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Blogging is not something fresh today. Many people do blogging on many platforms everyday to record their life, share opinion, show themselves, and even make a full-time income just with a blog. Many people (and myself) are believe that blogging is not only a good way to learn and practice a language, but it also give us a nice platform for converting our language skills into something more and more.
Blogging is an activity to write something (or many things) into an internet canal. It just the same as writing in an ordinary book, and it just the same as publishing a printed book, but it's different—we publish our writing virtually for much more people, wide-range of readers, crossing state line, and so it will influence much more people.
And because of those characters of blogging above, I do believe that blogging is not only about "writing theory", a hobby in a spare time, or an activity to find out another kind of "happiness". Out of that reasons, blogging is surely can help our education field—and many aspects of general life, of course. Don't you see that nowadays, people teach other people on how to edit a photo, people show how to create a handicraft for kindergarten students, people post an article about how to fix our home printer or PC, etc.?
Now, one question: who did write all those interesting things on the internet? Are they a teacher? Pharmacist? Basket ball player? Farmer? Technicians?
The answer is: all people. All people now are blogging to share their knowledge and interest, to help other people to find out a problem solving, and of course, it may influence on other people's life. Read more…
Writing is another skill that is needed by humans as one of means of communication. Some people believe that writing can even help us to deliver our ideas when speaking is impossible. So, why don't you start writing now? Don't worry about some difficulties you'll face at the beginning. Try the following tips 😀
Write in English every day. This is the most important tip to improve your writing skills in English. Start by thinking of a theme, for example, you could start writing a diary of something that happens to you every day, you can write a few lines of a story each day or you could write emails to your friends in English. This might be difficult at first but the more you continue, the easier it will become and you might even end up enjoying it!
Ask someone to check your writing. If you're studying at an English language school, you could ask your teacher to check your writing for you. Otherwise, why not ask a friend or relative who speaks English? I'm sure they'd be happy to help! You might even be able to do a writing language exchange – find an English person who is learning your language and write letters or emails to each other (you can write in English and they can write in your language). When you send a reply, you can also send their letter back to them with corrections and they can do the same for you!
Improve your vocabulary. Having a wide range of vocabulary is very important when you're writing in English. An excellent way to improve your vocabulary is to read as much as possible. If you read books, newspapers or magazines in English, you will learn many new words and common English idioms. Remember to write down the new words and expressions you read and their meanings so you can learn them.
Use a dictionary. You might feel that using a dictionary when you write is 'cheating' but think again – it is actually a great way to improve your vocabulary and practice using words and phrases that you've heard but haven't used before. Remember to ask someone to check your writing to make sure you have used the vocabulary correctly.
Check your writing carefully. After you have written something in English, you should always read it again, either straight away or the next day. When you do this, you will probably see a few mistakes that you didn't notice when you were writing it. Remember to check the spelling, grammar and vocabulary – have you used a particular word many times? Can you think of another way to say it?
Write about different topics. If you write about the same thing every day, you could become very bored and you might end up using the same words and phrases over and over again! It is a good idea to find different topics to write about as this will help to widen your vocabulary and will be much more interesting for you. Writing about something you read in a newspaper or watched on TV is a good starting point.
Do your homework. If you have classes at an English language school, your teacher probably gives you writing homework to do. It is really important that you do all your homework as your teacher knows your level of English and will be able to give you good advice on which parts of writing you need to improve most (e.g. vocabulary, spelling, grammar). This is extremely important if you are planning to take an English language exam.
Write to your friends. Do you have friends who speak English (e.g. people you have met in your English classes)? If so, you should definitely practice your writing with them! There are many ways to do this – using social media (Facebook, Twitter etc.), sending emails, writing text messages, chatting on Skype etc. The best thing about writing to people who are also learning English is that you can correct each other's mistakes!
Write a blog. It doesn't even matter if no one reads it, but writing a blog is a great way to practice writing in English. Set yourself a goal (e.g. upload one blog article a week) and start writing! The great thing about a blog is you can write about absolutely anything and there's a chance that you might even help or entertain someone who reads it!
Don't be afraid to make mistakes! It's easy to decide not to do any English writing as you are worried that you will make lots of mistakes. However, the more you write and get your writing corrected, the fewer mistakes you will make!
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A few days recently, I tested several dictionary application. Almost all application I tried were satisfying. The word "satisfying" here means that I felt that the application could accommodate my needs for "perfect" English dictionary. Babylon, Oxford Dictionary of English, and The Sage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus are three digital dictionaries that I tested. From those dictionaries, I choose The Sage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus as my favorite.
Actually, the first application I tried was Oxford Dictionary of English. The interface was so simple. We only need to type a certain word that we want to know the description / meaning then press ENTER. We will be shown the meaning of that word. So, just the same as its name and its book version, this application also work only as ordinary dictionary.
The second application I tested was Babylon. Actually, I got this software for about 3 or 4 years ago but I almost never tried it. Then, when I tried Oxford Dictionary of English, I remembered Babylon so I installed it. Unfortunately, the full version of this application was a proprietary (need to purchase it), while I only have the trial version. So I could not test it further. But, from the "Help" menu, we could know that Babylon is a powerful tool to understand English words.
The last application and the most satisfying application (for me) was The Sage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Just the same as Oxford and Babylon, this application has a main function to translate English to English. But, this application has more superiorities than two previous applications above. More complete database, nicer interface, and the most important thing is free while Oxford and Babylon need to be bought to give us full features. The features of The Sage are definition concordancer, example concordancer, semantic similarity, wildcard, anagram, etc. Each features has their own sub-features that will make us easier to use a certain word. Especially, it provides the real example of word's usage in a sentence.
By using The Sage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus I can track all words that I have learnt. Not only that, I also can make a list of "favorite" words. This list can be used as our personal dictionary. So, better you try it by yourselves so that you can experience new way of using dictionary.
Thianhvan – Trac Nghiem Anh Van
I give you one more application that will help you to improve your English: TRAC NGHIEM ANH VAN. This software contains multi-choice tests, which will test your Basic English and general knowledge. You can decide the number of questions and time to answer the questions by yourselves. After the time is up (or you finish in answering questions before the time is over), you can preview the result and see your score.
The interface of this software was actually in Vietnamese language. But don't worry, I will show you how to use it.
OK we will start from "So cau hoi". Fill the box with the number of question you will process. Then, in "Thoi gian lam bai", fill the time you need to finish answering the questions. The timer will countdown your time. Last, press "Bat dau" to start answering questions.
After you finish in answering the questions, press "Ket Thuc" then "Chap nhan". You will see the score and you may review the result of your work.
To review your work, click "Xem Chi Tiet". If you want to stop, press "Thoat".
Some of us are often confuse and feel not confident when we must write in English. The most popular reason is about grammar. But now, by visiting www.grammarly.com we will be helped to construct perfect writing because this site will check the gaffes of our writing from the grammar side, punctuation, and style. Another feature of this site is the ability of checking the possibility of plagiarism. You only need to copy and paste your text into a space given. After a few minutes checking, this site will show you the statistic contains possibility of plagiarism, revision suggestion, style suggestion, spelling check, grammar, and punctuation.
The picture above was taken from www.grammarly.com on Sunday, March 29, 2011 when I tried to "test" one of my articles. The result could be seen as above. I got so many corrections in contextual spelling check, grammar, punctuation, style, and words choice. But globally, I got 75 points as my score and my article was original (contains no plagiarism).
If you are writing for a serious purpose (paper or web site / blog), you better try this site to improve your writing capability. Because this site also helps us by showing "where we should focus on" in writing.
Only four words, but it's stimulating enough our emotion, isn't it? Yes! We feel that people uncertain with our capability. They despise us! But, stay calm guys! Don't need to be angry because actually it's only a motivating sentence. You must rise up to prove that you're not afraid, you're not stupid. Except you're true a fainthearted person. So you'll response nothing.
I got this word from my English club (Siaga Yudha English Conversation Club, Batam). Usually, we use it before the class begin, after the class finish, and every my leader invites one of us to speak in front of the class. Therefore, there isn't reason to be shy or say "not yet". Finding out reasons means that we'll hear "Anda Takut??" and we'll be embarrassed because we'll hear "Anda Bodoh!!" then.
I think it's right. I'm joining an English club for 2 year here. If I'm still afraid and not motivated to try it means I get 2 years futile effort.
English is about quantity not quality. The fluency of speaking depends on our frequency to practice our English. If we often practice our English, in the end, we'll reach quality. Remember, English is spoken.
I like this slogan because now I'm encouraged to speak more in front of my friends although they always laugh on me. I get confidence from it. Until I write this article I don't know how many mistake I've done, but I think this is just my process. It's part of my improvement. My interlocutor is my teachers.
In addition, what about you? Do you still afraid practicing your English? If so, don't expect that you'll be fluent in English!
Sent by: Susliana (Batam island)
Imagine if you are trapped in year 3000 because of a time machine. What will you see there? How will the world be? Become a nice future, or do you think that the earth has gone?
The sentences above were asked to my students to stimulate them to speak up. That time, I was confused about how to "force" my students to speak up. But luckily I found a good idea: invite them to play with their imagination.
