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Kid President's Advice to New Babies
I love Kid President's advice to babies on their first day of life.
I love Kid President's advice to babies on their first day of life.
Herein lies the true purpose of a Diaper Genie.
Grandtwin Matthew to Diaper Genie: "My wish is your command."
P.S. Please excuse the fuzziness of some of the pics. He just moved so quickly.
P.S.S. As a grandparent, I claim the right to redefine "toy."
P.S.S.S. The back story: The parents weren't home. Out movie-ing. I was twinsitting. Madison was eating watermelon, with a distinct countenance of chastisement as we boys played with Genie.
But boys just wanna have fun.
It's COLD in Savannah this morning! (Okay, I know it's colder in Minnesota.) But I'm trying to be happy. Five reasons why:
1. Cabbage "steaks" I enjoyed this week.
2. Always having enough to eat and a place to sleep.
3. Acorns
4. Green beauty on Factors Row near the river in Savannah
5. The number two–2
Warm weekend to you all!
Five things I got for Christmas that I wasn't expecting:
1. A great new cadre of friends who meet each Wednesday at 12:12 pm in a different Savannah Historic District square … to express gratitude!
2. A new puppy! Okay, maybe "technically" grandsons Daniel and Gabriel got Spyro (named after the Skylanders game character) for THEIR Christmas present. But after keeping him for three days (of five) while D and G and their parents have flown to Miami to frolic in the sun …
… I am FULLY CONVINCED that Spyro loves me best. Seriously! And, really, the boys are so young, they'll get over the heartbreak pretty soon, don't you think?
Spyro and I worked on our official portrait for a little while yesterday afternoon. We have narrowed it down to four:
Donald Neal Saye and Spyro Neal Bosch
What do you think?
3. A lot of Fake Snow
(I'm not sure why I look SO crazed in that pic. Like I'm on a fake snow high or something.)
(This obsession with "snow" got started when friends Donnie and Kinzie …
… Christmas-ing way up in Yankeeland Urbana, IL, had the nerve to say there really IS such a thing as snow, which is frozen and white and falls from the sky to make Christmases White. Well, D and K, not in Savannah, it don't!)
4. Yet another new cadre of friends who meet each Friday evening in my new Washington Square neighborhood/ward.
I'll take more pics soon and share. The gathering is called "Fancy Friday" because there used to be a fancy-ish dress code.
5. Joy for no reason. Other than it's the holidays and a time to BE HAPPY. BE. BE BE.
Five things I didn't get for Christmas that I was either expecting or wanting to receive:
1. Some sort of an apology or reconciling statement from Duck Dynasty and patriarch Phil Robertson after his hateful and divisive diatribe about gays and blacks. Instead, A & E reinstates him, while Walmart, with Paula Deen wares no longer available, continues to hawk a prejudiced ranter's trade in a season of love, all in the name of free speech. (Of course, we all know this is about the dollar, not equality or acceptance or love.)
2. Speaking of the dollar, that big ole more-than-half-a-billion-dollar lottery winning recently. If I had won … Is A & E for sale?
3. Real snow. (IF there is such a thing.)
4. Liposuction.
5. Everything on My Grown-Up Christmas List:
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown up Christmas list
May all our Holidays and Everydays be Filled with Healthy Joy!
It's Lucky Friday the 13th, and here are Five Reasons I'm a Happy, Lucky Man.
1. Root vegetables (at Forsyth Farmers' Market here in downtown Savannah).
2. Playing in yellow ginkgo (I think) leaves near my historic district apartment.
(Does ANYBODY else do this kind of thing? PLEASE say "yes.")
(Series pics taken with the iPhone's Burst method.)
3. Frosty the Snowman. This one sings, dances, and takes off his hat. (I will too for money.)
4. Yet another admonition to exercise.
5. On Wednesday at 12:12 (how cool is that?) attending my first Gratitude in the Squares gathering. Each week a group of exuberant folks meet in a different Savannah Square to take a few minutes to slow down and express a bit of thankfulness. Listen to leader (and new friend) Joanne Morton: "I love Savannah's squares and I've always wanted to do something in them. I also believe that gratitude is magic! I thought, 'what kind of magic could happen if we took a few minutes each week in a different square to share gratitude with each other?'"
I will definitely keep going back each week.
Read more about Gratitude in the Squares here.
Read more about Joanne's work here.
Enjoy all the ways Good Fortune will be on your side this day and this weekend!
So I started off Halloween 2013 at my grandsons' Costume Parade at Savannah Country Day School. Daniel and Gabriel both dressed as Iron Man (Men?), so I'll begin with them.
And D in the parade:
Just look at some of these kids' costumes!
Wait, Duck Dynasty?
Such Fun!
Can you believe it's the Last Friday in October?! Wasn't it the 4th of July just a couple weeks ago?
Joy finds us in so many ways. Here are five.
1. The Joy of Grandchildren. (At such an INCREDIBLY young grandfather age.)
(Grandsons Gabriel and Daniel swinging with Grandtwins Matthew and Madison)
2. This heartwarming, sad but Uplifting Video from a children's hospital in New Hampshire.
May children everywhere find ways to ROAR.
(Watch the video a second time–you'll "see" the various kids clearer.)
3. Believing this Beautifully Truthful Affirmation:
4. Roses
5. Kale
(Did I make too much?)
ROAR this weekend! It's your last chance to do so in a 2013 October weekend. (Eat some kale–it'll help you roar more ferociously.)


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|The zombies were snoring
Asleep in their beds
When Doomguy's three shotgun shells
Blew through their heads
by Simply Silly Software Software
Since id Software released Doom in 1993, thousands of user-made WADS and maps have been and continue to be created for the Doom community's entertainment.
These are their stories.
|The zombies were snoring
Asleep in their beds
When Doomguy's three shotgun shells
Blew through their heads
|by "Firehawk"
|Pretty tough but short. Texturing is very bland, it's mostly concrete that's been altered with a bit of snow which looks pretty stupid when the textures tile, but it's okay at ground level. Rooms are very rectangular though a few staircases and such keep it from being a total snore. A skybox in some places would have really helped things out. Main difficulty comes from the fact that, despite handing you an SSG and two boxes of shells at the opening, there are reams of heavy-hitting monsters (especially in the courtyard) and you've got to fight your way to one of two ammo caches in order to stand a chance, one of them actually located within the aforementioned courtyard. Getting the cache with the plasma rifle makes things much easier, but it's tough exploring.
|by John aka "Vortex"
|Short, not nearly as tough as MAP01. The texturing is a bit more inventive, still pretty banal for a level that's supposed to be Xmas Doom. The Santa's Workshop door graphic is off center, making the door unfortunately a bit ugly, but the fights are actually pretty good and balanced and Vortex even has an intelligently laid-out arch-vile fight, along with some distractions so it's not completely by the numbers.
|by Joe "Sillysoft" Wilcox
|It's the best laid out of the three maps, with a spacious warehouse and some anomalous wood area that sort of resembles a house with a hearth and some...tiny beds, I think? I really like the snow effect that you can see outside. The puzzle to access the yellow key is pretty obscure, but not as strange as the final battle. The boss arena (involving a spitter you can't defeat) has a ziggurat of bloody skulls surrounding an exit column. You must successfully lower each layer of the pyramid until they fold into each other, allowing you access to the column. You achieve this by first turning around and hitting a switch as soon as you land in the blood. Then you've got to run into the cubby holes around the edge of the arena and use the walls while dodging demonfire. Done in the right sequence, the column will be revealed and you can leave.
