neverland and claim that the border is safe and secure," said Poe.
Tiffany Hartley has now moved back to her home state of Colorado. She said she is left with the uneasy hope that Mexican authorities will bring her justice.
However, it is unlikely David Hartley's body will ever be found.
"We just keep hoping and praying they're doing what they say they're doing," said Tiffany Hartley.
While no one knows to a 100 percent certainty why the Hartleys were attacked, U.S. officials believe the couple was spotted by low-level members of the Zeta cartel who thought they were spies for a rival cartel when they saw them taking pictures. The search for David Hartley's body was called off shortly after the lead investigator in the case on the Mexican side was found decapitated. Federal and local law enforcement officials believe that was a warning from theZetas to let the matter drop and a message that the men responsible for the shooting would be dealt with by the cartel.
"I don't know if we can believe that or not because the information that we get comes from the drug cartels," said Poe.
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Broadly speaking, until now, VAT has applied throughout the EU on supplies of goods and services. This means that suppliers outside of the EU have not had to charge VAT if they are selling services to EU consumers. However a change due to take effect in July 2003 will extend the scope of the tax such that some businesses outside of the EU will have to start charging VAT if they are electronically supplying certain services to consumers in the EU.
UK VAT applies only to taxable supplies made in the UK (and the same is generally true of VAT in the other EU Member States). The rules determining the place of supply are, therefore, important and they apply differently to goods and services. Goods are generally treated as supplied where the purchaser is located. If the supplier is abroad customs duty and VAT are chargeable – the Post Office will collect the amounts due when the goods are delivered (although practically this is not often the case). The position for services becomes more complicated – but, subject to special rules, the supply is treated as being made where the supplier is located. In principle, if the supplier is in the EU, VAT is charged; if the supplier if outside of the EU, no VAT is charged.
Back in 1998 the OECD stated (in the e-commerce Framework Conditions) that the supply of digitised products should be a supply of services rather than a supply of goods and this has been the accepted way of thinking since. This applies to electronically delivered digitised products (e-supplies) such as software, photographs, music, films, games, books, etc.
Hard media formats such as DVD and CD are treated for VAT purposes as goods, but when the same content is delivered online it is treated as a service. The difference comes from whether or not something tangible is being bought. When you go to the cinema you pay for the service of having the film shown to you. Similarly when you stream media over the internet you are paying to have that content delivered to you. This has its own inherent complications but also often fails to respect the principle that electronically delivered goods should be taxed in the same way as hard goods. An example of a discrepancy is that books are zero rated for UK VAT purposes, but an e-book is a service, and as such VAT is charged at 17.5%.
If you go to the cinema in Europe VAT applies – the supplier is in Europe. The problem with e-supplies is that the supplier can be outside Europe and the consumer in Europe. EU suppliers making the same supply would have to charge VAT and non-EU suppliers would not have to charge VAT. This means that the competitive position of European businesses is prejudiced and so to rectify this, under the new rules (Directive 2002/37/EC), non-EU businesses making supplies over a certain level will have to register for, and charge, VAT.
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This means that an EU VAT registered supplier will charge standard rated VAT on supplies made to all customers in his own Member State and also to non-VAT registered customers in the EU. Supplies made outside of the EU (unless the customer is VAT registered – see below) are beyond the scope of VAT. VAT registered customers outside of the supplier's Member State would apply the reverse charge to the supply (treating it both as a purchase and a sale – the idea being to even out discrepancies between rates such that there is no disadvantage to a purchaser if he sources his business supplies in from within his own Member State or another). Equally, if a VAT registered person buys services from someone outside of his Member State he must apply the reverse charge to that supply.
The principle behind the disapplication of VAT to sales outside of the EU is that EU suppliers should be able to compete in the global market against non-EU suppliers who don't have to charge VAT. The shift in principle marked by the new Directive is that the EU now expects non-EU suppliers to apply VAT if they are to compete over a certain level in the EU.
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Where the supply of digitised products isn't covered by the Schedule 5 rules they are deemed to be supplied where the supplier is located. Therefore, until the new rules come into effect, a non-EU supplier can sell services without having to apply VAT. However, the general catch all provision of Schedule 5 which makes it applicable to all services supplied between businesses means that the 'usual' rule will only apply when supplies are made by a VATable business to a consumer. Before the introduction of the new rules an EU supplier making e-supplies not covered by Schedule 5 would have to charge VAT at the standard rate regardless of where the consumer is.
Once the new rules come into effect any services supplied electronically which pass into or out of the EU will be treated as being supplied where the recipient is located. The effect of this is that if the services are used in the EU VAT applies, and if they are used outside of the EU no VAT applies.
For these purposes the recipient is located in a Member State if he is established there, has a permanent address there or usual place of residence in that State.
Under the new rules non-EU e-suppliers to 'identify themselves', and, under a special scheme, such a supplier can register in one of the EU Member States and administer VAT in that jurisdiction. Those e-suppliers who do register will be required to do electronic VAT returns and pay over any surplus of input credits over output tax once a quarter.
As the new rules only change the place of supply for services passing in or out of the EU, EU suppliers will carry on charging VAT on sales in the EU on the basis that the supply is made where the supplier is located. For that reason a point of contention between the EU and some third parties concerned about these rules is that EU suppliers will charge VAT at a consistent rate fixed by their Member State, whereas registered non-EU suppliers will have to charge VAT at the rate applicable in the country where the customer is located. With such wide variations in rates as are currently being seen around Europe this will cause an extra administrative burden to such suppliers, making the already complicated task of finding which country the customer is located in even more important.
One of the problems with the new rules is that they will be difficult to enforce. The type of suppliers at which the new rules are aimed are not otherwise required to be registered for VAT, and if the supplies in question are being made to non-registered consumers it will be difficult to identify and to prove which suppliers this applies to.
The benefit of voluntary compliance with the scheme is that registered suppliers will be able to recover VAT charged to them in relation to the registered trade. However, as noted above, they would not be charged this VAT unless they were registered, so this offers no real advantage. There is also the threat in the new rules that the availability of input credits may be taken away if a registered taxable supplier persistently fails to comply with the special scheme. As each Member State is allowed to introduce the special scheme in its own way it is likely that those who impose the fewest requirements will be the most popular with registering suppliers.
Although this represents a dramatic shift in the application of consumption tax to digitised products it will be some time before we can appreciate any real effects.
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