When I tried to play this game, I had to ask several "fantasy" questions such as the question above. And if you want to try this game too, ensure that you also have "fantasy" questions which are stimulating your students to speak. Bring them to their fantasy world so that they find a new vision about something then ask them to describe / explain what they see, what they feel, and what they experience in their fantasy world. Sound like a kind of hypnotizing? 🙂 🙂 🙂
The questions you may build are (then you may make your own criteria):
- Imagine if you are trapped in year 3000 because of a time machine. What will you see there? How will the world be?
- Imagine if last night you slept and dreamt about living in America. In the next morning, when you wake up, suddenly you can't speak in your mother tongue language anymore, but only English. What will you say first, what will you do first, and how will you communicate with the people around you?
- You get a chance to go around the world. Decide the first place you will visit, who will accompany you, and explain your reasons.
- Think that in the future, people can invent multifunction credit card or TV (or whatever). If you are one of the inventors, what will your credit card or TV (or whatever) look like? What functions will be added to your credit card, TV, or whatever you invent? Draw and explain to your friends.
- etc.
In playing this game, you may not run it in a conventional class situation. I mean, don't set the class as if you were teaching as usual. But, set the class into a relax class, where you play instrumental music, ask your students to close their eyes for a while (for imagining the questions), and if it is possible, each student get different question they can choose from a rolled paper. And finally, keep remember this step: give a reward for the best imagination. You may give a special mark, chocolate, book, or whatever. Because your students must be love a reward.
Is this soup good!
How a difficult test was!
Didn't that speech inspire one!
What do you think about the sentences above? Are they a question, or whether I was wrong in placing punctuation mark?
The same question was in my mind too. It happened when I listen to TOEFL exercise and I found some questions that actually "not a real question" but an exclamation. Yeah, that is TOEFL. We have to conclude the sentences spoken by the cassette. And I was trapped when I listened to the cassette: I thought the sentences type was question, but it was an exclamation, so I was unable to answer some questions. Oh my god!
Exclamation, although it has the similar structure with question, but of course it has several differences. They are the punctuation mark and the intonation. In a question, we use question mark and the intonation is "rising". And in an exclamation, we use interjection mark and the intonation is "moving down" or I call it a "falling intonation". Hem, it was a something I've never learnt before (I guess, hahahaha…).
The second new thing I learnt from TOEFL exercise was idioms. I almost never learnt about idioms before. My teachers did not teach any idioms and daily slang. Only some formal expressions. Maybe, this thing has made me unable to practice perfect English. So, if you are an English teacher, please make it sure that you add idioms and slang in your material in teaching process so that your students can use their English well, not only a default/formal English. In fact, idioms and slang are needed for a good communication too. Because we cannot make a communication only with a formal English. Daily English is more often to be practiced. And in the daily English, sometimes we "avoid" what we have learnt in the classroom.


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Saban Capital Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, Panavision and Sim Video International have agreed to combine their businesses to create a premier global provider of end-to-end production and post production services to the entertainment industry. Under the terms of the business combination agreement, Panavision and Sim will become wholly owned subsidiaries of Saban Capital Acquisition Corp. Upon completion, Saban Capital Acquisition Corp. will change its name to Panavision Holdings Inc. and is expected to continue to trade on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Kim Snyder, president and chief executive officer of Panavision, will serve as chairman and chief executive officer. Bill Roberts, chief financial officer of Panavision, will serve in that role for the combined company.
Panavision designs, manufactures and provides high-precision optics and camera technology for the entertainment industry and is a leading global provider of production equipment and services. Sim is a leading provider of production and post production solutions with facilities in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Atlanta, New York and Toronto.
"This acquisition will leverage the best of Panavision's and Sim's resources by providing comprehensive products and services to best address the ever-adapting needs of content creators globally," says Snyder.
"We're combining the talent and integrated services of Sim with two of the biggest names in the business, Panavision and Saban," adds James Haggarty, president and CEO of Sim. "The resulting scale of the new combined enterprise will better serve our clients and help shape the content-creation landscape."
The respective boards of directors of Saban Capital Acquisition Corp., Panavision and Sim have unanimously approved the merger with completion subject to Saban Capital Acquisition Corp. stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect that the process will be completed in the first quarter of 2019.

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"A tremendous amount of discipline is required to make the world's most beautiful bagel," Scot Rossillo, owner of The Bagel Store in Brooklyn, tells Business Insider in the video above.
In this video, Rossillo takes viewers behind the scenes to observe just how the bold bagels are made. After each mound of dough is given its neon color, they are spread thin and layered into a glorious rainbow pile. Then, expert bakers roll them into the traditional bagel shape we all know too well.
To top it all off, the bagel halves are smeared with Funfetti icing (yes, Funfetti), and finished with sprinkles.
"You feel great when the customers come in looking for the rainbow bagels" Osiel Escobar, a baker at the store, says in the video. "And they're so excited when they see [them]. That's the best feeling for us."
In an Instagram post, The Bagel Store says that these bagels have "the power to make you happy," which is the most important thing we could ask for.
And apparently, customers agree. The highly Instagrammed bagel, which is now trending on Facebook, gets a ton of positive attention.
In one post, a user writes: "#MotivationMonday my motivation for running 16 miles this morning into Williamsburg? The beautiful #RainbowBagel with cinnamon crunch cream cheese from @thebagelstore."
And in one of many tweets surrounding the #rainbowbagel, a user writes:
Sounds like it's time to order up!
See more of these colorful doughy treats on The Bagel Store's Instagram.


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OKLAHOMA CITY – A man is arrested for trespassing after he allegedly claims he put a hex on a nail salon owner and a police officer.
Authorities say they arrested 50-year-old Mark Anthony Carter III at the 'Classic Nails' salon on N.E. 23rd St.
Carter was actually the person who called police, saying he had been assaulted by an off-duty officer at the salon.
According to the police affidavit, the salon owner claimed Carter had been in the salon every day for the last week and had been told not to come back.
She claimed Carter allegedly put a chicken foot on her salon table and left another one on her car.
The affidavit claims he also threatened to burn the business down.
He was arrested for trespassing.
However, as he was being transported to the jail, officers claim he began making strange statements.
Carter allegedly said, "I put the mojo on her with those chicken feet and now that b*****d lieutenant has the mojo because he touched my chicken feet."


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What happens when you die?
No worries. This isn't a metaphysical question. In my ears covering real estate, I am always surprised at he number of executives who prefer to live in the
moment with no thought to the future. And while that carpe diem
approach might play well on party weekends, it won't work in
the marketplace. In short, I am still surprised at the number of
otherwise savvy practitioners who have no succession plan.
Happily, those C-Suite occupants who fail to strategize beyond
their own tenure seem to be (if you will excuse the expression)
a dying breed. When I started in this business, roughly back
when the wheel was being road tested, it was an industry of lone
gunslingers scratching out deals on the backs of cocktail napkins.
Back then, there was little thought to building something long-term beyond maybe some vague idea of leaving the shop to
the kids.
But then something happened. It seems those kids came with
more than silver spoons in their mouths. They came armed with
MBAs. Or at least with a savvy sense of how business should
be conducted—now and generations hence. Structures began
to appear that elevated the firm beyond the cocktail napkin to a
sustainable model.
Brokers became consultants to clients, managing not just the
one-off, but the portfolio and anticipating (or at least attempting
to anticipate) downstream need. That was when we began to
hear about such concepts as diversification as a hedge against
market slowdowns. Obviously, this is history oversimplified, but
the essential facts are there. One by one, industry participants
embraced a more corporate model, and the industry as a
whole evolved.
But I believe there is still some evolution to take place. When
managing GlobeSt.com, I talked with Transwestern CEO Larry
Heard about the industry's progress in succession planning, and
he agreed that a vestigial "go-it-alone" mentality still exists
in CRE.
"Commercial real estate, just like the oil and gas industry,has leadership made up of people who are bold, innovativerisk takers," he told me. "They also tend to see themselves asinvincible. But as companies get larger it's more realistic torecognize that there are a lot of people depending on you fordiscernment and strategic planning. You can't leave successionto chance. You need to strategize on that as proactively as youwould an important client relationship."And, in fact, he revealed to me that the firm had just completedthat very task, but he didn't go quite so far as to name hissuccessor (though I tried, folks, I tried).
So what steps are necessary to build a bulletproof succession
plan? Well, nothing is bulletproof, and flexibility and options are
key. So here are Heard's recommendations:
1. "You need to build upon the vision that leadership has in
regards to an organization's potential," he says.
2. "A successful plan is transparent to the company and to
your clients."
3. "A good plan will also enhance your corporate culture and
elevate your brand," Heard says, explaining that the culture
consideration is "a very internal element while brand elevation is
more of an external view."
4. And both of those are different from innovation. "That's
a mindset," he says, "people can get complacent and simply
continue along with those old tried and true practices. That can
be fatal. A succession plan without innovation is sub optimal."
5. "The plan should infuse a sense of urgency to the entire
organization to perform at a high level," he continues.
"Companies ought to realize that they'll be watched very
carefully—especially by clients—to see if everything they're
hearing about is going to play out as promised."
6. Finally, says Heard, you have to "tap people who are willing
to accept significant responsibility. Not everyone does. It's one
of the things you should not take for granted."