The guys at Wraith were also involved with Joe in producing Xmas Doom... Wraith produced HellToPay and Perdition's GateReplyDelete
No one from X-Mas Doom had anything to do with Wraith Corp., unless you happen to know something I don't. You may be thinking of H2H-Xmas, which was headed up by Jim Elson of the H2H Network and who credited Jimmy Siebens and Pavel Hodek in the project, the three of them going on to Wraith Corp.
Now, H2H-Xmas did swallow some of X-Mas Doom's assets in addition to Joe Wilcox, who made the final map, but nothing I've read suggests any further involvement from them (though Wilcox may have, for all I know, given his involvement with D!Zone).
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http://inventorspot.com/articles/bioabs ... sorb_25537
For thirty years since the invention of angioplasty, cardiologists have been using stents to repair arteries. First was the balloon stent, then the metal stent, then the drug eluting metal stent. Next it will be the bioabsorbable stent, or should I say now it is the bioabsorbable stent?
Phase I of Abbott's new ABSORB has just been published in The Lancet and the results were very successful. After two years, 30 patients that participated in the trial showed reduction in plaque, no stent thrombosis, no major cardiac events from 6 months to 2 years, and successful absorption of the stent. There was one more result and this one amazed me: the patients' coronary arteries
were virtually restored to normalcy, having regained their ability to contract and expand.
The ABSORB coronary device is made of polylactic acid, a proven biocompatible material that is commonly used in medical implants such as dissolvable sutures. The drug that is eluted by the ABSORB stent is everolimus, an immunosuppressant to prevent the body's rejection of the stent.
Not only is ABSORB the first successful bioabsorbable stent, but the imaging technology that is used to mark its progress is also new, as well as essential to the observability of ABSORB's success. Multislice CT angiography, intravascular ultrasound, and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), which were used to measure ABSORB's results, did not exist when stents were first invented.
ABSORB is now going into Phase II trials which will enroll about 80 patients
from European countries, Australia and New Zealand. Drug delivery and vessel support enhancements will be made to the ABSORB stents. It will be at least three years before ABSORB is market-ready.
via PCTA.org


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Owning an iphone is both the best and worst in life. Considering the astounding array of basic functions and the thousands of appealing apps, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. This article will give you tips and techniques to use all of the iPhones functions.
Rice helps to reduce the moisture on your iphone. Phones are commonly dropped in water from puddles or toilets. Rather than trying to dry out your device with a blow dryer, wipe the outside with an absorbent cloth, and place the phone into a bowl or bag filled with dry rice. Once the rice has had several hours to absorb moisture (leaving your phone in the bag overnight is ideal), your phone should be dry again.
Remember to update the phone as updates become available. If you are diligent about doing this, you can be more secure in the fact that your phone will not be subject to glitches and viruses. You will also have to store all photos and other information you have on your computer in case something bad occurs to the phone, you're covered.
While you are using the Internet on your iphone, phone calls are just one touch away. For instance, imagine you are looking for a dry cleaner online. When you locate the number, you do not have to type it in to call the business. All you have to do to place a call is to tap the number displayed in the browser window.
The Safari browser and mail are very popular, but not everyone knows how to save photos and images to the phone from them. You simply have to touch and hold the image you want to save. A box will come up asking if you want to save that image.
Download an app that will allow you to upload files on your iphone and use it as a storage device. With an app like this, you'll be able to upload video, music, photo and text files to your iphone. You just need to link your iphone to a computer in order to access files, and you can also open them right from the phone itself.
Whether you're a longtime iphone fan or a proud new owner, you probably know that the device is a multitasking powerhouse. However, if you do not fully comprehend how to use your iphone, you are missing out. Utilize the knowledge you've just learned so that you can completely maximize your iPhone's use.


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The Tolbooth Art Centre is based in Kirkcudbright's 17th century Tolbooth. This served previously as the Town Council offices, Burgh and Sheriff courts and the criminal and debtor's prison. One of its most famous prisoners was John Paul Jones, hero of the American Navy.
Find out about Kirkcudbright's famous artists, such as E A Hornel, Jessie M King, E A Taylor and Charles Oppenheimer in the Tolbooth's audio-visual shows "Kirkcudbright - The Artists' Town" and "Jessie M King". See their works on permanent display here, including paintings of the Tolbooth itself by the famous Scottish colourist, S J Peploe, and David Gauld, one of the 'Glasgow Boys'.
The top floor of the Tolbooth, formerly the debtor's prison is now used as a gallery for ever changing contemporary art and craft exhibitions.


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The Plinky Question for this week is: "What 3 countries would you like to visit?"
- lived in 6 out of the 10 Canadian Provinces, and visited 3 of the remaining 4
- lived in 3 States, and visited all 48 USA continental States
- (Alaska & Hawaii here I come! : ) )
- set foot on 6 out of the 7 world continents (not interested in Antarctica)
- been in 26 countries of the world, 13 of which I have done ministry work for God
I certainly do not want anyone to think I am boasting about all my travels. Heaven forbid! No, I stand back in awe and amazement that God has chosen to use me, and it has been by His grace that I have been able to be His servant in some of the remotest places on earth. And it amazes me even more that He can still use me and allow me to travel so much, in spite of my muscle disease.
And so, being the dreamer that I am, I do play around with my "Bucket List" of countries that I would still like to see. I do recall that during my teenage years that one of my goals was to visit a tropical paradise island, say like Fiji, or Tahiti. And while I was with Teen Missions, I had this strong pull to go to Vanuatu. These kinds of countries bring up images of white sand, palm trees swaying, and aqua-marine blue waters.
Well I may not ever make it to Tahiti or Fiji, but God certainly allowed our family to experience some great moments in the beautiful and tropical island of New Guinea, specifically living on the eastern half of it in the country of Papua New Guinea. For most of the time from 1997 to early 2002, we lived in a small village tucked deep into the lowland jungle, and then paid visits to the majestic highlands and to the idyllic coast lands of that country. And in 2001, I spent a week in the fabulous country of Vanuatu to attend a nation-wide church centenary celebration.
