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UK Men's Basketball
Calipari trying to lasso Cats with lessons on life, love
For the first time in his career, Kentucky Coach John Calipari does not watch game tape with his players.
"None," he said Friday. "I don't want them to see me in the basketball sense, right now. I'm just teaching life skills. ... That's what this team needs."
UK assistant coaches do the rewind/fast forward thing.
Dr. Ruthless (aka the ultra-competitive Calipari) continues to talk about doing the right thing as a person being a key to playing more effectively for Kentucky. Unity. Effort. Trust. Accountability. Selflessness.
In earlier adventures on this theme, Calipari got a bit mushy. Men like being around men, he declared. (Translation: Players should stay in the gym more and relish the manly pursuit of basketball improvement. Honey, you shrink the kids, I'll be with the boys.) Point guards should touch teammates a lot (Translation: Be a hands-on leader.)
Once again, the UK coach waxed warm and fuzzy.
As if inspired by the upcoming Valentine's Day, the same Calipari who demands unflinching toughness of body and spirit seemed to venture toward becoming all verklempt Friday as he spoke of, sniff, love as the answer.
"See, if you love, and truly love, it's more about the other guy than you," he said. "Then you have discipline."
You see, a couple UK players are too self-absorbed, said Calipari, coincidentally, no shrinking violet himself as founder of the CoachCal.com website and unabashed frozen yogurt pitchman.
"Players on this team are trying to establish who they are versus, 'I know what I am and I'm going to give this to the team,'" he said.
The UK coach spoke of players (he didn't name names) who live in an egocentric "4-foot circle."
"They know all about that stuff in there," he said. "Outside of that, it becomes a little dicey."
Calipari cautioned against any attempt to interpret his observation as criticism.
"It's a natural thing," he said of his largely freshmen rotation. "It's not a selfishness. It's natural. We have to get by that."
As if to will Kentucky to greater basketball glory, Calipari said he's reading noted performance consultant Bob Rotella. He's also reading management expert Ken Blanchard (author of The One Minute Manager). He's also touching base with an entity who operates on a larger time frame.
"Praying in the morning, hard," he said. "Just for the strength to keep going for these kids because they deserve to feel the joy of doing something unique."
Julius Mays, whose 8-for-11 three-point shooting in the last two games helped steady Kentucky, spoke of how the 2012 national championship team served as a tough act to follow.
"I felt everybody felt we had so much to live up to," he said. "... Players set expectations so high, it set us back.
"It's like, How can you beat that? How can we be better than that? So I felt like guys were thinking, 'I've got to do this. I've got to live up to this. I've got to play like this guy.' It's really not possible."
A 12-6 start to the season brought about a re-orientation. "Everybody started to think we're not as good as we could be," Mays said.
That sense of vulnerability can be a good thing, Calipari said. "We're better when we think, 'Uh-oh, we may get beat. We better play.'"
In his efforts to bring a greater sense of urgency, Calipari can count on an unavoidable ally: the calendar.
The Cats know it's almost now or never to get into the best position for post-season play. UK plays Auburn on Saturday afternoon, exactly one month before the regular-season finale against Florida on March 9.
"Coming down to crunch time," Mays said. "We couldn't keep (losing). There's not that much season left. Obviously, we're coming on."
Willie Cauley-Stein, whose return last weekend from minor knee surgery gave Kentucky an emotional boost, also spoke of the 2012-13 season's clock ticking.
"Time is running out," he said. "We only have nine more league games."
While noting a season winding down, Cauley-Stein added, "So it's really time to step on the gas, and start doing what we have to do."
Auburn at Kentucky
When: 4 p.m.
Radio: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1
Records: Kentucky 16-6 (7-2 SEC), Auburn 9-13 (3-6)
Series: Kentucky leads 87-17
Last meeting: Kentucky won 75-53 on Jan. 19, 2013, at Auburn, Ala.


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Child Passenger Safety Law
- Babies and Toddlers should ride in a rear facing car seat until the age of two (or weigh over 30 lbs).
- In the State of Michigan, all children under the age of four must ride in the back seat of the vehicle, providing a back seat exists.
- If the back seat of the vehicle is already occupied by children under the age of four, then the child may ride in the front seat of the vehicle.
- Children may only ride in a rear facing car seat in the front of the vehicle if the airbag is turned off.
- A rear facing car seat should be secured so that the child's head lies back on the car seat without falling forward.
Forward Facing Car Seats
from ages two to four
- Children between the ages of two and four (or between 30-50 lbs) should ride in a forward facing car seat.
- Children under the age of four must ride in the back seat of the vehicle if a back seat exists.
- If all available rear seats are occupied by children under 4, then a child under 4 may ride in a car seat in the front seat.
Booster Seats
Until Age eight or 4'9" tall
- Children must be properly secured in a car seat or a booster seat until they are eight years of age or reach the height of four feet, nine inches tall.
Michigan Seat Belt Law
- All passengers from age eight to fifteen must wear seat belts, regardless of their position in the vehicle.
- Drivers and front seat passengers of all ages must wear seat belts.
ALL car seats must be buckled in tightly with no more than one inch of side to side or front to back movement.
Always refer to the car seat manufacturer's instructions for installation and for height and weight limitations.

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Now in our 15th year, PPF has contributed over $11 million for Portland's parks and parks programs. Through leadership and partnership, we continue to raise funds and friends for Portland parks.
Help us celebrate what we've built and set a foundation for our future.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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goodness... i can't make coherent sentences these days. I second guess everything i write and say. the previous sentence took me far too long to write because i had to sit and think long and hard about where each word belongs. Aiye! my words dont flow well! anyways, just so i don't sound stupid, i'm going to blame it on the fact that i speak two languages. Funny, just like everything else in my life, i'm pretty mediocre at the two languages i know.
Moving away from my rant on my ability to communicate, I took this character development assignment as an opportunity to learn how to sew. I think i would have had better results for this assignment if i sculpted something, but i felt inclined to make a stuffed animal.( pretty stupid i guess)
So the story is that the white bunny wearing the bunny pelt is hunting the dumb looking one. My heart was breaking morning because it was raining outside and i had to hang my bunnies from trees which is pretty... strange. All in all i don't think my solution fits the assignment, but at least I learned how to sew.
can anyone recommend music to me? I very capricious when it comes to music and i seem to be bored with everything i own all of a sudden. ..... hell, does anyone read this blog?


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About Us
Welcome to CanCulture Magazine, an online publication dedicated to bringing you the latest in Canadian arts and culture. CanCulture was founded in 2014 for Canadians with a passion for music, fashion, food or film. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, we continue to build a community for lovers of all things arts and culture to come together to explore, discover and share.
The Goals of CanCulture
At CanCulture, our goal is to promote the Canadian arts and life niche to the rest of the country and the world. We are an inclusive organization that recognizes the tremendous diversity in Canada and how that is reflected in our music scene, film repertoire, style and cuisine.
At CanCulture, our aim is to provide…
- Reviews of and insights on the latest films, art, music, food and fashion from Canadian creators
- Interviews with veterans and up-and-coming artists
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Want to know the best eating spots in your city? Interested in up and coming fashion trends? This publication is your go-to-place for all the latest, whether you're a foodie, cinephile, fashionista, music lover, or all of the above! If you're interested in contributing or collaborating with CanCulture, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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isel Lace top
The Isel lace top is made from a beautifully delicate French Chantilly lace and hand finished with a matching trim.The elegant boatneck neckline is finished with a small silk tulle bias binding and it has a keyhole fastening at the back, with a small lace cover button.
Isel means 'soft' in Cornish.
Made by hand in Cornwall, UK
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Tianjin was my first foray into making landscape-based work, and was done as part of UNSW's Porosity Studios at Tianjin, in conjunction with the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art. The four pieces are based on converting hexadecimal data from photographs into music, because at the time I was interested in hearing how photographs sounded, and the instrumentation choices reflect some of the moods I felt as I took the photographs.
F32, The Path Less Travelled
My second foray into making landscape-based work, also based on converting hexadecimal data from photographs into music. The 'F32' mentioned is from taking the photographs at F32 aperture, and the photographs were taken at Yellagonga Regional Park in Western Australia. I also experimented with using some vocals on the title track, and found an amazing rendition of Lasca in the public domain.