Let's face it, folks. You aren't going to be around forever. But
ensuring the longevity of your firm is quite a legacy.
JOHN SALUSTRI has been among
the most recognized journalists in
commercial real estate for the last
25 years, as Editor of Real Estate
Forum and as editor of GlobeSt.
com. John is currently engaged
in freelance writing assignments.
He may be reached at salustri@
optonline.net or 917-912-0038.


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The 7 of December was held in the School of Computer Engineering, the Gymkhana "Game of Codes", between 12h and 15h.
Presented 11 teams of the groups 2 and 3 first-year Programming Foundations, with a total of 48 students. Also participated 3 teams that are not entered in the competition and were presented motu proprio: 11 students, 5 of them first (that had already participated in the gymkhana previous) and 6 of higher courses. These last added to the difficulty of resolving the problems into the languages chosen randomly.
Resolved 3 problems whose answer was a number and 2 questionnaires on the subject that gave the location of the statement of the next test.
Established a winning team by group, you got the sword of true steel valyrio and an extra point in the assessment of the course (once you exceed the minimum level established in the final exam)
The winners were:
- The group 2, the team house Targaryen, formed by:
- Diego Rodrigo Verdugo, Santiago Rabadán Fernandez, Gonzalo Valdezate, Miguel Sánchez Rueda, and Aaron Montoya Rodriguez.
- The group 3, the team house Lannister, formed by:
- Adrián Arroyo Calle, Sergio Alonso Pascual, Cristina de la Torre Caceres, Luis Francisco Fernández de Lamadrid and Sergio Forest Brown.


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Harry Maguire is close to agreeing a new £75,000-a-week contract with Leicester, following Manchester United's failed bid to sign the England defender.
Maguire and Leicester are in advanced talks over a new deal and it is understood the club remain hopeful of reaching a resolution later this month.
United manager Jose Mourinho targeted Maguire in the transfer window but Leicester were always adamant that the £17m signing would not be sold this summer.
Negotiations were initially held with Maguire's representatives before the World Cup and were always going to continue at the start of the Premier League season, regardless of United's interest. It is believed that United did not make any bids for the 25-year-old.
The former Hull City defender is in line for a substantial pay hike which reflects his importance to Leicester and his growing reputation in the game, following his impressive performances for England in Russia.
Leicester have already agreed a new four-year contract with Jamie Vardy and do not anticipate any probems with Maguire, who is settled at the King Power Stadium.
Maguire played the full 90 minutes of Leicester's 2-1 defeat at United on Friday night, only four days after returning from holiday after the World Cup.
Claude Puel, the Leicester manager, said: "I'm happy about Harry and Jamie, they came back with a smile.
"I'm happy about the attitude of Harry, it's important for him to remain with us, and to bring strong momentum for this season, I'm happy to keep him. Harry, he's happy also to remain with us."
Wilfred Ndidi, the Nigeria international, is also in talks over a new deal as Leicester move to keep the core of Puel's squad together.
Riyad Mahrez was sold to Manchester City for a club record £60m in July but Leicester's ambitious owners, the Srivaddhanaprabha family, were in no mood to lose any more of their key players this summer.


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Archbishop Matthew Ndagoso of Kaduna Archdiocese has identified mismanagement of resources and absence of the presence of Government in some parts of the country as some of the reasons for the current spate of insecurity in the country.
The Archbishop identified these challenges in his homily at the opening Mass for the 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests, held recently, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Television, Kaduna. The theme for the AGM, held at the Catholic Media Centre, Kaduna, was: "The Imperative of Good Governance for a Secure and Prosperous Nation; and it was attended by members from all the Archdioceses and dioceses in the country.
Archbishop Ndagoso noted: "Insecurity starts from where there is absence of government. The absence of government in certain parts of the country has brought us to where we are today." He added: "Our problem has always been the management of resources of the land."
Expressing concern on the spate of insecurity in most parts of the country, Archbishop Ndagoso described the theme of the meeting as very apt and urged the priests to discuss with utmost concern the challenges of insecurity in the country; and the possibility of probable solutions from their point of view.
The Archbishop inferred that the lack of government presence in some communities in Borno State has made these communities to depend on the Boko Haram fanatics for their needs to survive. He added that the fanatics take undue advantage of this lack of government presence among these North-East region communities to entrench themselves and continue their atrocities against the people of the area.
Noting that these fanatics have constituted themselves into an authority and made the people to pay taxes and other levies, Archbishop Ndagoso added that this services being provided by a splinter group of the Boko Haram portend great danger for the country; especially in the area of the provision of adequate security and protection for the people of the North East.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Politico Mafioso bloger Jeff Vath, who on Wednesday, May 20, published a long rant attacking Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, accusing him of creative accounting and insinuating racism, now claims he didn't write the post, Ghost did - unlike Vath, we can't make this stuff up.
Vath, a die-hard McCain supporter and operative, who is notorious for throwing dirt and running vicious smear campaigns against conservative Republicans, which are rarely supported by facts, found himself mentioned in the Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet, "Jeff Vath, an LD-6 Republican, put out a hit on Pullen today on Political Mafioso, accusing him of creative accounting with the state party's books to include illegal "earmarking and spending" to fund a TV ad."
On Friday, Vath responded to the Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet report with a post titled, "Hey Phil....Reading is Fundamental!!!" The title was followed by an attack on Phil Risk, "We are going to send the 'READING IS FUNDAMENTAL' Learn to Read Program to award winning AZ Capitol Times reporter PHIL RISKE since he seems to be have a 'reading comprehension' problem."
Vath then claims that he didn't write the post that was published in his blog, the Ghost wrote it.
Vath, or whomever is writing his blog said,
"The Ghost" is one of the 'premiere' Investigative Bloggers in Arizona. Everything posted in the article is backed up with links. I stand with "The Ghost" as I do all the Politico Mafioso Team! After nearly 4 years & 4,023 posts (including this one), our readers know I am NOT a writer. I started this Blog to protect my friends from the 'Evil Ones' that infest the local Republican Party. I enjoy finding funny photos to post rather than writing articles."
The words "Evil Ones," Vath referred to were hyper-linked to the "Gila Courier" and "Seeing Red Arizona," two well respected political blogs. Mr. Vath may enjoy posting funny photo's rather then writing articles, his "Ghost" however, seems to take great delight in destroying the good name of conservative Republicans, especially those who are not hard core McCain supporters or who support employer sanctions.
The American Conservative Republican, (ACR), would like to contact Mr. or Ms. Ghost for a comment, but his/her number seems to be unlisted.
Vath or Ghost or whoever wrote the post published in his blog, then claimed that he didn't post some funny photo's of the Arizona Republican Party Executive Director, Brett Mecum, having fun at a Halloween party, he just linked to them. All hair-splitting aside, the photo's were merely an oblique attempt to further smear the Arizona GOP chairman by attacking the party executive director.
A statement by Vath was then directed at the state party chairman, "If Mr. Pullen doesn't like what was posted, we will give him the opportunity to answer in his own words, ------- NO Editing or DELETING like some of the other blogs." The words NO and DELETING were hyper-linked to the Sonoran Alliance and Seeing Red blogs.
I would advise our party chairman not to reply to Vath's invitation, he asked me to write an endorsement once of Arizona House candidate Carl Seel during the primary. Vath didn't edit or delete what I wrote, he just posted it under a photo taken of me having some fun at a New Year's Eve party and under the title, "Far Right Wacko Racist McCain Hater Bob Haran Endorsed Con-Man Carl Seel." For the record, I'm not a racist or McCain hater, however, far right and wacko are open to interpretation.
After attacking; The Arizona Capitol Times, Phil Riske, The Gila Courier, Seeing Red Arizona, Randy Pullen, Brett Mecum, the Arizona Republican Party and, the Sonoran Alliance, Vath again attempts to smear me with the following,
"In a related story, we received a story from another Blogger by the name of BOB HARAN, who is also the 2nd Vice-Chairman of LD-6.
Haran, who we have profiled before, has made a career of bashing political folks who don't agree with him, including Congressman John Shadegg, who just 6 short months ago endorsed him for the 2nd Vice position. But Haran now wrote a 'scathing' article chastizing Shadegg called:
By Bob Haran, American Conservative Republican (great way to thank the Congressman Mr. Haran)"
The misspelling of the word "chastising" above is by Vath and his "Politico Mafioso" and not the ACR and the words "profiled before" are hyper-linked to a photo of Dustin Hoffman from the movie, "Rain Man," under the caption, "this is Bob Haran," the other photo is the aforementioned one taken of me during a New Years Eve party.
The scathing article "chastizing" Congressman John Shadegg that Vath mentioned can be easily accessed by going to the ACR archive for April 17, 2009, I stand by the accuracy of the article, it was written by me and not a "ghost writer."
It is true that Congressmen Shadegg endorsed me for Republican Second Vice Chairman of Legislative District 6, an endorsement however does not exempt any public official from criticism or restrain me from exercising my First Amendment Rights under the United States Constitution. Mr. Vath may disagree, but I believe my congressmen works for me and not the other way around.