So then my second choice I think of a country I would like to visit is Germany. This country has such a fascinating history and has showcased both the very best and the very worst of humanity. Some of the greatest minds, especially theologians, were from Germany. And of course, one of the world's worst tyrants ruled in Germany.
If I was able to actually visit Germany, the one thing above all else that I would want to see would be the remains of the Berlin Wall. This wall, which separated East from West, Communism from Capitalism/Democracy, is symbolic to me of what lies within the hearts of all people. Part of being human is the desire to conquer and control, but no matter how oppressive the regime can be, nothing can ever stamp out the desire of the human heart to be free. And thanks be to God for tearing down this wall and bringing freedom (even with all its problems) to the people of Eastern Europe.
But if you were to ask me what is still probably my number one country that I would most like to see, it would have to be Israel. Not only would I like to see Israel because I am a historian and a theologian, but simply because I am a Christian. So many of the events recorded in the Bible took place in such a small geographical part of the world.
It would truly be amazing to me (if I could do it) to see places like Jericho, where God brought down the walls, or the wide lands where Abraham dwelt and David kept his sheep. But most of all, to see Nazareth where Jesus grew up, to walk along the shore of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus taught, to see Jerusalem where men from David down to Jesus our Lord are hailed as kings. And then to see the Garden where Jesus prayed, and the hill where He was crucified, and the tomb from which He arose victorious over death. Oh yes, now that would be my heart's desire, to see the Holy Land.
So these are the countries that I have thought about for many years. Each one fascinating in their own way. But one more country that I long to see, and one day I will, is Heaven itself. To walk the streets of gold, to drink of the pure living water, to eat of the fruit from the Tree of Life, to walk side-by-side with my Lord Jesus and to see God face-to-face. Now that is definitely something to look forward to.
My prayer for you, my dear Reader, is that you too have put your faith in the Lord Jesus, so that when He returns one day to gather His followers, I might see you in Heaven one day as well.
"Even so Lord Jesus, Come!"


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New Features
Added VMWare View Persona settings controls under Policies & Profiles. These function the same way that existince Policies & Profiles setting function (the Agent Host service passes them on to the registry for the VMWare configuration service to read).
Added Reporting functionality: agents will now log boot and login times for all devices/users and send these back to the broker to be stored in-database, allowing the console to generate reports both as per-user/-device reports and as trend reports over time. These reports will ignore boot/login times under five seconds.
Bug Fixes
NOR-559: Fixed rare instances of Norskale Agent Host service interfering with Netlogon service startup (this fix requires that the Norskale Agent Host service depend on the winmgmt service)
NOR-387: Added new environmental setting on Windows 8.1/Server 2012 for Agent Host Service to configure Boot to Desktop option
NOR-441: Added new option to disable agent Exit command for administrators
NOR-504: Added new option to allow drive letters to be used more than once for a specific group/user when using conditional assignments
NOR-511: Added new filter condition: Published Resource Name
NOR-512: Added new configurable value controlling network resource/target existence check timeout
NOR-526: Added new option forcing agent to enumerate all groups in all known domains
NOR-527: Added asynchronous existence check for file/folder existence


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Further to my post: "Heaven's Bride - The Unprintable Life of Ida Craddock" comes this article on Ida Craddock from Boston.com:
In today's America, sex and religion are often seen in opposition to each other, and there's a long history of that battle, from the Puritans to the Protestant establishment's investment in antiobscenity laws. But for some on the vanguard of the progressive era, freedom meant mingling of sexual and spiritual expression. Ida C. Craddock, writer, lecturer, sometime pastor and counselor, was among what her biographer calls "an advanced band of troublemaking inquirers," a freethinker who "imagined a sexual revolution in specifically sacred terms." Her work and life are barely known today, but in this brilliant new book by Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor of the history of religion at Harvard, modern readers may find themselves not only captivated by a fascinating character but also intrigued by ideas considered obscene and blasphemous in their time.


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"There is no God." Psalm 14:1a (NLT)
The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship. Psalm 19:1 (NLT)
"To whom will you compare me?
Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing. " Isaiah 40:25-26 (NIV)
Christ Himself is my righteousness. I look at Him as a gift to me, in Himself; so that in Him I have all things. He says, I am the way, etc.; not, I give thee the way, etc.; as if He were working on me from without. All these things He must be in me, abiding, living, speaking in me; that I may be the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. v. 21); not in love, nor in gifts and graces which follow; but in Him.
Martin Luther
Thanks to Launa of Launa's Little Piece of Heaven for creating the Take a Stand For Jesus banner for me. Let everyone know you are taking a stand and copy and paste it into your latest blog. Turn your space settings from private to public.
I encourage you to join Awesome MSN Spaces and let your faith be shown!


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YWCA USA held their Annual Conference Gala on June 16, 2017. The event, hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry celebrates the incredible achievements of extraordinary leaders who serve as role models and provide opportunities and support for women and girls as part of the 2017 National Conference.
YWCA USA recognizes three local YWCAs for their outstanding work in the areas of women's empowerment, racial justice, and advocacy. The Association Excellence Awards recognize the best of the best in our community; local associations that have provided an authentic, demonstrable impact on women and girls. YWCA Brooklyn was honored with the Association Excellence Award for Women's Empowerment.
YWCA Brooklyn CEO Martha Kamber with Melissa Harris-Perry and #YWLEADers Sydni Snaggs and Zenzele Franklin.


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Starting a business is a huge achievement and regardless of how small it is, it is still a huge step. The business world is quite competitive today and as a small business, you will face some challenges some of which are not faced by established businesses.
You can seek for help and guidance from those that are already established. When you have small business solutions at hand, you will be able to handle challenges better and see your business thrive.
Small Business Solutions
There are plenty of solutions that will see your business thrive. To survive in the competitive world, your business should have what it takes and these solutions will be of significant help.
Why you Need Small Business Solutions
There are challenges and without having solutions to them, you will not be able to think positively about your business. You need to be optimistic and having solutions will take your business further. You will be able to make the right decisions and your business will perform better.
- Utilize Technology Well
When technology is utilized well, it will help in dealing with some challenges. Mistakes that result from poor communication and not creating awareness can be avoided with the use of technology. Let yourself be connected, be able to access information remotely and market your brand using the internet. Knowing how to use technology to your advantage will reduce various risks and improve efficiency in the running of the business.
- Know Your Competitors
Knowing your competitors can help you deal with some business challenges in the right way. From how they create awareness about their brand to what they are doing differently, you should know how they operate and what sets them apart.
- Automate Your Human Resource Operations
Human resource means a lot in every business. Developing your staff and maintaining them increases productivity and in turn revenue. Automating these kinds of operations saves time and other resources while at the same time keeping your customers happy when it comes to your services. The good thing about automation is that it's easy to get this done.