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Keller Williams Red Day
Homeport was very excited to partner with Keller Williams again this year for their annual RED Day. More than 100 Keller Williams staff volunteered for the day of service in the American Addition neighborhood. Volunteers helped plant flowers and complete landscaping projects, paint buildings, rebuild failing garages or other structures and help clean up and paint the community garden space. Keller Williams Red Day photos can be seen here.
2012 REALTOR® Care Day
For the 2012 REALTOR® Care Day (RCD), the Columbus Board of REALTORS® partnered with Homeport to improve five homes in the American Addition subdivision - all on Sampson Avenue. Their group of volunteers cleaned, repaired, painted, landscaped, fixed gutters, recarpeted porches, and installed a new shed for residents in need.
This is an annual event where central Ohio REALTORS®, affiliates, family, and friends volunteer their time to show their communities they care. With careful planning, preparation and the dedication of many volunteers, it's amazing how much can be accomplished in one day.
RCD started with one community service project in 2005. This year, there were 22 groups, 35 projects, and over 400 volunteers! Although REALTORS® donate time and talent to their communities throughout the year, this one day event focuses the energy of hundreds of volunteers in areas all over the central Ohio area.
2012 REALTOR® Care Day highlights
22 groups!
35 projects!
448 volunteers!
$18,434 dollars spent!
$22,574 in-kind contributions!
$41,007 total investment!!!


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Our Quality Policy is made up of three major parts covering 7 items:
We as a company must produce 1) excellent parts 2) on time at a 3) fair price. This is our responsibility!
Our objective is 4) continuous Improvement. We need to seek out and embrace change in all appropriate areas.
Our goals are to 5) protect profitability, 6) expand our customer base and 7) improve productivity.


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W/Carlos Adames, Tony Ayala, Elias Holman, Rodrigo Vilanueava, and Conway Powell at the Studio Lounge MKE
W/Carlos Adames, Tony Ayala, Elias Holman, Rodrigo Vilanueava, and Conway Powell at the Studio Lounge MKE
I met Rodrigo Villanueva when I was in high school. He told me to come to NIU and talk to him if I was still playing music when I was older. 8 years later and we've both been called to play on the same gig as special guest with the Carlos Adames group! I hope I see everyone out at the Bay View Jazz Fest! Come check us out June 6th 6:30 at the Studio Lounge MKE!!!!
I've been collecting acoustic instruments for a while so I can have all of them for my band. We just got this great 1970's Spinet piano in the house. Matt Wilson and I rolled it 16 blocks through Riverwest to get it in!
Time to blow the dust of my website!
Been so busy with music and the farm here in Milwaukee, I've noticed some positive changes lately. I've been making music decisions more based on the people I want to work with and how much fun we have doing it, versus how much money we'll make and how full the house is. Don't get me wrong, full houses are important, but we can more or less relax for now. Futureporn at the jazz estate has been killing it every Tuesday night, with Maurice Liddel on drums, Evan Paydon on bass, Kenny Riechert on guitar and Terry Harris JR. on piano respectively. It's turning into a great mix of old Chicken fans, new Futureporn fans, and local musicians who wanto come down and check out the scene.
Every tuesday Night at the jazz estate 2324 n murray ave! 10:30 pm improvised funk, drink specails all the good stuff!!!
The Jay Anderson Quintet At The Jazz Estate!!
Saturday, November 16, 2013 9:30 PM
The Jazz Estate
2423 N Murray Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Jay Anderson Quintet At The Jazz Estate, I'm excited to present to you this group full of my mentors and friends to play our interpretations of the music of Ethiopia, India,Brazil,Jamaica, and the great American song book along side compositions and arrangements by David Wake, Steve Peplin, and myself.
Good music for dancing and listening!
5$ Doors open at 8
Show starts at 9:30
David Wake – Keyboard
Steve Peplin – Guitar
Cory Coleman – Bass
Devin Drobka – Drums
We'll Be playing the Highbury Pub at 9:30 on this upcoming saturday the 9nth of November.
2322 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue 9:30 PM 11/9/13
I'm Excited to be Funky. Bring you're Friends out if you've got nothing to do!!!
Afton Johnson A Milwaukee Music Veteran is bringing years of talent and experience on the Electric Bass,
Any of my Regular Fans Will be Familiar With Jeremy Kuzniar's Drumming he plays the chicken weekly on tuesdays at the jazz estate with the erotic adventures of the static chicken, and he's one of my favorite drummers in the city to play with.


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I found this at sister Mkayla's Korner. She found it here:
I have taken the liberty to address a couple of things. They will be in green.
My wife was, until last year, dangerously involved in Bethel and their music. Thanks be to the grace of God, she was able to move away from it and realise what happened to her.
She has decided to write her testimony of this time in the hope that others may realise how dangerous this can be and as a reminder to please not turn of your discernment switches.
Because it is rather long, we have split it into 4 parts. Part 1 is below and the others follow shortly after in separate posts. These have also been published on her blog which is found here.
Here is the testimony of my wife:
At the beginning of 2010 I decided I wanted to get involved in a more passionate "Christianity". I have always thought of myself as a worshipper & I craved being around others who lived & breathed worshipping the Lord.
Our church had been *pushing* & wanting revival to break out. So naturally I went home one day and decided to research about what "revival" actually was and how we could get it! Through my discoveries I found out about The Welsh Revival, Charles Finney and others.
I wanted *revival* to break out in our church. The more I read about the "amazing" things that happened in Wales, the more I wanted that to happen to us.
A member of our church had been involved in the Brownsville Revival. She told me many stories about the revival that happened there & the anointing that she received from there. Whenever she went up for prayer her body would shake & eventually she would, fall to the floor.
I was curious and started looking into the information surrounding the Brownsville revival. Like the Toronto blessing, the Brownsville revival had similar manifestations of the holy spirit, and following that was the Lakeland revival.
At that time I was initially very cautious. It didn't seem to line up with the God of the Bible I knew and I couldn't find anything in the scriptures to back up what was happening in these places. BUT I so desperately wanted to feel God and being among passionate Christians, I thought that this was where those sorts of people were. Some of the manifestations, including the prophetic seemed exciting and it drew me in.
Despite my initial caution & a nagging feeling of unease, I started listening to the answers that these extreme prophetic people would give to the sceptics.
Here are some of the things they said/say:
– God was revealing new things to the church today.
– God was moving in a way that was different & more relevant to the world now.
– How could these things not be of God, when people were singing his praises all within the safety of a church?
– No one can judge or dismiss the manifestations of the holy spirit, if you did then this then you were quenching the Spirit.
– David danced in the streets and people then thought he was crazy, but he was a man after the Lord's heart. This meant that even though manifestations were similar to David's dancing (disorderly behaviour) they were of God.
– The church at Pentecost had exactly the same spirit manifestations (like drunken behaviour…because in the Bible the mockers thought they were acting drunk therefore the early church must have had drunken spirit manifestations.
I want to say here, that it was the devil through the mockers who were accusing the disciples of being drunk so the Word would not be taken seriously. No where in scripture are we taught that those presenting the gospel behaved in a drunk fashion. It was the mockers who invented the idea. This has to be seen in the correct light or many other doors will be opened up to other deceptions.
– Bill Johnson is such a kind, quietly spoken & gentle man therefore he must be a man of God.
Let the reader remember that Jim Jones, Charles Manson and others have been seen in like manner. So this is proof of nothing.
– People from all over are coming in droves to these churches, so its has to be good.
Jesus warns us that the way is narrow and few be that find it.
– In the last days, God's spirit will pour out on his people and this is that.
– No-one can judge the holy spirit. If something is done in the name of the holy spirit then it must be the holy spirit.
Satan is a great trickster and pretender. We are told that his ministers come as angels of light. That being so, it should not be hard for any of us to believe that his servants can and do appear good.
– Those who think that these manifestations are not of God are Pharisees (& are not open to things happening in the spirit outside of the Bible).
– People who were outside of these movements were missing out on a special anointing from the Lord.
I became convinced by these sorts of answers. I was drawn to it, I wanted to be around enthusiastic worshippers of God and I did not want to act like a so called Pharisee. It also looked exciting.
So began my journey into the world of extreme Pentecostalism, the teachings of Bill Johnson, Bethel Church, & the music of Jesus Culture.
(Little did I know how dangerous this path was going to be)…
I am looking forward to the rest of this woman's testimony!