Vath ends his post by giving me an award, (which I have displayed at the top of this page), "The First Annual Moran Award," for being the most popular student in the sixth grade.... for five straight years!
I'm deeply honored with receiving the award from "Politico Mafioso," I don't appreciate Vath "chastizing" me however for telling the truth on him and his ghost writer.
For the record, The American Conservative Republican believes in God and country, but we don't believe in Ghost.
For the good of the party,
Bob Haran,
American Conservative Republican
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
McCain Hit Man Targets Pullen
Jeff Vath (the one in the picture with breasts), AKA "Fat Boy", has viciously attacked Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen in his blog, Political Mafioso.
In a multi-colored, garish post, the McCain sycophant, who has obviously overindulged in the McCain Kool-Aid, goes on a long rant against the Arizona GOP chairman with multi, unfounded accusations and lies.
Vath is a Republican Precinct Committeemen and die hard John McCain worshipper who counts among his friends two time loser for state chairman, Lisa James, and her husband, Wake Up Arizona Coalition member and employer sanctions opponent, Gordon James.
The Wake Up Arizona Coalition is a group that has taken the extreme vow to defeat any legislator or candidate who supports sanctions against employers who illegally hire undocumented workers. Randy Pullen is one of those who supports enforcement of our immigration laws, including employer sanctions.
He also counts among his Republican friends on Facebook, Arizona Corporation Commissioner and former campaign aid and staff member to Democrat Governor Janet Napolitano, Kris Mayes. In addition, the notorious Nathan Spruol, who was the director of a vicious character assassination campaign against Arizona Senator Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona's Employer Sanctions Law is a friend of Vath.
Also listed as a friend of Vath are professional illegal immigrant advocate and hater of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Daniel Ortega.
Vath also lists among his friends, Democratic-Socialist and self proclaimed bi-sexual, Arizona Representative Kyrstin Sinema, along with Democrats Terry Goddard and Paul Newman, (not the actor - the Arizona politician).
Obviously Jeff Vath is far from being a loyal Republican, in fact, becoming a RINO would be a step up for him.
I don't know where Vath gets his information, the word attribution seems to have no meaning to the overindulgent author of the McCain followers', Political Mafioso.
I don't know why, maybe it's because he's such a blind follower of McCain, but Vath has extreme hostility toward anyone who ever dared to disagree with Arizona's senior senator. It seems as thou Vath would prefer that everyone in the GOP act like sheep and blindly fellow, as he does.
Thankfully, Arizona Republicans are not followers and don't like Kola-Aid, they twice went against McCain and certain members of the GOP congressional delegation and defeated, Ms. James, and elected Randy Pullen as their state chairman.
Unfortunately for the Arizona Republican party, some members of the delegation are like children and when they don't get their way they throw a tantrum. McCain, and therefore his followers, didn't want Pullen and they didn't care what the grassroots of the party wanted, they wanted Pullen out and James in. They didn't get who they wanted as chairman and therefore went to war against the Arizona Republican Party.
This disrespect for the will of the majority of the Republican grassroots in Arizona by McCain and his gang has caused a great deal of friction between the Arizona Republican congressional delegation, with the exception of Trent Franks, and the Arizona Republican Party.
Congressman John Shadegg recently went so far as to first advise people not to get involved with the party because of what he described as poor leadership at the state and county level and then reversed himself and asked that people get involved to turn out the current leadership.
The disagreement between the grassroots, who Pullen represents, and the delegation is centered on the illegal immigration issue. A disconnect has developed between the grassroots of the party and those who have been in Washington too long. The grassroots of the party, and the majority of the people of Arizona, demanded that illegal immigration be controlled and the enforcement of all our immigration laws. Our Washington politicians came back and told us the solution to illegal immigration was a guest worker program and making those here illegally, legally here, but don't call it an amnesty, call it a path to citizenship.
They obviously were more concerned with providing cheap labor for their big dollar campaign contributors and pandering to the growing Hispanic vote, than defending American sovereignty. Our cheap, pandering, Washington politicians put party before country and politics before principle and instead of listening to the people, they told us that we were all racist for opposing illegal immigration.
Interestingly, McCain, members of the Arizona delegation, and many of the elected officials who supported Lisa James for state chairman had also received campaign contributions from members of the anti - employer sanctions group, the Wake Up Arizona Coalition.
Near the end of Vath's long rant against Pullen he writes, "The people of Arizona have lived through this long enough - now Pullen is attempting to bring his brand of the Wild West to D.C. and the RNC. The guy is a liability to the future of the Republican Party."
Randy Pullen is not a liability to the party, he represents the grassroots of the party, he represents the heart and soul of the GOP.
Pullen has worked for party unity from the day he was first elected by the party as their chairman. Pullen loyally supported John McCain, the GOP nominee for president, often being criticized by some in the conservative wing for doing so. In fact, since Pullen became state chairman, I can't remember him ever saying anything negative about McCain.
No, Pullen is not a liability to the future of the Republican Party, U.S. Senators who miss more then half of the votes in the senate may be a liability, overly ambitious Washington politicians who forget that they work for us and not the other way around may be a liability, Republican Members of Congress who attack the party leadership may be a liability, and overstuffed bloggers who viciously attack all who they disagree with may be a liability to the future of the Republican Party, but those that work for unity and represent the Republican grassroots will never be a liability to the future of our party.
For God and country,
Bob Haran,
American Conservative Republican
PS, to those who might object to my reference to Mr. Vath's obesity, I don't care, he has no problem viciously ridiculing others, he does it all the time, he has done it to me, let him have a taste of his own medicine. Jeff Vath is a coward and undeserving of any respect.
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Labels: Daniel R. Ortega, Goddard, Gordon James, Jeff Vath, Kris Mayes, Kyrsten Sinema, Lisa James, McCain, Nathan Sproul, Paul Newman, Political Mafioso, Pullen, Shadegg, Wake Up Arizona
Democrat Fund Raiser for Obama - Clinton Convicted of Fraud
NEW YORK (CNN) – A former Democratic fund-raiser who contributed to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has been convicted in federal court on four counts of campaign fraud — one for each year from 2004 to 2007.
Norman Hsu, 57, was indicted in 2007 after an investigation into his two investment companies. He was accused of running a massive fraud scheme.
Earlier this month, Hsu was found guilty on 10 counts of mail and wire fraud surrounding his investment practices. In convicting Hsu of campaign fraud, the same court court found that he was involved in illegal "conduit" campaign contributions from 2005 to 2007 that exceeded $25,000 — a finding that will be used to determine the length of Hsu's sentencing, which is scheduled for August 19.
Lev Dassin, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said that Hsu not only swindled investors out of at least $20 million but, according to the indictment, also told some investors to make campaign contributions to the candidates he supported, and suggested that their investments could be jeopardized if they didn't do as he asked.
He "also asked victims to contribute to specific candidates for federal office, and then directly reimbursed the victims for their contributions from his fraud proceeds, in violation of federal campaign finance laws," the indictment said.
When Hsu's activities came to light, the campaigns of Obama and Clinton — as well as others — either returned his donations or gave them to charity.
Hsu could receive a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count of mail and wire fraud, and a maximum of five years for each federal campaign finance violation. In addition to the prison time, Hsu also faces potential fines for his fraud and campaign finance crimes.
Hsu will likely also have to forfeit various bottles of wine and champagne from his New York City apartment, along with a saxophone autographed by former President Bill Clinton.
In September of 2007, Hsu was en route from California to Denver, Colorado, when he became ill on an Amtrak train and was taken to a hospital.
Later that day, FBI agents arrested him on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and he has been in jail since.
Those charges stemmed from an 18-year-old grand theft conviction in California. Hsu had posted a $2 million bond after he turned himself in to authorities in California on that conviction. But a bench warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to show up for a bail reduction hearing the next week.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Mike Huchabee on Abortion
From Mike Huchabee's Notes.
Americans Moving Firmly Towards A Pro-Life Position
Last week Gallup released a poll showing the American people moving firmly towards a pro-life position. You can find the details here http://www.gallup.com/poll/118399/More-Americans-Pro-Life-Than-Pro-Choice-First-Time.aspx . I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about the poll and what it might mean for President Obama's coming choice for a Supreme Court Justice.
This is not a time to move away from what's right to what's convenient. The American people are saying loud and clear they want leaders who believe in the sanctity of life and cherish it even at the earliest stage.
President Obama should be mindful of this as he contemplates a replacement for retiring Justice David Souter. And it is incumbent upon pro-life leaders to speak loudly and forcefully on this issue in the weeks ahead. You can count on me to be one of the loudest.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Alan Keyes Arrested Again, along with 78 YR Old Priest & others
AP – Alan Keyes, former Republican presidential candidate, is arrested during an anti-abortion protest Friday, …
President Barack Obama may rake in the votes for being pro-abortion, but some people put principle before politics and are willing to face arrest to defend the sanctity of human life.
By TOM COYNE, Associated Press Writer Tom Coyne, Associated Press Writer – Fri May 15, 6:02 pm ET
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Former Republican presidential hopeful Alan Keyes, a Roman Catholic priest and 19 others were arrested Friday after marching onto the University of Notre Dame campus to protest President Barack Obama's planned commencement speech.