Developing your staff will see them grow and they will actually change their outlook and have that sense of ownership in your business. This will in turn boost productivity. Not having small business solutions is one thing that has seen many startups not surviving even for a year in the market. Automating many processes saves time and helps the staff to focus on other important tasks.


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This post is adapted from a post by Megan Rutherford on SHARE's website. Family and friends can make a huge difference in helping a patient face diagnosis and treatment for breast or ovarian cancer. Here, several volunteers from SHARE's Helpline (all cancer survivors) talk about the most supportive things their
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Five years on. This love letter is very overdue. It puts to paper, or digital ink as it were, my love and gratitude for you, my wonderful life partner. We were only together for 6 months when I was diagnosed. You could have run. You could have been weak or
Every day Sharsheret fields questions from family members and friends about how to best support the woman they love while she is facing breast cancer or ovarian cancer. Here are some helpful tips based on the wisdom from the women of Sharsheret. 1. Follow her lead Let your loved one


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Bethel Student Church is the student ministry of Bethel Church Blackwood, consisting of middle school through high school age students who are committed to loving both God and one another. We meet every Friday night starting at 7:30 PM. If you have any questions, give us a call at 856-228-5050 or click here send us an email.
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"CHIPS: bonding breakthrough may ease MRAM design"
For all their promise, magnetic random-access memories have barely made it out of the lab due to problems plaguing their scaling to smaller sizes--namely, the need for lower drive current and thinner metallization. Now researchers at Sandia National Laboratories claim to have patented a method for solving MRAM and other such metal-on-insulator problems. "Ordinarily, putting metal on an insulator is like putting water on a waxed car," said Dwight Jennison, a theoretical physicist at Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, N.M.). "What we are offering here, to anyone who is trying to mix insulators and metals, is the ability to make a strong interface between them, resulting in more reliable devices that are less likely to develop cracks--in everything from thin films to macroscale metal-clad ceramics." The method--discovered by Jennison with chemist Scott Chambers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Jeffrey Kelber, a professor of chemistry at the University of North Texas--could have implications well beyond MRAMs. It could also revolutionize every macroscale industrial process that involves putting metal on insulators, such as metal-clad ceramics that today require extensive brazing.
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Xpat Opinion: Are Security Agents Recruiting Informants In Media Outlets?
- 13 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
According to the organization's website, the primary duty of the office is the defense of the constitutional order against illegal attempts to overthrow it. These attacks may come from "extremist religious groups or organizations established on an anti-democratic ideological basis. For information gathering and observation AH can use secret service means and methods."
G. was approached on the street on his way to his newspaper's editorial office. The men said they wanted to talk to him about matters concerning his own "safety." Although G. wanted to have the conversation right there, the two men insisted on going elsewhere. There he was confronted with intimate details of his and his family's private life. He was told that the information was collected not by their own office but by "someone else with harmful intent." They could help him but only if G. would be willing to cooperate.
They kept insisting that he sign a long-term cooperative agreement to report to them. He didn't find out what he was supposed to report to AH's secret service men. He simply refused to sign. But he did agree to a second meeting because he was hoping to learn more about what the two agents were after. At this second meeting, somewhat more composed, G. told the AH agents that he intended to go to the police and file charges against the unnamed person who allegedly collected secret information on his private life.
The men tried to get information out of G. about his contacts and sources, but G. refused to cooperate or to sign anything. And that was that. When 444.hu went to the ministry of interior responsible for the secret services, the spokesman for the ministry didn't deny that such an encounter had taken place. He simply copied out the appropriate passages from the laws governing the functioning of the office. It was all legal, he insisted.
People familiar with the methods of the secret service during the Kádár regime recall that this kind of blackmail was a classic way to force unwilling people to cooperate with the ministry of interior's infamous III/III department. Using so-called "sensitive material" from people's private lives, according to experts, is still allowable today. But this information could be exploited only if "the security of Hungary were in immediate danger," which was certainly not the case here.
By the next day journalists began to express their fears that G.'s encounter with the agents of AH might not be unique and asked themselves how many such willing or unwilling recruits are already in the editorial offices of media outlets. In the last few months quite a few suspicious stories came to light indicating that agents keep a tab on politicians and journalists.
In 2014 the police confiscated a journalist's cellphone in the hope of getting information on his sources. In May 2016 the police listened in on the telephone conversations of a journalist from Blikk. Benedek Jávor, PM member of the European Parliament, became aware that a third person was listening to his telephone conversations.
Naturally, all opposition parties protested, and the socialist chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security promised to discuss the matter next Thursday. The ministry and the head of AH will be called to report on the case. I don't expect much from this meeting. Zsolt Molnár, the socialist chairman, usually accepts the disinformation that government agencies dump on the committee.
As I was gathering material for this post I recalled, though only in the vaguest of terms, a report about the ministry of interior's failed attempt to make it legal to plant members of the secret service in editorial offices. Soon enough I unearthed the story. On November 4, 2015 Index discovered the offensive section in a 34-page amendment package to the law on the status of the various branches of the police.
38 listed the organizations that must have working relations with the national security establishment: telegraphic and postal service, energy suppliers, firms connected to the armaments industry. There is nothing surprising in this list thus far, but what made the journalists of Index stop was the mention of "content providers" (tartalomszolgáltatók). No definition of content providers was given but, according to the normal understanding of the phrase, it includes print and internet news sites as well as radio and television stations.
It took only a few hours for Sándor Pintér's ministry to announce that "the Hungarian opposition was deliberately misinterpreting" the text. "It only allows what was already in force." Members of the national security apparatus are already employed in the offices of telecommunication services.
As Index pointed out, there are two problems with this denial. One is that in the law on the media "tartalomszolgáltató" is defined as "any media service provider or supplier of other media content." The other difficulty is that if this provision "was already in force," either it was being applied illegally or, if it was legal, why did the government want to create a new law to provide for it?
The upshot, I believe, is that Sándor Pintér indeed wanted to create a law that would allow the government to legally place agents in the offices of radio and TV stations, newspapers, and internet news providers but the opposition and the media discovered that crucial paragraph and the government had to retreat.
That was in November in 2015, and about a month later G. had his encounter with the two AH agents. I can't help thinking that there is a connection between the failed attempt of the ministry of interior to change the law on national security and the effort of the two agents to recruit G.
If that hypothesis is correct, we can be pretty certain that G. was not the only journalist approached. He had the guts to say no, although it took him almost a year to gather his courage and come forward with the story of his encounter.
It is unlikely that the upheaval will end here. G. is being encouraged to file charges. It is also possible that others will come forth with similar stories. But no matter what happens, the case will have a chilling effect on the already frightened journalists whose opportunity to ply their trade honestly and independently is shrinking in Orbán's Hungary.