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Apparently i began this blog and never did anything with it. In fact, now i do not even remember where it is. And so here is my one and only effort to locate it and possibly continue it.
Thanks for your patience, though i'm sure you, whoever you are, do not exist.
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Recently, I came across a quite disturbing, yet not wholly surprising, article written by Reinhold Aman, Ph.D. Here, the doctor provides the results of an exhaustive research on the true characters of Bill and Hillary Clinton, compiling his study from many sources deemed reliable around the world. For example: The Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, The Times, TIME, CBS, and others.
The topic of discussion here is common speech the Clintons use--not the speech we see on a daily basis, but the speech they apply when the cameras are not running. Most notably, I found that both former president Bill Clinton and his wife, and near next president, HIllary Clinton, spoke using the typical racist and hate-filled words of your ordinary Klansman. Their favorite races to verbally condemn? The Jewish and Black population of the world.
Earlier i mentioned that i was not surprised by this. By this, i mean that i am not taken aback by either one of the Clintons being bigots. They are, after all: wealthy, southern, lawyers, and politicians. And if the American public believe anything, it is this: all lawyers are shit, and all politicians are greedy liars. No, i was not surprised by this. What i was surprised at was their candid use of such bigotry, and their openness to say these things on so many different occasions, and after already having had it reported on.
Of course, it should be noted that the media always plays into the palms of the more popular politicians' hands. They distrust and despise President Bush today, and are partly responsible for his downfall in popularity. His ignorance, greed for oil, and blatant abuse of the constitution, internationally-recognized rights and rules of war, did, however, play the biggest role.
But, remember that after 9/11, Bush was quite popular, and his war-mongering was praised in the likeness of WWII's Nazi party. Anyone who doesn't believe this, please do a bit of research on the similarities between the two--especially taking note to the ways both come to gain greater executive powers than dictated previously by law, and the use of fear to declare war with the German people's approval.
Anyway, back to Dr. Aman and the Clintons:
I would hope with all the frenzy of the upcoming election, and the media and mass' hope that Hillary is named candidate for vice-president, that Americans will pass this on to others, especially supporters of the Clintons.
Below, I have posted the bulk of the article, with the appropriate sources, and information on the book the article has been taken from. You may also find this article yourself by going to the following link:
My article below, meticulously researched and documented, is driving the Billary-loving Clintonistas nuts. Self-styled "political columnists" and other asshole bloggers are foaming at the mouth, denouncing me, calling me a liar and worse, and libeling me as being "not credible."Some of those morons shamelessly lie -- like their beloved Lying Clintons -- that all the quotations are from one book, Flegon's Dictionary, "which doesn't even exist." Other "liberal" loonies shriek hysterically because I'm quoting respectable people from the "NewsMax" site.Oh, the fun I'm having shoving the ugly truth about their foul Clintons up their stupid asses!
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"JEW MOTHERFUCKER" AND "NIGGER"The Foulmouthed & Lying Clintons
byReinhold Aman, Ph.D.
Millions of Americans still admire Bill and Hillary Clinton, whose habitual lies, gutter language, anti-Semitic outbursts, and anti-black slurs have been documented by reliable writers but which have been -- and still are -- routinely suppressed by the so-called liberal media. This article serves to counter and expose that shameless misleading of the public about the true character of America's two supreme actors and how they talk in private.Lest you think I am a Republican, conservative, or member of the imaginary "vast right-wing conspiracy": I am an apolitical anti-politician. Because I despise blatantly lying politicians with all my heart, I am presenting this uncensored record of some of the filthy language and lies by the amoral Clintons -- the ex-President and the aspiring first female President.
The Foulmouthed First "Lady" & Senator
The following five quotations are from Alec Flegon's Dictionary of English Sex Quotations (London: Flegon Press, 1996):
Patterson observed Hillary standing at the bottom of the stairs in the governor's mansion, and Bill at the top of the stairs with little Chelsea beside him, as Hillary screamed at him at the top of her lungs: "Goddamn stupid fucking fool!" [NewsMax, 15 July 2000]Patterson stated that Bill and Hillary Clinton would frequently argue with each other using the worst expletives known to mankind, sometimes in the presence of their daughter Chelsea. Some of the anti-Semitic slurs with which she commonly laced her tirades against Bill were "Jew motherfucker," "Jew Boy" and "Jew Bastard." [NewsMax, 15 and 17 July 2000]"If she disagreed with Bill Clinton or she disagreed with some of the Jewish community in Little Rock -- or some of the ethnic community -- she would often make these statements." "She would say 'Jew Bastard' or call her husband a 'Jew boy' or a 'motherfucking Jew'," Patterson told the WABC New York radio audience. [Carl Limbacher and NewsMax Staff, 17 July 2000]Patterson said he heard Hillary "utter anti-Jewish epithets between 10 and 20 times over the course of his six years at the Arkansas governor's mansion." [NewsMax, 17 July 2000]Hillary's rages continued after she took up residence in the White House, where she blew up at a Secret Service agent for declining to carry her bags. When the agent explained that he needed to keep his hands free in order to protect her, she replied: "If you want to remain on this detail, get your fucking ass over here and grab those bags." [Joyce Milton in The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton (1999), p. 259]Hillary to a Secret Service agent, after she heard that a University of California-Berkeley student had written a satirical column in The Daily Californian about daughter Chelsea: "What the fuck is going on?" [San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 1997]Bill also badmouthed others and his dear Hillary. David Brock, ex-American Spectator reporter: "From the back of his Lincoln, Bill Clinton would say about Paula Jones, 'What does that whore think she's doing to me?' He also referred to his ex-lover Gennifer Flowers as a 'fucking slut,' according to Larry Patterson." [Drudge Report, 9 March 1998]When Hillary (once again) physically attacked Bill, Secret Service agents had to separate them. "Keep that bitch away from me!" Bill Clinton told one Secret Service agent. [The National Enquirer, 5 Jan. 1999]
Larry Patterson confirmed that he frequently heard Bill Clinton use "nigger" to refer to both Jesse Jackson and local Little Rock black leader Robert "Say" McIntosh. Longtime Clinton paramour Dolly Kyle Browning corroborated Patterson on Clinton's use of "nigger." "Not only did he use the 'N' word, he called him a 'GDN' [goddamn nigger], if you catch my drift," Browning told Fox News in 1999. [NewsMax, 17 July 2000] Brown also told NewsMax that the president would regularly make derogatory comments about African-Americans in private. "He has used the 'N' word before. Bill would make snide remarks about blacks behind their backs." [Carl Limbacher and NewsMax Staff, 17 July 2000]Patterson said Hillary was no stranger to the "N" word either. He heard her say "nigger" "probably six, eight, ten times. She would be upset with someone in the black community and she would use the 'N' word, like, you heard they've got the president's brother on tape using the 'N' word." [NewsMax, 17 July 2000]It's all in the family: Captured on videotape when Arkansas state police had Hillary's brother-in-law Roger Clinton under surveillance for dealing cocaine in 1984, Roger stated: "Some junior high nigger kicked Steve's ass while he was trying to help his brothers out; junior high or sophomore in high school. Whatever it was, Steve had the nigger down. However it was, it was Steve's fault. He had the nigger down, he let him up. The nigger blindsided him." [NewsMax, 17 July 2000]
"You Fucking Jew Bastard!"
Jerry Oppenheimer's book State of the Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton (2000) quotes former campaign aide Mary Lee Fray, who says that Hillary exploded in a rage after Bill lost his first bid for elective office, a run for Congress in Arkansas's Third Congressional District against John Paul Hammerschmidt. Hillary blamed Fray's husband, Paul, for the campaign's bungled political strategy. The slur was uttered at a heated, finger-pointing session at Bill Clinton's Fayetteville, Ark., campaign headquarters on election night in 1974, following his defeat. "You fucking Jew bastard!" Hillary yelled at Paul, Mary Lee confirmed -- even though Paul Fray is not Jewish. [NewsMax, 15 July 2000]In the room that night were Bill Clinton; his then-girlfriend Hillary Rodham; Paul Fray, Clinton's campaign manager; and Fray's wife, Mary Lee. Another campaign worker, Neill McDonald, was just outside the door and heard everything. [Daily News, 17 July 2000] Paul Fray is a Baptist but his heritage is Jewish; his paternal grandmother was Jewish, and Bill and Hillary knew of his heritage.Mary Lee Fray said that Hillary not only used an anti-Semitic slur but she shouted it so loudly "it rattled the walls." "It was very clear," she said. "Bill Clinton's face became white as a ghost." [FOXNews.com, AP and New York Post, 18 July 2000]
Former Clinton campaign aide Neill McDonald, who has always been a Clinton supporter [Jewish World Review, 19 July 2000], confirmed the story, according to the New York Daily News. [Reuters, 17 July 2000] He heard the obscenity as he stood outside the room. [FOXNews.com, AP, New York Post, 18 July 2000]
The Usual Media Coverup
Sources in Arkansas told mainstream reporters as early as 1999 about Hillary Clinton's use of anti-Semitic language, but they and their editors decided to withhold the bombshell revelation from the American people. [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]Vanity Fair writer Gail Sheehy, who has enjoyed special access to Mrs. Clinton over the years, interviewed Mary Lee Fray for her book Hillary's Choice. Sheehy told Newsday that even though Mary Lee's account included Mrs. Clinton's vile slur, her husband made no mention of it in a separate interview. Sheehy does not say that Mr. Fray denied the story -- only that the subject did not come up. Apparently the author herself decided to avoid the topic, thereby ruling out any chance that a second source for Hillary's anti-Semitic shocker would compel publication. [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]Sheehy said that she had heard the story of the alleged anti-Semitic comment several years ago from Fray's wife. But Sheehy said she left it out of her book because it was "off the wall. It was totally without credibility." [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]NBC-TV's Andrea Mitchell admitted that Fray recounted the incident, complete with Hillary's anti-Semitic slur, during an interview for the network's "Dateline NBC" program in 1999. But NBC News editors decided to kill the report on the sensational allegation because the story lacked corroboration, Mitchell said. [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]The folks at NBC must not have tried too hard to substantiate Fray's account, since his wife, Mary Lee, was more than willing to corroborate the charge -- as she has for dozens of reporters since the story resurfaced. [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]One-time Clinton consultant Dick Morris gave Gail Sheehy an exclusive account of his now legendary story about Hillary's use of a Jewish stereotype during an argument she had with him. "Money -- that's all you people care about is money," Morris said Hillary yelled after he asked for a pay raise in 1986. In November 1999 Morris went public with the story, noting that he'd told it to Sheehy for her then-upcoming Hillary biography, Hillary's Choice. But when the book hit the stands in December, Morris's explosive report was nowhere to be found. [NewsMax, 18 July 2000]
Hillary's Lying & Denying
Hillary called a news conference on her Chappaqua front lawn and angrily and tearfully said, "I wanted to unequivocally state it never happened, I hate this type of politics of destruction." [UPI, 17 July 2000]Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton angrily denied having uttered an anti-Jewish slur 26 years ago. "I've never said anything like that in my entire life," the first lady said. [Reuters, 16 July 2000]Mrs. Clinton angrily denied making the ethnic slur, saying the report was "absolutely false." [FOXNews.com, AP and New York Post, 18 July 2000]Angry and emotional, Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly denied allegations from a forthcoming book that she used an anti-Semitic slur 26 years ago. [AP, 16 July 2000]"I can only state unequivocally it did not happen," she said. "Any reasonable person looking at the evidence in this case would conclude there's no credibility on the other side." [Reuters, 17 July 2000]Hillary: "I want to state unequivocally that it never happened and very clearly point out that it goes against my entire life," she said. "In the past, I may have called someone a name, but I have never used ethnic, racial, anti-Semitic, bigoted, discriminatory, prejudiced accusations against anybody. I've never done it. I've never thought it. So why people are accusing me of this is certainly beyond my understanding." [Daily News, 17 July 2000]"I have a lot of confidence in the fundamental good judgment of New Yorkers to see through these kinds of charges," Mrs. Clinton said during a press conference on Ellis Island. [AP, 18 July 2000]In addition to the above-cited anti-Semitic and anti-Black slurs by Hillary (and Bill), she used an anti-Italian slur against then-Senate candidate Al D'Amato in 1998 by publicly ridiculing him as 'Senator Tomato'." [NewsMax, 17 July 2000]Being a pathological liar, Hillary denies & denies & denies. It's sad and depressing that millions of moronic Americans believe her and that amoral, stupid or opportunistic New Yorkers elected that carpet-bagging bitch as a senator. It is to puke.
Bill's Denials, Lies & Contradictions
Is there anyone who does not remember the two most widely reported blatant lies by that psychopathic liar Bill Clinton? You know, that he "didn't inhale" when smoking marijuana and that he "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." (I guess pot wasn't strong enough for "Cocaine Bill," whose half-brother Roger was caught on a police surveillance video saying, "Got to get some for my brother. He's got a nose like a vacuum cleaner." [The Electronic Telegraph (London), 15 July 1996])The Clinton campaign released a statement from President Clinton in which he said: "I was there on election night in 1974 and this charge is simply not true. It did not happen. My wife has stood for social justice and tolerance and against racial and religious hatred and bigotry for as long as I have known her." [AP, 16 July 2000]Clinton jumped to his wife's defense: "She might have called him a bastard," the president said in an interview in the New York Daily News. "I wouldn't rule that out. She's never claimed that she was pure on profanity. But I've never heard her tell a joke with an ethnic connotation. She's so fanatic about it. She can't tell an ethnic joke -- it's not in her." [UPI, 17 July 2000; Daily News, 17 July 2000; FOXNews, AP, and New York Post, 18 July 2000]President Clinton came to his wife's defense, denying that she called a campaign aide a "fucking Jew bastard" in 1974. In two telephone calls to the New York Daily News from the Camp David Middle East summit, including one to Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the paper's chairman and co-publisher, the President said, "I was there and [Hillary] never said it. In 29 years, my wife has never, ever uttered an ethnic or racial slur against anybody, ever. She's so straight on this, she squeaks." [Daily News, 17 July 2000]So Bill remembered the event but the lying bitch didn't? One wonders whether that foul female squeaked whenever she uttered "nigger," "Jew motherfucker," "Jew boy," and "You fucking Jew bastard!""It really got bad," Clinton said, "and he [Paul Fray] and Hillary somehow got in a fight. There was never a racial slur. If she were an anti-Semite, which she is not, it would never have occurred to her to say anything like that to him" -- a reference to the fact that Fray is not Jewish. [Daily News, 17 July 2000]Hillary's hubby exposed that lying bitch in a rare moment of telling the truth: He acknowledged that there was a fight, that she called Fray a "bastard," and implied that she used "fucking" ("She's never claimed that she was pure on profanity"), but then switched back to his standard modus operandi by lying that she didn't use "Jew." Why? Because that would have cost her the pivotal Jewish vote.
Others On the Clinton Denials
"I think they've got a little bit of what you call 'selective memory'," Paul Fray added, referring to the president and first lady, who have vehemently denied the accusation. [FOXNews.com, AP and New York Post, 18 July 2000]"I'm inclined to believe she did it. It's not because she has a vicious streak in her [and] has a notoriously bad temper; it's not because [Jewish] Dick Morris made a similar charge concerning a comment Hillary made to him when they were discussing his consulting fees: 'That's all you people care about is money.' Hillary is telling the patently unbelievable story that she doesn't even remember the altercation with Fray, when even husband Bill admits remembering the fight." [David Limbaugh in Jewish World Review, 19 July 2000]
Defended By Sycophantic Double-Standard Jews
Various big-name Jews, such as the shameless Clinton-ass-kissing Senator Charles Schumer (N.Y.), former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, and Abe Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League, immediately came to Hillary's defense by claiming that she is not anti-Semitic -- despite her frequent anti-Semitic utterances, the Rodham family's well-known dislike of Jews, the Clintons' anti-Semitic jokes, and her repeated use of "Jew bastard" and "Jew motherfucker.""I don't believe she said it, and if she said it 26 years ago, so what?" Ed Koch, who makes no secret of being a proud Jew, told the New York Post. "Did she say it yesterday? There must be a statute of limitations." [NewsMax, 15 July 2000]Abe Foxman told the New York Post, "If in fact she said it, that does not make her an anti-Semite, because there is a public record of Hillary Rodham Clinton of the past 26 years which has no iota of anti-Semitism." [NewsMax, 15 July 2000]The ADL said in a statement that it believes the First Lady when she said she never called Paul Fray a "fucking Jew bastard" during an argument after the loss 26 years ago. [UPI, 17 July 2000]Sen. Charles Schumer, who is Jewish, issued a statement saying, "I've known Hillary Clinton for eight years, and she doesn't have an anti-Semitic bone in her body." [Reuters, 16 July 2000]Jewish New York Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey also defended Hillary: "...there's no way Hillary could make a statement like that." [AP, 16 July 2000]
Not All New York Jews Were That Shameless
Leaders of New York's Jewish community lined up on opposite sides of the debate. Representatives of conservative Jewish groups disagreed with the Anti-Defamation League's defense of Hillary. Dov Hikind, a New York Assemblyman and leader of Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community, told UPI: "If this was only a remark made 26 years ago, then it wouldn't be a big issue.... [But this] is not an isolated case." "There is no statute of limitations for racism or anti-Semitism or bigotry." [AP and Reuters, 17 July 2000]Excerpts from Rabbi Dr. Morton H. Pomerantz, state chaplain for the State of New York: "Madame Hillary called a campaign aide a 'Fucking Jew Bastard.' Funny, isn't it, that Manhattan's limousine liberal Jewish set wants so quickly to forget about Hillary's anti-Semitism.... The liberal New York media -- dominated as it is by members of the Jewish community -- have barely mentioned the trooper's [Larry Patterson] allegations and has afforded Hillary every benefit of the doubt. Surely, if Mr. Lazio, her Senate opponent, had made such remarks about Jews -- no matter how long ago -- he would have been skewered by New York's liberal press like there was no tomorrow. The major media have become inveterate ass-kissers of the Clintons...." [NewsMax, 24 July 2000]
Media Censors & Weasels