The arrests marked the third straight Friday that protesters have been detained. They are angry about the school's decision to give Obama, who supports abortion rights and embryonic stem-cell research, an honorary degree and have him speak at Sunday's commencement.
"Notre Dame is arresting a priest," the Rev. Norman Weslin, founder of the Lambs of Christ abortion protest group, said as Notre Dame security personnel put plastic restraints on his wrists Friday. "Why are you arresting a priest for trying to stop the killing of a baby? You've got it all backward."
Weslin, 78, who has been arrested dozens of times at abortion clinic blockades, was carried off on a stretcher. He and two others were charged with resisting law enforcement.
All 21 arrested were charged with trespassing. Keyes and five others were ordered held in the St. Joseph County Jail until Monday because it was their second time being arrested on a charge of trespassing at Notre Dame, said Sgt. Bill Redman, St. Joseph County Police Department spokesman. Bond was set at $250 for the others.
None of those arrested were students.
On May 1, anti-abortion activist Randall Terry and another man were arrested on campus while pushing strollers containing dolls covered in fake blood. On May 8, Keyes and 21 others, many of them pushing strollers containing dolls covered in fake blood, were arrested.
On Friday, there were no strollers or bloody dolls, but some of the protesters carried signs that read: "Defend her honor, rise and strike for the unborn."
About 35 people, many of them carrying anti-abortion signs, were standing on the four corners outside the school's front gate shortly before noon when a group of about 40 people led by Keyes and Terry marched up. They stopped briefly to say some prayers and to listen to Keyes, who lost to Obama in the Illinois Senate election in 2004.
"It is not consistent with God's love to honor those who have rejected that great gift of love in principle," Keyes said.
After speaking, Keyes then led a smaller group onto campus. They made it about 100 yards on campus before they were stopped by campus security. Keyes was taken into custody immediately, and the others were told to leave or they would be arrested.
Terry did not go onto campus, saying did not want to get arrested because he needs to remain free to lead more protests Saturday and Sunday.
"The reality is that if I get hung up in jail, I'm the only guy on the outside who knows how to keep this thing moving. It's strictly a leadership issue," he said.
St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Michael Scopelitis issued an order Thursday changing how bond is set for a person charged with a crime while already out on bond on a pending charge. Previously, such a person could have been released under a presumptive bond schedule. Now they must await a probable cause hearing, Scopelitis said.
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Labels: abortion, Alan Keyes, Obama
The unelected Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC), for the second time since it was created, has ordered that an elected member of the Arizona House of Representatives be removed from office.
The CCEC voted 4 to 1 that, Phoenix Rep. Doug Quelland, R- LD 10, a long time champion of publicly funded clean elections and who was elected by the voters of his district in 2008 as a clean elections candidate, broke CCEC rules and therefore should be removed from office and pay $45,500 in penalties.
This appointed commission, which has been given the power to over-rule the will of the people and remove elected officials from office, has determined that Quellland did hire Larry Davis as a political consultant for $15,000, which he failed to report to the CCEC.
Quelland claimed that he fired Davis within two days and that he never paid him for political consulting work.
Evidence obtained by the CCEC however, indicated that Quellland wrote checks to Davis that matched the payment schedule in his consulting contract.
Quelland is considering appealing the CCEC decision, which would allow him to continue to represent the people of his district during the appeals process.
If Quelland is removed from office, the Republican Precinct Committeemen of his district will be asked to recommend a replacement. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors however, will have the final say as to who shall represent the people of LD 10 in the Arizona House. None of the county supervisors however, currently reside in LD 10.
The American Conservative Republican believes that an appointed commission can have the power to fine or otherwise punish an individual, the power to remove an elected official from office however, is too much power for an un-elected body. The people of LD 10 put Doug Quelland in the Arizona House of Representatives, not the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Removing an official from an office he was elected to by the people is not only punishing the official, it is punishing the citizens who elected him.
Giving people who do not reside in a legislative district the power to select a replacement for a vacancy in that district makes no sense, they can't even vote in that district.
One member of the five member commission seems to understand that the power of removal from office is going too far for an un-elected body. Royann Jordan Parker was the only commissioner to vote against removing Quelland from office. Parker said removal from office is not something the commission should do. She said, "I believe that's something between him and the voters of his district," adding that the voters in his district could remove him by recall if they find his conduct objectionable.
The American Conservative Republican believes that no appointed commission should have the power to remove an elected official from office, that power should be in the hands of the voters or the courts, after due process, for a serious violation of law.
Allowing a county board of supervisors to fill a vacancy in the legislature makes sense if the entire board are registered to vote within that district, it makes no sense if they do not. Imagine a majority Republican board in Maricopa County filling a vacancy for a district that was represented by a Democrat or, a majority Democrat board filling a vacancy in Pima County that was represented by a Republican.
Allow the elected precinct committeemen from both parties of a district to select a replacement for a vacancy in the legislature with an individual from the party elected to the office.
This usurping of the people's right to decide who shall represent them must be corrected immediately.
For God and country,
Bob Haran,
American Conservative Republican
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
By Helaine Chersonsky,
American Conservative Republican;
Yesterday, May 12, Sean Hannity interviewed conservative presidential candidate Alan Keyes on his radio show after Keyes was released following his arrest in South Bend, Indiana. Keyes and other pro-life supporters were arrested as they protested the forthcoming commencement speech this Sunday by President Barack Obama at Notre Dame. Keyes stated that it was scandalous for the Catholic university of Notre Dame to invite Obama to address the graduating senior class. He proceeded to give an in-depth analysis of the word "scandalous" as endangering each individual soul's salvation who goes along with this outrageous and contradictory invitation on the part of Notre Dame to the man who is most responsive and responsible to the pro-abortion industry in his administration. I was profoundly aware of how clear and incisive Ambassador Keyes is when he is defending both Christianity and the pro-life movement. I remember a long ago trip to South Bend to tour Notre Dame and how impressed I was with the ornate Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ -it was magnificent. Let us hope that the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ does not have to break because of the offense of the President of Notre Dame.
Alan Keyes wrote the following on his blog on
Tuesday, May 5, 2009:
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
[FYI: This past weekend Fox news reported the arrest of Randall Terry as he protested against Notre Dame's invitation and honorary degree for Barack Obama. (See Notre Dame: Promoting the Glamour of Evil, and An Open Letter to Father Jenkins.) According to the report "Terry was taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on criminal trespass charges." He has since been released after posting a bond. In light of this occurrence, I feel bound in conscience to make the following statement, commitment and call to all who labor in defense of the God given and unalienable right to life.]
With the arrest of pro-life servant Randall Terry, Father Jenkins and the University administration at Notre Dame take their adulation of evil to a new level of spiritual atrocity.
In a little less than two weeks they will welcome to the university campus a man who represents the most abominable and extreme commitment ever known in US politics to destroying the God given right to life of innocent human offspring. With their actions and the "honor" they confer upon Obama, they will actively promote the lie that it is possible to dishonor God blatantly and unashamedly, yet be somehow "honorable" in the eyes of those who profess faith in Jesus Christ.
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Labels: abortion, Alan Keyes, Obama
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Federal Government Must Borrow Nearly Half of What it Spends
From GOPUSA
Today at 6:17am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, exploding the record federal deficit past $1.8 trillion under new White House estimates. Budget office figures released Monday would add $89 billion to the 2009 red ink -- increasing it to more than four times last year's all-time high as the government hands out billions more than expected for people who have lost jobs and takes in less tax revenue from people and companies making less money.
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Labels: Federal Budget
Monday, May 11, 2009
Obama Cutting Criminal Aliens Lose
From Bay Buchanan,
Team America PAC
Dear Friend,
Barack Obama is putting illegal aliens ahead of Americans again!! First, he demands amnesty for millions of undocumented students with the DREAM Act and now he wants to gut the federal fund program that allows local law enforcement to keep illegal criminals behind bars until ICE picks them up.
Within his outrageously irresponsible $3.4 trillion dollar budget Obama has targeted The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program-a $400 million program to keep Americans safe! Every one of these dollars keeps proven criminals off our streets and Obama wants it eliminated!! Even the liberal Senator Diane Feinstein knows better-she wants it increased!
This is a program Obama supported when he was planning his presidential run-he knew it was what the voters would want him to do. But now that he has taken possession of the throne he wants to gut it!
I was talking to Mayor Lou Barletta the other day and he said after he passed those tough immigration regulations in Hazelton, PA and illegal population headed elsewhere crime in his city dropped forty percent. The same is true of Prince William County in Virginia. Once the tough illegal immigration policy was in place crime dropped 37 percent.
Obama's policy will force local enforcement agencies to put known illegal criminals back on the street! Crime will climb and once again Americans will pay dearly for the failed policies of Washington.
The president is requesting $27 billion for border security and $112 million to fund E-Verify. This is great news-but he opposes a border fence and has backed off workplace raids which had begun to be enormously effective. He just can't bring himself to enforce the law against those here illegally-even those behind bars!!
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Labels: Bay Buchanan, Dream Act, E-Verify, immigration, Obama
Amnesty Again
From the American Spectator
Amnesty Again
By W. James Antle, III on 5.11.09 @ 6:08AM
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Barack Obama and his immigration-policy team are ready to give amnesty another chance.