Source: Hungarian Spectrum
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CP: "Smash," NBC's new build-a-Broadway-musical melodrama, is off and running. I imagine you glued to every episode in your home viewing room, the one with the hard-to-match Playbill wallpaper. Yes?
RN: Since I embody its chief demographic -- show-tune queen -- I was hooked 10 minutes into the premiere, and haven't looked back. It's worse than my addiction to the Will-Horton-coming-out story line on "Days of Our Lives." You?
CP: After four episodes, I look forward to No. 5 with the same zeal I have for ironing shirts or running to Home Depot.
RN: Come on, "Smash" features National Treasure Anjelica Huston as a jaded B'way producer, brushing off wannabe chorines with lines like, "Not now, sweetheart." And chorus boys, for days. And fabulously unrealistic New York City apartments. And, well, I know there's more.
CP: Lots more. A deafening lack of buzz, for one thing. Despite a lead-in from "The Voice," ratings are highly lackluster. On Twitter, "Smash" already seems to have been canceled.
RN: You are obviously not reading writer Rachel Shukert's beyond brilliant "Smash" recaps at Vulture.com, New York magazine's website. If only the show were as riveting. But come on, it's better than most network TV, by a long shot. "Glee," for instance, which is So. Very. Over.
CP: With all the cash and talent that last-place NBC has thrown at this thing -- Huston, writer Theresa Rebeck, stage actors like Megan Hilty and Christian Borle -- it coulda/shoulda been so much better.
RN: Than what? "The Mentalist"?
CP: Instead, we see plot points coming like the death star in "Melancholia," and Debra Messing done up in big glasses and statement scarves. She's playing a tough veteran Broadway lyricist, but she just can't shake the ditz.
RN: I do love how her character doesn't even bother to mask her contempt for Ellis, her writing partner's sexually ambiguous personal assistant who I'm hoping also has a major Eve Harrington streak. And yes, this is what I think about in my spare time.
CP: I think you could write a better script for this show in your spare time. Why not work in something about Broadway's tantalizingly rich history?
RN: History, shmistory. How about watching just for hottie Raza Jaffrey? His principal purpose seems to be to look adoringly at ingenue/dullard Katharine McPhee and flash his pearly whites. He's giving the performance of his life.
CP: True. But remember, in TV land, loving and supportive BFs can't last past Episode 6.
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- Deep relaxation of body and mind
- Alleviates and helps reduce pain and cervical contractures
- Sharpens the sense organs
- Treats anxiety, fears and helps in nervous imbalances
- Try migraines and headaches
- Excellent results in the treatment of bruxism
- Helps in the treatment of insomnia
- It has beneficial effects in hypertension
- Nourishes the hair and scalp, stops its fall, stronger growth and delays the onset of gray hair
- Improves blood circulation to the brain
- It is one of the most effective ways to reduce stress and nervous tension
- Rejuvenates the face, softening expressions of concern and tension
- It rejuvenates the body and slows the aging process
The researchers observed significant improvements in mood, decreased breathing rate, lowering blood pressure and heart rate, and an increase in alpha brain waves associated -ondas tranquility and conscious state of mind. Since this treatment has the property of being hot, it generates "ground" and is deeply relaxing, is perfect to balance Vata.
Effective since over 5000 years in India, Ayurveda is the science that explains life, and instructs us about the activities and foods that are beneficial and which are harmful to health. Massage therapies applying vegetable medicated oils are an important part of Ayurvedic treatments to maintain and restore health. Through touch relaxation of mind and nutrition of body tissues is achieved by promoting balance and longevity.
Abhyangam:This therapeutic massage is applied all over the body, head and face with warm oil containing specific blends of herbs. Abhyanga can be applied every day.
Benefits: indicated for Vata problems, it removes fatigue, improves eyesight, improves sleep, improves skin health, ideal for dry skin, lubricates joints and muscles, improves overall health, balances the nervous system, slows aging and increases longevity.
Recommendation: s full benefits will be obtained if seven sessions are taken, this is so that the seven tissues of the body will that way be nourished. The body will read complete and deep hydration and nutrition.
Therapeutic massage with warm oil containing specific blends of herbs.
It is a body massage done with micronized herbs with exfoliating, toning and detoxifying effect.
It is a body massage done with micronized herbs with exfoliating, toning and detoxifying effect. This massage is indicated as initial treatment before the packs of 3, 5 or 7 sessions of treatments with oil. The goal is to level the degree of hydration, reduce excess subcutaneous fat and dryness to provide tissue predisposing to receive treatments oleation.
Kapha decreases, helps eliminate toxins, cellulite, excess fat, gives rigidity to the body, gives shine and softness to the skin, improves circulation. Ideal for people who want to lose weight, postpartum, or general toning.
Implementation and maintenance treatment of medicated oil content in the lumbar area by a ring of wheat flour, allowing oil to go penetrating, deeply nourishing and strengthening. This treatment can solve between 60 and 70% of back problems.
is indicated for intervertebral disc problems, impact damage, contractures, back pain, chronic pain, arthritis, joint stiffness
This treatment is also ideal for application in other areas and treat pain or discomfort associated problems. For example, in the cervical area, knees, elbows, ankles.
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Implementation and maintenance treatment of medicated oil content in the lumbar area
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Oleation foot-massage with Ayurvedic herbal oils
Oleation foot-massage with Ayurvedic herbal oils. Improves sleep, eyesight, circulation and relaxes the muscles. Reduces stress and anxiety, help with problems sole as plantar fasciitis. reflex points and marma points work.


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NOVEMBER 10 - The effect of Tuesday's election was a thunderbolt in the night sky. After all the media happy talk, even into the early evening, that Democrat Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in - the first woman president following the first black president - suddenly it was clear that Republican Donald Trump was elected. The racist, sexist, immigrant-bashing, woman-molesting Trump would be the next CEO of the United States and commander-in-chief of U.S. imperialism. By the next morning tens of millions were asking, in deep shock and disbelief, how could this happen? And in Muslim, Latino, African American and immigrant families there was raw fear.
So what is to be done? The big business media are all praising the "orderly peaceful transfer of power." President Barack Obama says of Trump, "We are all now rooting for his success." In her concession speech, Clinton said, "We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead." That tells the billionaire bully he can walk all over opposition. We say hell no! Those who are targets of the victorious race-haters and labor-haters must fight them down the line, or else we will pay "big league." The Democrats hand over the reins of power "graciously" because they and the Republicans all represent the same capitalist class against us, the workers and oppressed.