There's no doubt that Hillary called Paul Fray a "fucking Jew bastard." If there were the slightest doubt, you can bet that vicious Hillary would have sicced her amoral $450-an-hour shyster David Kendall on every author, publication and news service that reported her anti-Semitic slur, regardless of how veiled and coy the media were about her vile outburst.Following below is a sampling of how the media reported "fucking Jew bastard." Note the euphemized fucking and its suppression, the euphemized bastard, as well as the various uninformative paraphrases, verbal maneuvers, and spineless weaseling. The quotations are arranged from the most to the least complete reporting of Hillary's exact and complete filth. TIME magazine wins the Weasel Prize for keeping the reader in the dark about what was actually said; the Associated Press is runner-up for euphemizing bastard and suppressing fucking; and United Press International wins third place for euphemizing all words but "Jew." A special prize goes to CBS Radio News for telling its listeners that Hillary merely "used rough language" and an unspecified "anti-Semitic slur" -- like what? Kike? Hebe? Christ-killer?Hillary's actual words: "You fucking Jew bastard!" [Jerry Oppenheimer in his book State of the Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton (2000)]"f***ing Jew bastard" [The Times (London), 18 July 2000]"f-----g Jew bastard" [New York Daily News, 17 July 2000]"f****** Jew bastard" [The Times (London), 16 July 2000]"f----- Jew b------" [UPI, 17 July 2000; euphemized fucking is one hyphen short]"Jew bastard" [Reuters, 10, 16, 17 July 2000]"Jew bastard" [The Washington Post, 18 July 2000]"Jew bastard" [New York Daily News, 18 July 2000]"Jew b------" [AP, 16 July 2000]"an obscenity-laced, anti-Semitic slur" [AP, 19 July 2000]"an anti-Semitic obscenity" [AP and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 26 July 2000]"hurled anti-Semitic abuse" [The Times (London), 18 July 2000]"uttered an anti-Jewish slur" [Reuters, 16 July 2000]"used an anti-Semitic slur" [AP, 16 July 2000]"made an anti-Jewish remark" [TIME, 24 July 2000, p. 64]"used rough language" and an "anti-Semitic slur." [CBS Radio News, 16 July 2000]
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The best book I have written, Hillary Clinton's Pen Pal: A Guide to Life and Lingo in Federal Prison, was suppressed by the "liberal" journalists for being too anti-Hillary and by their right-leaning tough-on-crime colleagues for being too pro-prisoners. Only one mainstream journalist wrote an intelligent front-page news story about it -- only to be promptly ignored by his Clinton-loving colleagues and wire-service editors.This prison primer is, of course, not just about what would happen to that quasi-criminal bitch if she were incarcerated. It is also a useful, life-saving guide for anyone facing prison-time. In addition, it provides an insider's account of how the inhumane Federal Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Department of Injustice and their goons operate.While Hillary Clinton will not go to prison -- where she belongs, together with her sleazy Bill -- because too many amoral morons keep paying for her $450-an-hour shysters, you can put her hypothetically in the slammer by reading my sarcastic and highly praised book.
More Hillary Quotes
Here are more quotes from foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, violent, and abusive Hillary, our wannabe President from Hell, from various sources, providing more detailed bibliographical information.
Thanks for reading. I will be posting again soon, as more important, and un-reported words come along.
The New Green
Green,it gets yellowout there in the white sun.
Life,it gets isolatedbetween the cracks in the sidewalk.
Birds,they ram into buildingstrying to fly through themselves.
Gray,it only gets blackersetting at the top of high buildings.
People,we only get sickerthe more we forget we're animals still
(and we are, you knowanimals--not gods.)
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. ~ Robert Frost
jesuschriss (cgStarling)-
jesuschriss (cgStarling)-
don't need a new sensation
what we don't need is a new sensation
we need an old sensation
we need a fucking depression
we need a total consumerist crash
we need a teenage tabula rosa
we need-
Youths on steel hot air balloons
scratching the sky white with sun
we need an end to political rhetoric
and politicians who can't stop promising things they never intend to do
we need a whole new system
where the poor eat, the slaves earn
and the rich sob in the gutters with their american dream shoved up their asses
top-dollar scam shooting motherfuckers
(who's laughing with you now?
suck on the end of my gavel-
my stick-
this dick-
this barrel-
this end to people being turned into capitalist commodities
sold on the street like dope to children who need a getaway
from this terrible terrible world they've made it, and
for that matter:
We need an end to pigs everywhere
what we don't need is more pigs
telling us where we can't go
never where we can
who wants to know where he can't go?-
who is a pig to tell another man where he can't go?-
we can go any-the fuck-where we want to go goddamnit
we will go any-the fuck-where we want goddamnit go-
we'll go where the pigs say we can't
just to prove we can
and they can't stop us
we can goddamnit, watch us fucking go goddamnit
that is it, baby
no respect for the law
being out of control is being happy is being free is being human goddamnit go be human
breaking rules is fun, kids (join in, kids, have fun)
you know-
Kids are not chaotic
let them come out and play, you know
let them run in the streets
who the-fuck-you-are to make kids move out of the street with your big ugly car
giving kids cancer with that ugly fucking car
we need an end to fucking cars fucking us
we need to start walking where we gotta go and where they say we can't goddamnit go,
don't need 409-9940 more reliance on dinosaurs
eating the men of the future even in death
even in goddamn extinction
fucking man blind goddamnit with giant dinosaur cumshots-
creampies like you've never imagined, that's what's we're gettin-
the dinosaur shaft-
t-rex shaft
we need to slaughter the giant monsters
we need to get to gettin steppin get steppin get go goddamnit
we need to walk you lazy fuck
moe and joe is tired of sittin lame
we need to run moe and joe like dogs need to run they really do need to run goddamnit go
we need more sack races more bicycles more calloused feet calloused moes and joes
what we don't need is dinosaurs-
giant monsters of oily cumshots exploding across your face
your entire body-
in your lungs goddamnit your lungs, what
don't need is a new sensation
we need a real sensation
we need a need for once
we need a real need
a need like i need to get out of this dump
i need to turn this shit 'round
a need like the president needs to fucking die-
any president-
all presidents
because i need a better need
i need a real need
the kinda need we need is the need to get steppin together for once
this house is in 304million- 84thousand- 300thirty one little pieces
this house is a shithole from hell-
a hellhole from shit
it's a dump that i don't need and never will need
We need an end to needing so goddamn much nothing
we need a need a need a fucking need goddamnit
we don't need shit
what we don't need is more shit
______________________________________________________________. . .Today in the News
. . .everything was goodi watched the weatheri turned it off.
Broken-winged Sidewalk-splatter
Broken wingsflapping against the wet earthpuddles of piss and shitpharmaceuticals and falloutThose wings flappinghad tried to save my brainfrom realizing the speed of athird story fall goingheadfirst into the cementall or nothing at all or someWell, the birds know by nowa babysitter tried to drown mein the tub as a babyon railroad avenue but my aunt r.rescued me just in time (great)i take lots of baths now:five a day sometimessometimes one-thousandeight-hundredand twenty-five Sometimes broken wings, you know how it getsflapping against the watertasting a tiny final breathi closed the window and rolled a cigarette instead(great).
-nOrA ePhRoN
from cgStarling (jesuschriss)
. . . and in every aspect, in every area of my life—of life altogether. No one enjoys being under control. Yet, the masses proclaim order necessary for common civility; and order by their terms is always taken by control. Order, peace, harmony: the realization of these ultimate goals of all civilizations (at least by the majority of a people of a civilization) has not a thing to do with control. If anything, control leads to increasing disapproval, direct disobedience and gradually small movements of revolt, finally finding an end in a revolution against every form of authority.
Of course, the ruler, who had just recently been removed by a people fed up with being ruled, is then replaced by yet another charming, charismatic leader. Out with the old and in with the new. And the new leader leads with the people's hope in hand. He may even have good intentions at the beginning, a purpose that seemed to come natural to him, an innate compassion and identification with the majority.
However, it is certain that he fail in this respect; for they all fail the people they so vigorously spoke for. And so, he is eventually corrupted by the power confidently granted him by the very people who had just fought to end dominance over their lives by the fortunate few. Thus, the process begins again, all over again, and it will not stop as long as the people refuse to accept responsibility themselves and empower a mere man to make their decisions for them. It cannot.
This is the history of control, and of the people, who defend it in fear of their own neighbor's desperation for the necessities of life. In fact, i defy anyone to show me an instance of peace, harmony, and order coinciding within a society ruled by control. For control is founded on the basis of fear, and this fear will always lead to the empowerment of one or more individuals, who believe that their path is the only path toward the prosperity and peace of the people it serves.
It is never long, however, before it is necessary to apply more control over the aspects of the people's lives, in order to put a nation on that path to that proposed greatness. And then more. And more, until each person's life is in some way predetermined by the choices of control, and where once an individual was faced with an limitless potential of choices, he suddenly finds there are few: bad and worse.
It may take many years and many different paths and plans and all sorts of rulers of diverse character, each with his own paths and agendas and methods of control, each with his own beliefs of what a society should be, and what each individual making up that society should believe, and how they should behave.
Yet, all of this history, the good times with the bad, are to achieve the one true path that must be taken: revolt against all authority and control.
by Christopher g Starling
Five hundred years ago, America, a new democracy full of hopes and dreams for a free society of equality and liberty, founded itself upon a well-worn framework of slavery and genocide. Those great men, our so-called forefathers, who spoke much of the noble and worthy notions of state and country that we hear so repeatedly these days, were not advertised as wicked or barbaric. After all, the enslavement of African slaves and the wholesale killings of the indigenous natives was no big moral scruple. In fact, in the beginning it was a divine duty, with rewards no different from that of the Holy Crusades against the Muslims.
And it is because these things were such normal practice that it was not necessary to write them down. Therefore, the truth of these events of our American history are easily smoothed over by the canonization of the so-called forefathers. Besides, just imagine if every account of brutality against non-white non-Christians was catalogued. As time goes one, and research methods become more sophisticated, we are learning that the number of Native Americans exterminated during the first 400 years of this great land of freedom is less like 3 million and more like 100 million.
This divine duty, writ forth by the Pope himself (who, of course, was in direct contact with God himself), allowed the great nations of Europe to rape the land and peoples of Africa, the Americas, and various other lands, believing (or, at least saying so), that the raped were better off for it. For example: an entire island of passive, prosperous natives driven into violent extinction no longer lived in pagan sin. Children who had their heads beaten into rocks or buried alive were, in papal fact, lucky the great white man, in all his holy goodness came to rescue them.
Also, the concept of natural slaves was wide-held among Europeans. How attractive was this: natives were put on the earth simply to be slaves. But not just anyone's slaves—the slaves of Europeans. And better yet: this wasn't racism. The natives were less than human. It was really no different than using a mule to till the land. God never looked nicer, right? Not only does he reward massacres with a free pass through purgatory straight on to heaven, no questions asked, but you had the right to enslave as many of these human-looking beasts as you could handle. And by the way: if it were not for men, such as these, who preferred the benefits of economics to those of mindless, psychotic killings, starvation would have likely prevailed across Europe before the conquests of the Americas would have much use. After all, first priority of the voyages was gold and slaves—not spices. not spices!
Next, the land of the Americas was itself a divine right. It was believed then that somewhere on Earth there existed the paradise spoken of in Genesis—the Garden of Eden! and men would discover it when they finally became ready to return. It just so happened that after all those empires, after all those years and decades and centuries of warring over little strips of supposed holy lands, that on the other side of the planet there existed a land, mind you: inhabited by millions upon millions separate peoples, that had been waiting (since the breakup of Pangea, i suppose) for Europeans to evolve into a fine-famined, black-plagued, politically and religiously tyrannical, and morally vile people—so well-deserving of Eden. So when Columbus discovered India—i mean, the small island of America—and he found all those wonderful naked people with their peaceful societies and rich land, it as if Heaven had been really been discovered. And no one, especially some savage naked beasts, were going to stop Europe from conquering it.
(How could they? God said. If it would not have ended when it did, the white man would still be fighting for the Americas, claiming his divine right to the land and its people. Certainly it is easy to open any major newspaper and find examples of this happening right now in certain holier parts of world. Who knows? there may eventually come a time when the white man has won all the holy lands he can dream up. And who'd be surprised if they suddenly turned out to be not so holy after all?)
So, in the light of God, that ever-present goodness, and the grand wisdom of his most loyal vicar on Earth, there really wasn't anything wrong with what the Europeans did (even today, their ancestor, who have prevailed into the superpowers of our planet see little wrong with both what has been done and with what is being done). Sure, there were those who opposed these cruelties of the past. This is no different than today, however. There is a substantial opposition to genocide, slavery, globalism, etc. There are even various Christian sects, which having matured from the Catholicism of the Crusades and the Inquisition (though rather hypocritically), do not condone the acts of the roots of their god's foundation on Earth. There are those who choose to think as individuals, instead of fanatical patriots and god-fearing subservients. There are dissenters. There are atheists. There are anarchists. There are terrorists. There are enemies—of state and god!
And so the genocide and slavery of human-looking humans continues with the same goal at hand: domination of Earth and its non-white, non-Christian peoples.
It is a topic people never seem to tire about, especially in our time and way of life. Religion was made for the use of man.
Perhaps I should elaborate: my classmate said that religion was made up by man and has no ground foundation. How can there exist a being who suddenly decided to create earth and place a bunch of 'people' on it.?
And earlier when we had philosophy he said, following certain other philosophers, that humans are selfish and good deeds are a form of egoism. If you give something to a poor it would be because society would look up to you and think you're a good person., so you're only doing it for yourself.
But I disagree. If all good deeds are selfish, Jesus was one of the biggest egoists in history. He only helped others so he would be forever known as the founder of Christianity and the martyred Son of God. The base of Christianity, Islam and many other religions are all selfish, for helping your fellow human is simply a form of egoism.
And when he claimed that the earth and universe came to be due to the Big Bang, I tried to reason different. For if you claim that we shouldn't believe, neither in God nor Allah, for their simply creations of man and there is no life after death, tell me: what is left?
What is left for us, to believe to hope for, to live by?
Should we simply live day by day, thinking that after we die, nothing will happen to us? No possible torment in the hellfire for eternity? Should we simply do enjoy life to it's fullest, neither caring whether we hurt others by our actions, since no one will punish us after death?
Personally I think that if a religion does no harm to others, why can't you let people believe? Why do you have to try and disproof the very foundations of a religion and question every action?
For if you take away religion, what is left? Nothing…
Can you live knowing you eat, sleep and then one day just die? And everything will just stop?
Isn't it good to know that someone is there watching you.? This is simply a test, the first stepping stone.
It has happened many times, that I didn't study, yet after I prayed that somehow with the knowledge that I had pass the test, I received a high mark. Even if it's just psychological, is it harmful to rust in some higher being?
How would you explain miracles,? Parents somehow lift something incredibly heavy to save their child somehow?
This life is a test. He won't help us continuously, we should be able to tolerate on another, help one another along the way.
What if the knowledge that killing someone or suicide is bad, will be bad for you too when you get judged in the afterlife, stops you from committing mass murder or suicide, is the religion then bad?
What if a mother, knowing once she dies she will her loved one again , for eternity, gets the power to live for her child from that?
What if it gives us a, something to live for, namely helping one along and trying to lessen one another's pain?
If religion can do all that, if faith and believe can do all that, why destroy it?
Why forbid it, belittle it, when you offer nothing in return, not even reassurance, inner peace or a simple goal to live for?
Has anyone ever heard of it? A group from my school (it's a Jesuit university) went. I just got back from it at 4 this morning (bus ride from Columbus/Ft. Benning, GA to Kansas City, MO is painfully long). And no, I haven't slept at all since returning. And yet, somehow I'm functioning relatively fine.If you haven't heard of it, this is SOA Watch, which I think is the protest's official site. School of the Americas, which was actually its former name because they've since changed it to something more clinical sounding, was founded with the intent to train Latin American soldiers during the Cold War to go back and battle communist guerillas in their home countries. Instead, what often happened was that they would (and still do) help terrorize the civilian populations. One notable massacre took place in El Salvador in 1989, and during then six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter were all executed, which is one of the reasons why a lot of Catholic/Jesuit schools are involved in the protest.It's rather interesting, what with our War on Terrorism and all. I had never heard of this place or any of these events until a few months ago. But maybe the War on Terrorism only applies to the far side of the prime meridian? This is a clip show incorporating sounds and images from the protest. The cup of smoke at the end was one held by a Guatamalan Mayan priest who blessed the funeral march on Sunday morning.All the crosses that everyone was carrying depict people who were killed by soldiers trained at SOA. Later on in the clip you can hear names being called off. They named off people from a 95-year-old man to a pregnant woman to a 6-month-old baby. (There was this group there called the 1000 Grandmothers. They all carried baby dolls. Only after I passed by them on Sunday did I realize that all these baby dolls were missing limbs and/or smeared in fake blood.) And then there were more "unknowns" than I can count.By the way, if anyone is curious, this is what the cross I carried said:EL Lucia Marquez -- 14 yrs. old SALVADORNow you know why the centered format. x-posted to my own journal.