This month, President Obama begins his push for "comprehensive immigration reform," an effort at which both his predecessor and his 2008 general election opponent failed repeatedly. Despite the support of liberals like Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) both saw their efforts founder on the questions of border security and what to do with the 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants already in the United States.
Try as they might, neither Bush nor McCain were ever able to convince the American people that they were willing to do what it takes to secure the country's porous borders. Whenever Bush or McCain said "immigration reform," the voters heard "amnesty now, enforcement never." Much as happened when the first major bipartisan amnesty, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, was passed in 1986.
For this reason, Obama has tread carefully. Although Democrats control both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue and the enforcement-first Republicans who defeated two Bush-era immigration bills have been reduced to an ineffectual rump, the immigration issue is fraught with political peril -- especially for Democrats representing historically Republican congressional districts, many of whom were recruited by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel himself in his past role as Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman.
Emanuel's skepticism about the political appeal of the Bush-McCain-Kennedy approach to illegal immigration was thought to relegate the issue to the backburner until Obama is safely re-elected. But in April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Emanuel had emerged as an "unexpected ally" of comprehensive reformers and a "backer of immigration action."
Yet the president seems mindful of Emanuel's concerns about immigration politics and is proceeding cautiously -- so much so that one reporter pronounced him a convert to the enforcement-first position. The Washington Times noted that Obama's budget "calls for extra money to build an employee-verification system and to pay for more personnel and equipment to patrol the border."
"If the American people don't feel like you can secure the borders," Obama acknowledged at a press conference, "then it's hard to strike a deal that would get people out of the shadows and on a pathway to citizenship who are already here, because the attitude of the average American is going to be, 'Well, you're just going to have hundreds of thousands of more coming in each year.' "
So has Obama abandoned all hope of an immigration amnesty and embraced the pro-enforcement position? Don't count on it. One of the few programs on the chopping block in the president's round of paltry budget cuts -- $17 billion in the context of a $3.4 trillion budget -- was the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). SCAAP reimburses state governments for the cost of incarcerating convicts and criminals awaiting trial who are in the country illegally.
When President Bush tried to scrap SCAAP, Democrats in Congress and from border states protested. Congressman John Spratt (D-S.C.), now chairman of the House Budget Committee, protested that "the need [for this program] cannot be overstated." Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who had to beat a Republican immigration hawk to get to Congress, complained that SCAAP "has been consistently underfunded." Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona, now Obama's secretary of homeland security, penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed demanding that the funds be restored.
But the biggest sign that amnesty remains in Obama's plans is the appointment of Esther Olavarria as deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security. After years spent working for immigrant advocacy groups in Florida, she came to Washington, D.C. to work for Ted Kennedy as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee -- where some credit her with writing the McCain-Kennedy immigration plan.
"She wrote the bill," Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies flatly told the Miami Herald. "She was Kennedy's main immigration person. She was really driving that bus." Although that bus went over a cliff to political defeat, people on the other side of the debate agree. Cheryl Little co-founded the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center with Olvarria and argues that her colleague will "fight tooth and nail" for more liberal immigration laws.
Whatever her role in drafting McCain-Kennedy, Olvarria clearly prefers it to other alternatives. Speaking at a meeting of Irish immigration activists, the Irish Voice quoted her as describing a bill by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) as "heavy on enforcement" and legislation by Sen. Arlen Specter (then-R-Pa.) as containing "the worst solutions for the undocumented."
It is worth nothing that both of the above bills were widely regarded as amnesties in their own right, albeit with more conditions and stronger enforcement provisions. But such provisions were not popular with Olvarria's audience. The Irish Voice reported that illegal immigrants present complained that it was becoming too difficult to get driver's licenses and people were starting to go home.
"Here you have someone who has spent her entire career looking at immigration issues entirely from the perspective of the immigrant," Don Todd, research director of Americans for Limited Government, told TAS. "She is not going to start looking at them from a pro-enforcement perspective now that she is working on these issues at DHS."
The failure to respect the fact that a nation of immigrants can also be a nation of laws has doomed "comprehensive" legislation in the past. Obama, with the help of advisers like Olvarria, is about to put this to the test once again
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Labels: immigration, Obama
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Maine Allows Gay Marriage
So goes Maine so goes the nation, oh I hope not.
The Associated Press has reported that Maine Governor John Baldacci has signed a bill approving gay marriage, making it the fifth sate in the nation to approve the marriage of homosexuals.
The New Hampshire legislature is also poised to send a gay marriage bill to their governor. John Lynch, a Democrat. If New Hampshire approves homosexual marriage, Rhode Island will be the only state in New England opposing gay marriage.
The Maine Senate voted 21-13, with one absent, for a bill that authorizes marriage between any two people rather than between one man and one woman, as state law currently allows. The House had passed the bill yesterday.
Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, who hadn't previously indicated how he would handle the bill, signed it shortly afterward. In the past, he said he opposed gay marriage but supported civil unions, which provide many of the benefits of marriage.
Debate in the Maine Senate was brief. Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell, a Democrat, turned the gavel over to an openly gay legislator, Sen. Lawrence Bliss, also a Democrat, to preside over the final vote.
Sen. Debra Plowman, a Republican, argued that the bill was being passed "at the expense of the people of faith."
"You are making a decision that is not well-founded," warned Plowman.
Senate Majority Leader Philip Bartlett II, a Democrat, said the bill does not compel religious institutions to recognize gay marriage.
"We respect religious liberties. ... This is long overdue," said Bartlett.
Maine is now the fourth state in New England, to allow same-sex marriages. Connecticut enacted a bill after being ordered to allow gay marriages by the courts, and Vermont passed a bill over the governor's veto.
Massachusetts' high court ordered the state to recognize gay marriages. In Rhode Island, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage has been introduced but is not expected to pass.
Outside New England, Iowa is recognizing gay marriages by court order. The practice was briefly legal in California before voters banned it.
Marriage between men and women has existed since the beginning of civilization and has always been viewed as the union of male and female.
Shame on Gov. John Baldacci and the Democratic Party.
The American Conservative Republican is strongly opposed to this reckless experiment of redefining marriage and the family. Homosexuality is a life style choice and a perversion. The Democrats that support gay marriages are merely pandering for votes and campaign contributions from the gay community at the expense of the foundation of American society, which is the traditional family.
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Arpaio To Use Armed Volunteers To Bolster Budget Cuts
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced today plans to significantly increase the number of armed volunteer posse as a way to bolster public safety after a 17% budget cut.
Arpaio says the move is needed to combat the potential ill effects of the recent actions by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to cut his budget, resulting in a hiring freeze of patrol deputies and a mandate that all deputies take furlough days.
Nineteen new qualified armed posse volunteers will graduate today from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Training Academy in Phoenix.
Arpaio says he plans to step up his recruiting methods to attract more men and women to join his volunteer armed posse through more public outreach.
"The public has a desire to help local law enforcement when times are tough. I am banking on their generosity of time and energy to help my deputies keep our communities safe," Arpaio said.
Arpaio is seeking primarily those who wish to be trained and qualified to carry and use a weapon. Currently there are about 300 qualified armed posse members in a volunteer force of nearly 2,600, the largest volunteer posse in the nation.
The Sheriff says to be armed qualified volunteers must supply their own weapons and graduate from training class consisting of 160 hours law enforcement instruction, including 60 hours of shooting range practice.
"We are not simply gathering people off the streets, giving them guns and telling them to go out and arrest bad guys, " Arpaio said.
"Our armed posse volunteers receive the same amount of firearms training as our deputies," Arpaio says. "They are and will continue to be an instrumental force behind public safety in Maricopa County."
The Sheriff will be attending their graduation today to address the newly trained volunteers and to give them direction on their responsibilities as armed posse members.
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Labels: Arpaio
Mexican Drug Smugglers Ordered to Use Deadly Force against U.S. Law Enforcement.
From the Los Angeles Times:
The reputed head of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel is threatening a more aggressive stance against U.S. law enforcement, instructing associates to use deadly force, if needed, to protect increasingly contested trafficking operations, authorities said.
Such a move by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted man, would mark a turn from the cartel's previous position of largely avoiding violent confrontations north of the border - either with American law-enforcement officers or fellow traffickers.
Local police and federal agents in Arizona said they recently have received at least two law-enforcement alerts focused on Guzman's reported orders that his smugglers should "use their weapons to defend their loads at all costs."
Guzman is believed to have delivered the message personally in early March, during a three-day gathering of his associates in Sonoita, a small Mexican town a few miles south of the Arizona border, according to confidential U.S. intelligence bulletins sent to several state and federal law-enforcement officials, who discussed them on the condition of anonymity.
The Sonoita meeting is one of several signs that Guzman is becoming more brazen even in the face of a Mexican government crackdown on his activities and continued turf rivalries with other traffickers.
American Conservative Republican asks, Do you think we should put the U.S. military on the border now?
Or should we wait until more of our law enforcement officers are murdered?
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Labels: American Conservative Republican, Mexico
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Michael Savage Banned from UK
By Beverley Rouse, Press Association
Talk show host Michael Savage - real name Michael Weiner - is on the banned list
Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were "named and shamed" by the Home Office today.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort of behaviour Britain was not prepared to tolerate.