For many the election result was like a horror film, a scene out of The Night of the Living Dead. The message: Be afraid, be very afraid. In school Wednesday, Latino students fearfully asked their teachers: what will happen to me, will my parents be deported? Immigrants rights activists reported a torrent of phoned death threats. Groups of racists yelled "time to get out of this country" at random Middle Easterners. Muslim women feared to wear the hijab, the Islamic head scarf. A prominent African American spokesman, former Obama advisor Van Jones proclaimed it was the #Whitelash, recalling the racist backlash against the civil rights movement.
Soon protests began: thousands of young people across the country have been marching. The most common slogan was "Not My President," along with "Dump Trump" and "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Donald Trump go away." But Trump is the victor in the bourgeois elections - always rigged to ensure the selection of a defender of capital - and he isn't going away because thousands or tens of thousands chant it. The slogans showed a yearning for Clinton (sometimes explicit, like numerous signs in New York, "Still Stronger Together"). And they expressed patriotic liberal democratic illusions - the idea that this is "our country" when in fact it belongs to the capitalists.
So the issue is posed: it is urgently necessary to fight back, but how? With right-wing Republicans in control of all three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial) - from the White House to both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court and most state houses - even staid Democratic politicians and pundits are talking about electoral "disaster," "apocalypse" and "resistance." But here there is a fundamental class difference: for working people and the oppressed it is necessary to oppose all parties of capital, to dump both the Democrats and The Donald. So in order to resist, we must first understand what happened, and why.
Ask yourself: would there be this traumatic shock, would there be these mass protests if the Democrat had been elected? Of course not, because for many of those marching, even if they didn't vote for her, Hillary Clinton was in some way a "lesser evil" than the consummately evil Donald Trump. Not so. As the Internationalist Group said on our website, it was "the 'choice' between the candidate most likely to set off a racist pogrom (Donald Trump for the Republicans) and the candidate most likely to start World War III (the Russia-phobic Democrat Hillary Clinton)."
So why was Trump elected? Liberal commentators portray it as simply the victory of rampant racism, particularly of white workers. No one could miss Trump's blatantly racist appeals, and the 50% of voters who voted for him at the very least went along with that. The Ku Klux Klan and various Nazi outfits enthusiastically backed him. But the hard-core racist vote is much smaller - maybe a quarter of the electorate - and has been violently attacking Obama since 2008. Trump also won the votes of better-off middle class sectors (the average Trump voter had a family income of $72,000), as the Republicans generally do.
But what put Trump over the top were the others, residents of rural towns whose youth are leaving because they have no future there, and workers who have seen their industries decimated and their cities devastated. The rage against Washington comes from victims of the 2008 crash and continuing economic depression thrown into permanent unemployment or reduced to part-time jobs at Walmart wages. This revolt by small town America and Rust Belt workers is against "free-trade" policies of both Democrats and Republicans. They are not all racists: in fact, millions of them, 12% of all Trump voters, also voted for Barack Obama. They are victims of capitalism.
To the high-flying "neo-liberal" elite, these are "forgotten people," the residents of "fly-over" country between Wall Street and Hollywood whose money men finance Clinton and Obama Democrats. The arrogant policy wonks of Bill Clinton Inc. see those who voted for Trump as the "losers" in the globalization of "modern" capitalism, while the "winners" are the Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Having lost their jobs, their homes repossessed by the banks, makes them easy prey for demagogues selling the fool's gold of anti-immigrant racism. The fact is that the Democrats pushed millions of workers into the arms of Trump.
The Democratic politicians won't and can't admit this, writing off white blue-collar workers as racist, because it is their policies that are responsible. Liberal pundits like Thomas Friedman who pushed these policies are thrown into despair: "I am in anguish, frightened for my country and for our unity. And for the first time, I feel homeless in America" (New York Times, 9 November). Pseudo-radical leftists who spout theories of "white skin privilege" likewise seek to make white workers responsible for black oppression, when it is this racist capitalist system that profits from dividing white against black workers.
While the "neo-liberal" liberals are in despair, various reformists and liberal "progressives" are arguing that the problem is that Hillary Clinton was the wrong Democratic candidate. They say it should have been Democratic Party "socialist" Bernie Sanders, who posed as a "friend of labor" and in early opinion polls did far better against Trump than friend of Wall Street Clinton. But Sanders (who fulsomely supported Clinton) didn't have a very different economic program because "neo-liberalism" is not a policy it is the current phase of decaying capitalism, in which driving down wages is dictated by the same falling rate of profit that set off the 2008 crash.
Various reformist left groups pushed Green Party candidate Jill Stein, whose eco-capitalist program offered nothing to workers, spelling calamity for steel and coal workers in the name of supposedly fighting climate change. Others put forward their own candidates with a laundry list of illusory demands on the capitalist state (see "Left Green Dream of People-Friendly Capitalism," The Internationalist No. 45, September-October 2016). The Internationalist Group uniquely fought in the unions to break with the Democrats, Republicans and all capitalist parties and build a class-struggle workers party.
This program, supported by the Painters union in Portland, Oregon is what could offer a real answer to Trump demagogy. It should be fought for in the labor movement throughout the country. But now we are going to face the attacks of the triumphant Trump forces, which pose an ominous threat to oppressed sectors in particular. To fight the impending attacks, it is necessary to put forward a program to mobilize the power of the workers movement. If the new regime seeks to reinstitute raids in the urban centers, there should be workers mobilizations to prevent deportations, including blocking them by flooding the area with defenders of immigrant rights.
As violent racist and outright fascist forces are emboldened by Trump's victory, Muslims and Middle Eastern immigrants in particular may be singled out for attack. Class-conscious militants should begin the work now of building workers defense guards, based on the mass organizations of the working class and oppressed, to counter this threat. Police killings of African Americans and Latinos should be met with massive labor mobilizations against police terror, such as that led by the ILWU dock workers in Oakland, California on May Day 2015 (and the example of the Labor Against Racist Police Murder contingent in Portland that same day).
Education workers should prepare to stop any attempt to seize undocumented students and their families. If a school should shut down, and be backed by others, in response to the seizure of an immigrant family, it would send shock waves across the country. And Marxists not only defend the right of free speech and assembly, we stand for the right of black self-defense against racist attacks, in opposition to liberal gun control advocates. In the present atmosphere, African Americans and others would be well-advised to prepare to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
All of these practical steps for resistance against racist reaction on the march can only be a partial answer and point to the ultimate solution: workers revolution. Whether a Donald Trump or a Hillary Clinton (or Barack Obama) is in the Oval Office, the capitalist system will inevitably continue to generate racism, poverty and war. We denounced Clinton's policies in Syria and Ukraine for threatening military confrontation and even full-scale war with Russia. Trump is making nice with Putin, but at the same time threatening trade war and worse against China. As Trotskyists, we emphatically defend the Chinese deformed workers state against imperialist attack.