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Gallery Rooms
Gary Iles' dramatic acrylic and ink paintings mix narrative, hyperrealism and fantasy to create a shadow world of meaning. Iles uses tight close-ups and a chiaroscuro shading technique to capture his figures' most speaking moments. Women, their heads framed tightly, are caught in the act of turning, staring, or holding a single object that prompts a million questions. Often only a fraction of a figure's face is visible, yet it tells the entire story. Iles also frequently incorporates iconic imagery, from recognizable cities to famous faces, playing with our notion of intimacy and hidden lives. His minimal use of one or two colors at a time lends tension, just as his dexterous switch between highly naturalistic details and dreamy airbrushing brings conflict to his painted universe. The artist's occasional environmental picture is equally layered with meaning and a palpable sense of human emotion.
Iles was born in England, where he continues to work today, creating work that is shown internationally. He has never received formal training, preferring to take his inspiration from "many life experiences and emotions."


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This Week's Movie-Plot Threat: Fungus
I had been wondering whether to post this, since it's not really a security threat -- there's no intelligence by the attacker:
Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80% of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from eastern Africa. It has already jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind will inevitably carry it to Russia, China and even North America -- if it doesn't hitch a ride with people first.
"It's a time bomb," said Jim Peterson, a professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Oregon State University in Corvallis. "It moves in the air, it can move in clothing on an airplane. We know it's going to be here. It's a matter of how long it's going to take."
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• Reversible color, like getting two wraps in one
• Juzo Compression Wraps are made in the U.S.A.
• Includes: Wrap, Cotton liner, Two anklets (1 black, 1 beige)