The list includes hate preachers, anti-gay protesters and a far- right US talk show host.
"I think it's important that people understand the sorts of values and sorts of standards that we have here, the fact that it's a privilege to come and the sort of things that mean you won't be welcome in this country," Ms Smith told GMTV.
"Coming to this country is a privilege. If you can't live by the rules that we live by, the standards and the values that we live by, we should exclude you from this country and, what's more, now we will make public those people that we have excluded.
"We are publishing the names of 16 of those that we have excluded since October. We are telling people who they are and why it is we don't want them in this country."
She said the number of people excluded from Britain had risen from an average of two a month to five a month since October.
The list of the 16 "least wanted" includes radio talk show host Michael Savage, real name Michael Weiner.
"This is someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence if that person were allowed into the country," Ms Smith told BBC Breakfast.
Also named are American Baptist pastor Fred Waldron Phelps Snr and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper, who have picketed the funerals of Aids victims and claimed the deaths of US soldiers are a punishment for US tolerance of homosexuality.
"If people have so clearly overstepped the mark in terms of the way not just that they are talking but the sort of attitudes that they are expressing to the extent that we think that this is likely to cause or have the potential to cause violence or inter-community tension in this country, then actually I think the right thing is not to let them into the country in the first place. Not to open the stable door then try to close it later," Ms Smith said.
"It's a privilege to come to this country. There are certain behaviours that mean you forfeit that privilege."
Hamas MP Yunis Al-Astal, Jewish extremist Mike Guzovsky, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard Stephen Donald Black and neo-Nazi Erich Gliebe are also on the list released today.
Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky, the former leaders of a violent Russian skinhead gang which committed 20 racially motivated murders, are also banned from coming to Britain. Both are currently in prison.
Making up the rest of the 16 named by the Home Office today are preachers Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim, Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal, Safwat Hijazi and Amir Siddique, Muslim activist Abdul Ali Musa (previously Clarence Reams), murderer and Hezbollah terrorist Samir Al Quntar and Kashmiri terror group leader Nasr Javed.
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Senate Republicans launch new caucus website
(STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) – Today, with the Launch of the Republicans' new caucus website www.azsenaterepublicans.com, the public has another way to find out what is going on at the state Capitol. The caucus will use the site to enhance transparency and communicate with the public on important legislative issues through the use of articles, images, video, and other multimedia content.
"In this day and age, virtually anyone across the state can stay in touch with what we are doing at the Legislature. Now more than ever, we can use technology to communicate with Arizonans. This website is just one more example of how we are opening up the process to the public," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray, R-Mesa. "We hope people can find accurate information on the budget process, watch video clips, and hear from members of our caucus on a variety of topics that affect Arizona families."
Add www.azsenaterepublicans.com to your bookmarks. We look forward to becoming a resource for you.
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Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Gay Marriage in Their State
By Nathan Black
Christian Post Reporter
A recent poll released this week shows that the majority of American voters do not want their state to allow gay marriage.
Fifty-five percent of voters oppose a law in their state allowing same-sex couples to marry, according to an April 30 poll of more than 2,000 registered voters by Quinnipiac University.
Moreover, half of American voters support the federal law allowing states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
The 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted under the Clinton administration, provides that states need not recognize same-sex marriages from another state.
Fewer Americans, however, support the second DOMA provision which defines marriage as between one man and one woman and bans the federal government from recognizing gay marriage for any purpose, including eligibility for federal benefits.
Fifty-four percent of voters say the federal law denying federal spousal benefits to gay and lesbian partners should be repealed.
Also, 57 percent support same-sex civil unions and 53 percent favor allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.
"Americans have nuanced and at times inconsistent views about gay rights issues," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in the report.
"In general, Americans tend to be more supportive when it comes to narrow equity questions like serving in the military or collecting federal benefits," he noted. (Fifty-six percent of voters say the ban on openly gay men and women in the military should be repealed.)
"But they are less accepting of more philosophical issues such as equating gay rights with civil rights for blacks and the belief that people are born gay rather than it being a choice," said Brown.
According to the Quinnipiac poll, half of surveyed voters say ending discrimination against homosexuals is as necessary today as ending discrimination against blacks was in the 1960s. But less than half (45 percent) agree that not allowing same-sex couples to get married is discrimination.
Also, 42 percent of American voters say people are born gay or lesbian while 36 percent say it is a choice. And according to Brown, 65 percent of those who think people are born gay support legalized gay marriage compared to 15 percent among those who say being gay is a personal choice.
In other findings, 39 percent of American voters say same-sex marriage is a threat to traditional marriage between a man and a woman. Evangelicals (57 percent) and Protestants (47 percent) were the only religious groups more likely than the total surveyed Americans to say it is a threat. Catholics (34 percent) and Jews (8 percent) were less likely to agree.
When it comes to who should decide whether same-sex marriage should be legal, 43 percent of voters say their state legislature should decide and 25 percent say the courts should. Only 16 percent say neither should make the decision.
Vermont became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage last month through legislative action. Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa were legalized through the state courts. More recently, Maine's and New Hampshire's Senates passed gay marriage bills this week.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Specter Double Talk
The following, are statements made by now Democrat Senator Arlen Specter, concerning his switching parties which proves with his own words that he is a; cheap, pandering, politician, who stands for nothing.
In March:
"I am staying a Republican because I think I have an important role -- a more important role -- to play there. I think the United States desperately needs a two-party system. It is the basis of politics in America. I think each of the 41 Republican senators, in a sense, and I don't want to overstate this, is a national asset, because if one was gone you would only have 40. The Democrats would have 60 and they would control all of the mechanisms of government." --Sen. Arlen Specter
In April:
"Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans. ... Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right." --Sen. Arlen Specter
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|All about the Petrissage movement of Swedish Massage.
Petrissage is from the French word pétrir which means to knead. One of the five basic Swedish massage strokes, this involves movements that apply pressure which are deep and compress muscles. This includes movements that that appear to knead areas of the body like kneading bread dough, wringing, skin rolling and pick-up-and-squeeze.
This method is accomplished by using the padded surface of the hand along with the surface of a finger or fingers against that of the thumb. When kneading the hands should be molded to the area and the movement should be slow at first, and rhythmical. One form of Pettrissage that is called Knuckling is done by asserting the knuckles in order to lift in circular upward movements. This is different from Effleurage in that Knuckling is done in broad stokes with the knuckles. Scissoring, another method, is performed over a flat area by using the index finger along with the middle finger of both hands. They are placed opposite each other and slowly worked towards each other lifting and releasing.
Wringing is similar to kneading except it may involve a twisting of the skin. Skin rolling is performed by holding loose skin and squeezing the tissue and rolling it back and forth like rolling a ball. Pick-up-and squeeze involves just firmly holding the tissue or skin and picking it up while squeezing.
Petrissage is used to increase circulation and to assist bringing nutrients to the various cells. It is useful in almost every area of the body.
In treating paralysis, Petrissage is most important in increasing nutrition and so preventing atrophy, where muscles go limp and lose their ability to function. Nutrition is also increased through alternate movements of contracting and expanding the muscles. This enables the tissue fluids containing toxins to be forced into the lymphatic system and then through the veins which are emptied and refilled. Waste material is removed and room is made for fresh, nutrient-rich blood to enter the blood system.
In treating lumbago and all other forms of tissue inflammation, Petrissage serves as a way of breaking up the inflammatory area in diseased tissue. In all these cases a restorative element is added to any work you do. It also feels really good to release these areas of containment. Petrissage is an invaluable tool for relaxation and healing.
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By Sister Krystal Funk
In this Year of Consecrated Life, it made sense that novices such as myself from every religious order of men and women in the U.S. would be invited to the papal Mass Wednesday in the nation's capital.
The occasion was the canonization of 18th-century Spanish missionary Junipero Serra at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Pope Francis did not speak to the novices and seminarians, just greeted and blessed us. In his homily, he talked about how God calls both lay and religious people to bring the Gospel to others with joy.
I wondered for a moment whether the pope really wanted to see the novices and seminarians. He is here to lift the spirits of the poor, right?
What would have happened if we had given our tickets to the homeless?
I am in Washington with S. Joan Hornick, ASC, my novice director, and S. Sara Dwyer, ASC, who works in D.C. I sat with four Dominican novices while Joan sat with Mercy novices, all from St. Louis.
One very lovely moment was when Cardinal Wuerl of Washington, D.C., welcomed the pope as a nation of diverse people, and listed the many nationalities that make up our country. The pope's face lit up with a huge smile and he shook his head in agreement.
It spoke of a warmth that said "yes, here I am, and is this not amazing?"
It was a beautiful moment that did not need words to express what he was thinking.


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We came up with this alternative to braised rabbit as a way to eat rabbit in the summer. If possible, ask the butcher to bone a rabbit for you. Be sure to distinguish between the legs and the loins (or saddle). In Canada, asking for the kidneys is no problem. In the United States, it is hit or miss.
Another nice option is an easy pan jus, made by deglazing the pan with a shot of sherry, then adding 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken stock and 2 tablespoons unsalted butter.