The upset election of Donald Trump has shocked many opponents of racism, sexism and anti-immigrant chauvinism to the core. It has dealt a body blow to the Clintonite Democratic Party. It has not only thrown the capitalist political establishment into disarray, it has led many to question the whole political structure (including the Electoral College, a bastion of the slavocracy up to the Civil War, due to which Trump can lose the popular vote but still end up president). But what this shock to the body politic poses is not a phony "political revolution" like Bernie Sanders and his acolytes preached, but full-blown international socialist revolution.
That is the answer to Trump ... and to Clinton, the Democrats and all the bosses' parties and politicians!?
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Globalization's New Urban Form?
Edited by John Harrison and Michael Hoyler
Chapter 4: Beyond globalization: a historical urban development approach to understanding megaregions
Alex Schafran
Geographers are no more insusceptible to the cult of newness than fashion designers or gadget heads. Especially for those of us who follow the movements of economic activity or chart changes in urban growth patterns and linkages between places, there is constant temptation to look upon the horizon and declare a particular phenomenon 'new'. Few phenomena have engendered such wide-eyed hysteria, and produced so many tangled neologisms, as globalization; a generally ill-defined uber-force which has somehow made very smart people forget their history. For as the geographer Richard Walker (1996, p. 60) noted during an earlier wave of 'obsession with globalization', not only does a focus on the 'new' often ignore history, it 'runs the risk of erasing geography, setting back the clock to the days of featureless plains in location theory'. The study of megaregions and its variants – from Gottmann's (1961) 'megalopolis' to 'mega-city regions' (Hall and Pain, 2006) and 'megapolitan areas' (Lang and Dhavale, 2005) – is not immune to the conceit of newness either. There is little doubt that the current size and scope of intertwined urbanization is unprecedented – these urban regions are undoubtedly larger than at any time in history, no doubt more complex and have a greater quantity and variety of movements, networks, connections and intertwined spaces. Yet the idea that either large conurbations of interconnected urban activity or sizable polycentric metropolitan regions are somehow entirely new is to ignore more than a century of urban history.
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|The Wig of Why
|Season 1, Episode 18
Production Information
|Air Date
|August 26, 2005
|Storyboard by
|Antonine Guilbaud
|Written by
Antonine Guilbald
|Directed by
|Russell Calabrese
Episode Guide
|Float Trippers
|Prickly Pining Dining
The Wig of Why is the eighteenth episode of season one and the eighteenth episode on the series.
Lazlo turns into "Madame Lazlo", who offers the campers predictions when he finds Ms. Mucus' wig.
Ms. Mucus comes out of a bush. She removes a wig from her head and shakes it. Then, she runs into the water and takes a dive.
Lazlo screams and runs. Clam runs after him and Raj says he's not a juice machine and that he's a robot. They see Miss Mucus' wig and Clam asks, "What is that?" Lazlo commands Raj to pick the wig up, but he says he is a juice machine and not a robot. Lazlo picks it up instead and says that it's a wig. He starts acting like a caveman, a hippie and now he says he is Madame Lazlo.
Lazlo makes a prediction that a water beast will arise out of the water and it comes true, but it's actually just Miss Mucus jumping out of the water. Raj and Clam want Lazlo to predict something again. Lazlo predicts that Samson will be hit by a volleyball and it comes true, too. Then, Edward wants a prediction, but it will cost a smile, but it is a sign of affection and he does not have it for Lazlo.
Raj tells about Lazlo's predictions and the wig. Chip asks what Raj is supposed to be. Raj tells them that he is the wig keeper.
Chip and Skip give him a smile and Raj allows them to enter. They walk over to Lazlo at a tree stump and Lazlo introduces himself and tells them to sit down. Chip tells Lazlo that they are seated. Lazlo already knows about that and Chip and Skip gasp. They tell each other about how Lazlo predicted that they would sit after they did it. They also tell each other that he knows that past and the present.
Ping-Pong is next in line and comes over to Lazlo. He tells him about Dave. Dave tells him that Lazlo can give out predictions. Lazlo predicts that Ping-Pong will become allergic to his predictions, sneezes and leaves. Samson comes in. He says, "Madame Lazlo, I have this problem." He then gets hit with a volleyball again.
The Bean Scouts line up to get predictions from Lazlo and Raj informs Lazlo that he is becoming very popular. He asks, "Who's next?" and Slinkman appears and whispers, "Psst! Madame Lazlo's presence is being requested by a very important but anonymous patron."
We now get to see Lumpus in his cabin and Lazlo says that the cabin is kind of dark. Lumpus tells Lazlo about another scoutmaster's dreams of fame and fortune and asks him to help him. He wants the scoutmaster to get away from his camp as possible and never ever come back. He pays him with a gift with a ballerina dancing, but its eyes fall off.
Lazlo starts to make the prediction and says that he will have to dress up as a ballerina, stand up by the camp's gate at 8 pm and then a chariot of light will turn into fame and fortune.
Lumpus is pleased that his friend will be happy and Lazlo giggles.
Lazlo comes back and says that his wig has worn out. He does not want to make anymore predictions, but he has to make more. He does one for Raj and Clam and predicts that they will be visited by the legendary pink geek. Raj asks, "What's a legendary pink geek?" and Clam replies, "Don't know."
Next, Lazlo comes out of a curtain and everyone cheers for him. Edward gives Lazlo a paper with a smile on it so he'll have a prediction. Lazlo admits that he was just playing a game and it was all for fun. Everyone gasps when he takes off his wig. "You're just saying that to avoid giving me a prediction," Edward responds. Lazlo tells everyone that the wig is fake and the campers tell him about the predictions he made. Everyone starts to demand a prediction after Skip says that Lazlo predicted he would say he was a fake.
"Alright!" Lazlo shouts angrily.
He writes something in a wig containing a prediction that will never happen in many years to prove it was just a game and will reveal it to them tomorrow. The Bean Scouts walk away while Edward wants the wig.
At night in Jelly Cabin, Raj and Clam want Lazlo to tell them about the pink geek, but Lazlo keeps saying no and tells them to go to sleep. Lazlo jumps out of bed and tries to find a place to hide the wig where no one will find it, but there aren't that many good hiding places to put it in, for example, when he went on to Leaky Lake to hide the wig, the campers including two of the Lemmings, Raj, Samson, Chip and Skip were hiding in the water and they all said, "Do you come here often wig?" and Lazlo screams. He digs a hole in the ground, but Samson and the Bean Scouts are hiding in the pile of dirt and they still want the prediction.
Edward asks Lazlo in a strange way, "Okay, Madame Lazlo, but aren't you going to charge me a smile first? A big old smile like this one? Is this smile big enough for you?!" Edward starts to laugh maniacally and continues by asking,
"Now can I have a prediction? Huh? Is that okay? Can I have your prediction now, Madame Lazlo?" He looks in the hat and finds out that he will smile for Lazlo.