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An elegant pair of earrings for a lot of glamour.
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Remember the Seinfeld episode when Elaine bumped into an old high school friend, Sue Ellen Mischke (played by Brenda Strong), and gave her the nickname "the braless wonder" because she never wore a bra? And then Elaine decided to gift her a bra in hopes she'd start wearing one, but Sue Ellen decided to rock it alone with just an open blazer over it…
This made me start thinking of societal norms of what happens when people break boundaries. Sometimes it seems as though people are willing to go through a cookie cutter factory just to fit in with their peers. A good example of this is in a majority of reality TV shows where all the girls have caked on make up, sport the same hair style (the pouf?) and wear Ed Hardy inspired clothing… can I say MTV's The Jersey Shore?
Of course a group of friends or coworkers may be inspired by the same people, designers, places and things, but how you pull yourself together each day should tell your story, who you are, making your style unique. The same can apply to your make up. Gwen Stefani's signature look is the cat-like black eyeliner and red lips and Kim Kardashian's smokey eyes and glossy lips are her beauty staples, but you can find ways within your own beauty routine to make them work for you by playing with colors and formulas. The options are endless.
As long as you're confident with your unique fashion or beauty statement, who knows maybe you'll start a trend sort of like the infamous Rachael haircut. I was always taught it's not what you wear but how you wear it. It might not be accepted at first but then again when do any of the masterpieces get instant acceptance. Did you know that Picasso's art wasn't acknowledged until roughly 30 years later and now he is considered one of the first modern artist?
Now dish: How do you show off your personality?