- Yield
- Makes 6 skewers
- 1 rabbit, divided into 2 legs, 2 loins, and 2 kidneys
- 4 slices bacon, cut into 3 pieces each
- 12 pitted prunes
- 1 red onion, cut into 12 pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large sprigs rosemary
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1. Bone the legs and loins. Cut each leg and each loin into 6 equal pieces; leave the kidneys whole.
- 2. Have ready 6 bamboo skewers. Thread the following onto each skewer: 1 leg piece, 1 bacon piece, 1 prune, 1 loin piece, 1 onion piece. Repeat again.
- 3. Arrange the skewers on a platter. Drizzle the olive oil evenly over the skewers, then sprinkle with the salt. Pluck the needles from the rosemary sprigs, and add a few pinches to each skewer.
- 4. Warm the canola oil and butter in a large frying pan over high heat. When the butter has melted and the fat is hot, add the skewers and cook, turning once, for 4 minutes on each side. Remove the pan from the heat and let the skewers rest for 3 minutes before serving.
Reprinted with permission from The Art of Living According to Joe Beef by Frédéric Morin, David McMillan & Meredith Erickson, copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc.
Frédéric Morin (right) is the co-owner/chef of Joe Beef, Liverpool House, and McKiernan Luncheonette. He attended LÉcole Hôtelière des Laurentides, worked at Jean-Talon Market selling peppers and onions, and served as garde-manger at Toqué! and chef de cuisine at Globe before opening Joe Beef. When he's not gardening, tinkering in his workshop, or at the restaurants, Fred can be found at home in Montreal with his wife (and the third partner in the restaurants), Allison, and their two sons.
David McMillan is the co-owner/chef of Joe Beef, Liverpool House, and McKiernan Luncheonette. Born and raised in Quebec City, David has been holding court in many of Montreals classic restaurants for close to twenty years. He still practices the cuisine Bourgeoise he learned from his mentor, Nicolas Jongleux, and from living in the Burgundy region of France. When David isn't at the restaurants, he can be found painting at his studio in Saint Henri or spending time at his cottage in Kamouraska, Quebec, with his wife, Julie, and their two daughters.
One of the original members of the Joe Beef Staff, Meredith Erickson has written for various magazines, newspapers, and television series. Currently collaborating on several books, Meredith slits her time between Montreal and London.
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- Calories593
- Carbohydrates20 g(7%)
- Fat31 g(48%)
- Protein56 g(113%)
- Saturated Fat9 g(45%)
- Sodium627 mg(26%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat5 g
- Fiber1 g(3%)
- Monounsaturated Fat13 g
- Cholesterol168 mg(56%)


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Sushi is the most popular food in Japanese cuisine which served by preparing the vinegar rice with various ingredients including the vegetables. Chiefly seafood and other ingredients like tropical fruits as well.
But how healthy is sushi ? Let's find benefits of sushi in my article.
1. Source of Protein
As the primary ingredient fish such as tuna salmon and mackerel with a source of protein. You can get 20 or more grams of protein per fish roll as well. At this point, you can choose mackerel as your sushi ingredient as it is high in protein and omega-3. Indeed with a reasonable consumption of protein foods, the protein will boost your overall body health. Protein as we know it believed as the primary nutrient which promotes the muscle building also it regenerates the broken cells with the new ones. So as you consume sushi with the excellent fish inside then, you have developed the structure of the active immune system as well.
2. Foods Rich in Fiber
As sushi consists many kinds of vegetables or fruits like avocado and pickled ginger, then it is rich in nutrients such as fibre then it is known that thread is the major contributor for promoting the digestion system. Fibre can help to improve the work of healthy guts. Fibre can help preventing digestion problems such as constipation bloating and diarrhoea. For the tips, you can consume fibre foods including green vegetables and fruits to fulfil the needs of fibre for sure.
3. Natural Energy Boosters
If you feel hungry or feel tired in a day grab, you can eat your favourite sushi rolls and make some power for your body. In this case, as sushi commonly uses white rice as its ingredient, then the rice is a role in boosting the energy. For this reason, rice contains carbohydrate which is known as the source of body energy. As a consequence, it is also recommended to use brown rice as the substitute for white rice to obtain the higher nutrients as well.
4. Sushi is Foods That Lower Cholesterol Levels Fast
People nowadays watch their food consumption as well as trying to decrease their cholesterol level. As a consequence, they eat right foods like green vegetables to reduce the cholesterol level in the body. Green plants as one of the healthy foods contain the extraordinary amount of omega-3 fatty acids. This essential nutrient will help lowering cholesterol level resulting in the healthy heart. If you want to achieve the healthy heart it is best to consume sushi is your food option then.
You can find other foods that lower cholesterol in this video.
5. Foods That Strengthen The Immune System
Due to the presence of antibacterial properties in wasabi then wasabi and sushi can help to enhance the immune system. It will work great as it prevents the presence of bacteria and viruses in the body. It is not only wasabi, but ginger also has the antibacterial agent and antiviral agent so that pickled ginger and sushi will help to protect the body against the risk of disease. Indeed with the great nutrients contained in sushi ingredients, it will build the healthy immune system for sure.


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Use Rainwater exhibited at the Lifestyle EXPO at Hutchinson Park in Amanzimtoti. For the exhibit they have built a small rainwater harvesting unit to explain to, and educate the public how small household rainwater systems work.
It was a great attraction for many visitors, many of them inquiring about installing their own rainwater harvesting systems.


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England will face France and Argentina at the 2019 Rugby World Cup after the draw was made in Kyoto, Japan. Eddie Jones' side will also face opponents from the Americas as well as Oceania qualifying groups.
World champions New Zealand will face South Africa and Italy while hosts Japan take on Ireland and Scotland - with further opponents in both pools to be confirmed.
"I'm excited by the draw," said Jones. "We want to win the World Cup in 2019, and to win it, we need to be ready to play and beat anyone."
England have met France four times in Rugby World Cup history, winning three and losing once. They have also faced Argentina twice at the tournament, winning both occasions.
The World Cup runs from 20 September to 2 November 2019 and the 12 teams who automatically qualified by finishing in the top three of their groups at the last World Cup have been drawn. The eight remaining teams have had their slots allocated and will be determined by the qualification process that ends in 2018.
Jones added: "Our pool will be highly competitive and full of intensity, as a World Cup group should be – history shows that you need to win seven games to win the tournament and we will greatly respect every team we play. We will be ready – our detailed planning for the group, and the tournament, starts now. Everything we do, every game we play and every day we train is aimed at continuously improving and is focused on our ultimate goal of winning the World Cup. I have no doubt that Japan will stage a unique and wonderful tournament in 2019 "
Draw for Rugby World Cup 2019:
Pool A: Ireland, Scotland, Japan, Europe 1, Play-Off Winner
Pool B: New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Africa 1, Repechage
Pool C: England, France, Argentina, Americas 1, Oceania 2
Pool D: Australia, Wales, Georgia, Oceania 1, Americas 2


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Memory Dump
Caution: Most employers have great memories. Employers not only remember an employees performance on the job, but how they resign.
The "times -they -are -a -changing" in the employment landscape these days.
Whether it is a phenomenon to the senior living industry or the nature of our times, "walking off" a job" has become endemic to an entitled work force where there is great demand.
Case in point: A client of mine (a 99 bed skilled nursing facility) called me recently to let me know that their Director of Nursing literally walked off her job. She got up, cleaned her desk, left her keys and went home. Done. Finuto.
No notice, no warning, no sign, no respect.
We are told that the skilled nursing industry (nursing homes, convalescent hospitals, etc.) is the second most highly regulated industry in America, second only to the nuclear power industry.
Lives are at stake in the SNF industry. Mom and Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, friends, relatives- we all know people that have been or are presently residing in some sector of senior living.
How does a Director of Nursing simply walk off a job given that there is so much at stake, not just with residents (directly) but with employers, co-workers, family members, state and federal rules and regulations? No matter what the cause, can you imagine a Director of Nursing "taking a hike" during lunch and not returning? Seriously.
Come on.
We've all been fed up at some time or another with our job, and we are all blessed with the right to change jobs. However there is an unwritten code of ethics in which proper notice should be given to an employer when an employee resigns. Depending upon someones tenure a common 2 week courtesy notice at a minimum is standard operating procedure.
Well obviously it is the right thing to do, period. But also, walking off a job or not giving proper notice can train wreck a career.
Think about a computer.
When a computer's hard drive goes bad (heaven forbid) there is a term called memory dump in which all of the memory and data is lost.
Memory dump doesn't happen to employers.
When someone's references are being checked how someone resigns plays a huge role in an employees performance evaluation or reference check.
Employer memory dump? No way.
Employers remember how someone resigns and so do co-workers. As large an industry as skilled nursing, it is still a small world and one's name and reputation if tarnished can be branded for good. Persona non grata. It's no different than having a bad credit score.
In summary, if you must resign a job, resign with grace and humility. Resign in such a way to insure that a proper reference check may be needed in the future. Thank an employer for having had this opportunity and offer any assistance now or in the future if needed. Keep all doors open because one never knows how the future will play out.
Thinking of dumping your job? Be memorable for the right reasons.
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