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Teaching Assistant Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE)
Dates: Weds 27 Feb; Thurs 28 March; Weds 19 June
Time: 9 am – 3pm
Location: St John's Church School, Riseholme, Peterborough, PE2 5SP
There is more to subject knowledge than being able to do the maths yourself. The Teaching Assistant SKE project is designed to develop teaching assistants' subject knowledge in maths on; multiplication, division and fractions so they can support children's learning in the classroom and in small intervention groups.
The Work Group sessions will explore maths in depth, making connections between topics and concepts. Participants will also work collaboratively, led by a local leader of maths education (LLME) to develop deep and secure subject knowledge and appropriate pedagogy so they are well-equipped to support pupils.
Who is this for?
Teaching assistants in primary and secondary who support children with their learning of mathematics.
What is involved?
- Three day workshops working with teachers from other schools in the Work Group to reflect on current practice and clarify understanding of how SEND impacts within a mathematical lesson.
- GAP tasks to complete in school, integrated with and supported by work done in the workshop.
Intended Outcomes:
As a result of this project, participants' skills and confidence in the maths classroom will be increased. TAs will develop knowledge of the pedagogy of maths teaching and understand how children think and where their misconceptions stem from. A greater awareness of the three aims of the National Curriculum (fluency, reasoning and problem solving) will be developed, and teaching assistants will understand the role that certain representations, models and manipulatives can play in the development of pupils' understanding of number and calculation, particularly place value and proficiency. Those involved will get better at working within classes and with small groups of pupils; they will gain knowledge of practical ways to apply the skills and understanding developed during the programme.
Led by: Rosey Durham and Kerran Harwood
Rosey is an NRICH Ambassador and a Primary Maths PD Lead. Rosey also works at Priory Junior School as SENCO, she has several years' experience teaching across all KS2 years groups. She has been Maths Lead and has completed the MaST qualification.
Kerran works at St John's Church School as Deputy Head and Maths Lead as well as leading maths at Winyates Primary School. She has 18 years of experience teaching across KS2 and KS3, specialising in maths. Kerran is currently a 'Local Leader of Maths Education' and is an Accredited PD Lead.
Weds 27 Feb; Thurs 28 March; Weds 19 June
Time: 9 am – 3pm
St John's Church School, Riseholme, Peterborough, PE2 5SP


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Welcome to Switzerland, today you will travel from Zurich airport to the Rhine–side town of Basel, the centre of the country's pharmaceutical industry. A warm welcome awaits you from your Captain and crew as you board your Emerald Waterways luxury river cruise ship. This evening, join your fellow travellers for dinner on board. Your Cruise Director will also conduct a port talk to review the activities and itinerary for the days ahead.
Flights arriving into Zurich: Please book your flight to arrive prior to 1pm for your group transfer to Basel.
Meals Included: Dinner
Today you have a choice to visit a typical Black Forest Village, featuring many of the famous black forest items, like Cuckoo clocks, amongst other things. Alternatively, take part on a guided hike through some of the black forest trails.
EmeraldACTIVE: Guided hike through some of the Black Forest trails
EmeraldPLUS: Black Forest Cake Assembling presentation and tasting
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Once docked in Kehl, you will be transferred by coach across the river to Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace Region in France. Your guided walking tour will include the Grande Île, the historical city centre and UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its medieval black and white timber framed buildings, old tanning houses, baroque sandstones buildings, canals and river locks.
EmeraldPLUS: Guided Tour of Strasbourg
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Continue downstream to the town of Mannheim, located at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers. There you will have a chance to either visit the medieval town of Heidelberg including the impressive castle which overlooks the town or take part on an active hike to Heidelberg Hill.
EmeraldACTIVE: Active Hike to Heidelberg Hill
EmeraldPLUS: Wine Tasting on board
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Cruise to the 2000-year-old town of Koblenz, which is situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers. You will have a tour of Koblenz and a chance to visit the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress on the opposite side of the river. This fortress was part of the Prussian defences against the French in the 19th century and later used as a headquarters for the American military during WWII.
DiscoverMORE: Moselle & Cochem Castle Visit (extra expense)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Founded by the Romans, Cologne is one of Germany's oldest and is famous for its magnificent World–Heritage listed Gothic Cathedral. Join your local guide for an included tour of the Old Town, with free time for exploring. Cologne is one of Germany's largest and most modern cities largely due to a rebuilding plan post WWII, and it has many different museums and galleries. This evening, join your Captain for a farewell reception and dinner.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
This morning you can decide to either enjoy a glass top canal boat tour through Amsterdam's canal or a guided bike tour.
EmeraldACTIVE: Guided Bike Tour
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast you will disembark your ship and transfer to airport for your homebound flight.
Meals Included: Breakfast
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It uses a disposable plastic film which acts as the conveyor belt travelling through the freezing tunnel over cryogenically refrigerated plates. These plates operate at -196 °C, rapidly and effectively freezing the contact surface of the product, while the tunnel environment is cryogenically cooled by liquid nitrogen to reduce the entire product temperature.
The consolidated features of this freezer technology deliver products free from belt marks and wrinkles which can be easily handled for further processing. Due to the nature of the belt, soft, wet or sticky products can be managed without product deformation or adhesion – even liquids can be frozen with ease. As the belt is disposable, the freezer can be quickly and efficiently cleaned at the end of production, minimising expensive delays.
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The CRYOLINE® SC™ is a contact freezer which removes the heat from the product by contact with the cold plates. The gas generated by the vaporisation of the liquid nitrogen is then exhausted to the atmosphere.
As the temperature of the exhaust is controlled, the amount of cold extracted safely from the nitrogen can be optimised according to the production demands. High-speed fans circulate the cold gas atmosphere inside the tunnel and help to freeze the upper surface of the product.
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The CRYOLINE® SC™ cryogenic freezer comes in 2 standard widths of 750 mm and 1250 mm with the basic model having a useable length of 6 metres. It is modular, with the possibility of adding 3-metre tunnel sections to boost capacity, where required.
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DPS907 notes – Thu Nov 19
Security topics, wrap up.
Info about Test 9
Today – Thursday, November 19 – we do NOT have Test 9.
Instead, it will be on Monday, November 23, at the beginning of our class/session, at 9:50am.
It will ask questions that attempt to wrap up our coverage of security topics over the past three weeks (since the study week break).
Info about Lab 8
The Lab 8 due date is still Monday, November 23, but the My.Seneca/Blackboard uploader/acceptor will be open until Wednesday, November 25, at 12:00pm noon ET.
There is no late penalty for submitting Lab 8 between Monday and Wednesday at noon.
After the test on Monday, your professor will be available in-class to help you complete your Lab 8 work. We will not learn new topics on Monday.
Next week
Next Thursday, November 26, we will begin our topic coverage of SOAP XML (legacy) web services.
Today's topic coverage
Today, we'll look at a small number of security-related topics, to help wrap up our coverage of security topics.
Topics include:
- IsRequestForMedia utility method
- Custom AuthorizeClaim attribute
- Social network login, for a web app
IsRequestForMedia utility method
This isn't really a security topic, but it's relevant to our Lab 8 assignment.
It would be really nice to know whether a request has an accept header for a media type. If it does, then the ByteFormatter media type formatter class will return the result. If it does not, the standard and built-in JSON or XML formatters will return the result.
To help answer the question, a static method named IsRequestForMedia was created in a new static "utility" class.
Use it in a "get one" controller: If IsRequestForMedia, then return the object's media bytes. Otherwise, just return the object.
Custom AuthorizeClaim attribute
The Authorize attribute protects a controller method.
At a minimum, it ensures that the request is authenticated.
Optionally, the Authorize attribute can ensure an authenticated request includes a named role claim, or a named username claim, as shown in these examples:
// Named role claim... [Authorize(Roles = "Student")] // Named username claim... [Authorize(Users = "Marie")]
OR condition
If a method can be run if the authenticated request includes ANY of several named role claims, the Authorize attribute simply includes a comma-separated string of role names:
// Can run method if a request has the "Student" role claim, OR // the "Mentor" role claim... [Authorize(Roles = "Student, Mentor")]
AND condition
If a method can be run if the authenticated request includes ALL of several claims, simply include a list of Authorize attributes:
// Can run method if a request has the "Professor" AND // "Coordinator" role claims... [Authorize(Roles = "Professor")] [Authorize(Roles = "Coordinator")]
Beyond "Roles" and "Users" – custom claim handling
The built-in Authorize attribute handles the three situations covered above (authenticated, authenticated with a named role claim, and authenticated with a named username claim).
What if we want to handle a custom claim?
The Lab 8 base project includes a custom authorize attribute class. Simply name the type and value, and it will ensure that the authenticated request has the matching claim. Easy and simple. Here's how it's used:
// Can run method if a request has a claim type "EyeColour" // with the value "Blue" [AuthorizeClaim(ClaimType = "EyeColour", ClaimValue = "Blue")]
Social network login, for a web app
In this section, we introduce you to the ability to use an external identity authority for a web app.
Later, your professor plans to post another code example that does this for a web service.
Time constraints over the past few weeks delayed the work. Check back in a few weeks; it will be posted in the same Week 10 folder on GitHub.
Rick Anderson wrote a post that inspired today's code example:
Code! MVC 5 App with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google OAuth2 Sign-on
Also, Robert McMurray wrote a useful post:
External Authentication Services with ASP.NET Web API
Why would you consider using an external identity authority? Several reasons, perhaps including these:
- Avoid identity management and authentication responsibilities in your app
- Eliminate the need for your app's users to create yet another account
- Leverage existing user accounts
Requirements, in general
The posted articles (linked above) include detailed and prescriptive information on how to do this task. However, these are the requirements, in general:
Choose the correct project template. It must use Individual User Accounts.
Register your app with the external identity authority. In this step, you trade information with – for example – Facebook, so that it knows that your app will be using it for authentication.
Configure the app with the data provided by the external identity authority. Almost always, it includes an identifier, and a secret. (So in many ways, the data items act as credentials for the app.)
Optionally, configure the app to capture additional data when an authenticated user begins using your app for the first time. After first-time login, a user account is created in your app, and gets marked with the external authentication provider (e.g. Facebook). If you want more info captured – e.g. first and last names, etc. – add code to the "register external user" method. You can also add code to configure claims.
Using the SocialLoginWebApp code example
Run the app. Begin the authentication process as you normally would, by clicking the "Log in" link:
Choose another service to do the log in:
You are redirected to the other service. It prompts for authentication, or account selection if your browser already has an authenticated session with the other service.
If this is the first time that you've used the other service to login, it asks you for consent.
Then, the local app adds a local account to represent the "external login".


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Is your business something that is regimented or something you are open to receive?
Many times would I see working with my clients, is that they are looking at their business with tunnel vision.
Well sometimes having tunnel vision is important, keeping your mind open to receive is equally as important.
Particularly in the development of an online business, Trends and software are constantly changing. Now don't get me wrong, it does not mean that you need to use all of them and spend all of your time focusing on the newest gadget... What I am saying, is when you are presented an opportunity to learn a new way of doing something that can be more efficient in your business and potentially help your business to grow, let it marinate for a moment.
We all have things that we like to do and can easily get stuck in our ways. As an entrepreneur, not having to report to a boss, we often can stay in our own head and not see what is directly in front of us.
Keep your eyes.
Keep your mind open.
Just simply ask yourself, what if?
Just know that things will present themselves, and it is up to you to evaluate how you want to proceed.
Want to work through these ideas together, and create a rock-solid plan?
Let's set up a free consultation, and discuss what that would look like. You do not need to figure it out alone.


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haiku my heart ~ persimmons
Lush, wondrous orange fruit…
This Winter ripeness can't wait.
I pluck you myself.
I so wanted a painting from another artist
whose work I greatly admire...
My Brit friend Mollie,
who was just here visiting, said...
"why don't you make your own painting?"
So I did.
I painted my own branch of luscious Winter persimmons,
to hang on my wall for me to enjoy,
in oh so many ways,
every day of the year!
is ripe in your world
and waiting for you to pluck?
For more Friday haiku my heart
please visit Rebecca and other poets
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Despite the fact, Brainiac is on the cover, Superman Annual #2 is a Lois Lane, investigative reporter story. Spanning five years including when Metropolis was invaded by The Collector (Grant Morrison's Action Comics), we see some of the residual effects of that event in the present time.
Preview pages of this Scott Lobdell story with art by Dan Jurgens (Death of Superman, creator of Doomsday and Booster Gold) showed a Lois Lane dying from a fall. Fans were upset as this would be the sixth time a dying or dead Lois has been used in the past two years. Soap opera much? Lois has been used as death fodder to help the fauxmance along.
One unusual thing about this annual is that it is not a stand alone. It is part of a story arc concerning a Psi War. Lobdell is currently writing both Superman and Action Comics (after Andy Diggle left). Lobdell probably needed the panel space before Greg Pak takes over Action in #25.
Despite Lobdell's previous use of narration boxes from some omniscient non-vested entity, we see and 'hear' this story from Lois' perspective. It appears to be a solid story and hopefully Lobdell can continue this quality throughout this arc. We just wish Lobdell would quit TELLING us stuff that happened with Clark/Superman and Lois in the five year gap — we'd like to SEE it!
This is the best and truly first time we see Superman come to Lois' rescue in the new 52. In fact, it may be the most interaction they have had since the reboot. Jurgens continues to make us feel what happens between these two ICONIC characters. (Caps for Didio's benefit.)
Scott Lobdell has made Lois Lane the mother of her and Clark's son, Jonathon Kent (from the future) and Connor Kent (Superboy). In fact, she is Kon's double mother, in that Connor not only has Jon's DNA but also another set of DNA from Lois and Clark. Clark's was taken when he was tortured by the military in early issues of new 52 Action and Lois . . . we never were told when Harvest (the villain) took her DNA. Since Superboy has psionic powers, is it possible that Lois' blood was obtained sometime after the events in this issue?
The Superman books under Lobdell have been a chaotic mess, not only writing wise but also editorially. DCE definitely has its problems with hodge-podging stories while 'getting them out on time.' And with their fierce 'scrutiny' of Superman's story and lack of planning, this makes reading these books . . . painful.
Currently, there are only three Superman related books that give us enjoyment every time. Superman Unchained by Scott Snyder, Smallville Season 11 by Bryan Q Miller and Adventures of Superman by various creators. Check them out!
Greg Pak is currently writing Batman/Superman and has included Earth 2 Lois Lane (married to Superman) in the story. Unfortunately, with the fauxmance bias, readers got panels of Wonder Woman stabbing a Lois. Pak says he enjoys writing Lois. Let's hope he is able to enjoy writing her when he takes over Action in the late fall.
One book we hope that Lois Lane does not appear in is the Superman/Woman Wonder book. Or better known by fans as, "the book that shall not be named." With DCE's consistent killing of Lois Lane, we can foresee them totally throwing Lois under the bus in this book just to make Diana be the 'prize winner' of Superman. It's what little boys do when they get together and talk trash about girls.
Will we see more Lois in the future? Perhaps, but more likely, perhaps not. In September, there is Villains Month. The evil ones win the Trinity War (oops, did I say that outloud?) but that's not all folks. From October to March we get to see Forever Evil. (Forever in comic book stories is only 6 months long). That's right, if you read superhero comics to see good triumph over evil, save yourself some money and buy Christmas and Valentine presents. Evil is going to rule the DCU from now on (or at least until tax time).
Is it a coincidence the book that shall not be named kicks off the Forever Evil arc?
Superman needs to get his act together and pursue Lois Lane or the entire world will end . . . period.
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