He tells everyone that Lazlo is a fraud and they should forget that the whole thing ever happened.
They see Lumpus as a ballerina picking up Miss Mucus's wig and waits for the chariot of light to arrive. The chariot of light is just a police car and Miss Mucus comes out of the window and points at the wig claiming that it's hers. After that, Lumpus runs away from her and Camp Kidney.
- Lumpus's insanity is hinted again. He actually thought Lazlo had psychic powers.
- Goof: In the end credits, the only female character that appeared in the episodes was Miss Mucus. At the credits, if you look closely, Jodi Benson is credited to be the voice of Miss Mucus but is Jill Talley who does her voice!
- When the campers are outside waiting for Lazlo, seven Lemmings can be seen instead of the usual four!
- During one scene where Edward is standing near the hole Lazlo dig, his neck is orange
- When Edward is talking about the prediction at the end of the show while standing at the hole, his neck turns orange for a split second.
- When Clam turns his head to watch Lazlo leave the cabin, his ears turn pink.
- When Edward wants a prediction he draws a smile, but when the smile drops it turns to a frown.
- After Lazlo gives Lumpus' prediction, he takes off his wig. When giving Raj's and Clam's prediction, he puts back his wig with his hat under it. Later, when he takes off the wig later, the hat is gone! It isn't there because when Lazlo writes under the wig, nothing is inside.
- It's revealed that Ms. Mucus is bald. That's why she wears a wig.
- This is the first time Lazlo looked angry and annoyed. Most of the episodes, he is showing optimistic and always happy.
- Predictions Lazlo made up while wearing the wig:
- Raj and Clam - A visit from the legendary pink geek
- Ping Pong - Allergic to predictions
- Chip and Skip - Knowing that they sat down before having the wig covering Lazlo's eyes
- Scoutmaster Lumpus - Dress up as a ballerina and wait for the chariot of light to arrive to whisk him away to fame and fortune
- Edward - Smiling for Lazlo
- Sampson - Being hit with a volleyball.
- Lemmings - Hiccups
- Freddy - Breakfast
- Wilburt - Having his toenails to Grow
- Lazlo (himself) - He's a fake
- The Dance of the Hours music plays at the end of the episode.
- Edward: A smile is for affection which I don't have for you, Lazlo.
- Raj: I am not a robot, I am a juice machine!
- Lazlo: Look, we were just playing a game. (everyone gasps) It was all for fun; the booth, Madam Lazlo, even the wig. (everyone gasps again)
- Edward: Your just saying that to avoid giving me a prediction.
- Raj: Come on, tell us.
- Lazlo: Nope.
- Raj: No one will know.
- Lazlo: Nope.
- Raj: Just give us a peak?
- Lazlo: Nuh-uh!
- Raj: Just a little one...
- Lazlo: NO, RAJ, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT 'UNTIL TOMORROW LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!!!!! NOW GO TO SLEEP!!! (Raj tries to peak in the wig and Lazlo gets up angrily) ALL RIGHT THAT'S IT!!! (leaves)
- Raj: Madam Lazlo?
- Chip: Shampoo and clean rinse.
- Ping Pong: The wig looks lovely in moonlight.
- Samson: Wig's here. Party!
- Bean Scouts: Do you come here often, wig?
- Lazlo: ALLLRRIIGGHHHT!!! Do you want a prediction? I'll give you one to show you how ridiculous your all being. (licks pencil and proceeds to write) I'm going to write something on the inside of this wig. Something that cant possibly come true in a million billion years. (scouts begin to chatter) And I am not letting anyone read it until tomorrow. (puts wig back on) And you'll see that once and for all that all of this is just a game! (everyone leaves)
- Edward: I gotta get that wig.
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"These are the images that have marked me and leave me wondering still" – Kirstin Johnson
Cameraperson's stream of experience filmmaking builds a poetry somewhere almost outside narrative, mixing the rare transcendent quality of Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi, the enticing personal revelations of Jonathan Caouette's Tarnation, the kinetic joy of Vertov's Man With A Movie Camera and the haunted poetry of Alain Resnais' Nuit et Brouillard. Part documentary, part memoir, Cameraperson is crafted from the collective camerawork of Kirstin Johnson's twenty five year long career as a roving cameraperson and international documentary filmmaker.
Consciously picked moments of beauty, disquiet, importance, humour, pain or pure pathos; blend together talking heads documentary style and scene-stealing, far-flung landscape shots. Sometimes we're moved forward or back in time and often we doggedly return to the same subject again and again. One moment we're in Yemen, as Johnson asks a taxi driver to covertly drive by a detention facility for Al-Qaeda prisoners. Next, we're brought inside a Nigerian maternity hospital where a brusquely efficient midwife struggles to keep a newborn infant alive without the necessary medical resources. Then, we meet a forlorn, anonymised young American woman as she attends a women's health clinic and makes the difficult decision of terminating an unwanted pregnancy. It doesn't stop: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kirstin's American homelife, her twin children Viva and Alex, her mother's experience of Alzheimer's.
Cameraperson doesn't work just because of its sheer inventiveness of form, it works because of what we know about human beings and how Johnson interacts with them. Sometimes a gesture alone exposes this; an outtake, shaky camerawork, a hurried removal of a single blade of grass from the frame. The visible exposure of the mechanics of documentary production revealed, all combine to let in a little more awe than our usual measure of carefully constructed documentary film allows. It doesn't always do so precisely but it does so without fear and finds far gentler form than most documentary can muster.
In one scene, Jacques Derrida makes a wry joke likening Kirstin to the old adage of a philosopher falling into a well while staring at the stars. He's crossing a busy Parisian street, as Kirstin, camera focused on her subject, stumbles over the pavement. It's a funny quip but when considering Cameraperson doesn't land, Johnson may have the bigger picture within her grasp but not so much that she fails to see the important minutiae of the everyday, that's almost her obsessive focus here. Cameraperson might even be the documentary equivalent of the backstage musical, like Singing in the Rain when Gene Kelly serenades Debbie Reynolds on a movie set, moving in studio lights, putting on the wind machine and standing in front of a painted backdrop as he announces his love. The deconstruction of the movie set doesn't detract from the emotion of the scene, instead it adds to the audience's understanding of how film is constructed. The assurance offered by this breaks down some indistinct final barrier and gives way to a cinema of pure immediacy.
Johnson has worked as a cinematographer with everyone from Michael Moore (Slacker Uprising) to Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground) to Laura Poitras (Citizen Four, The Oath) but it's Cameraperson's dual sensitivity and grandiosity that makes its cinéma-vérité enterprise so mesmerising. At times, documentary's most practical application even ceases to have meaning, the camera's movement becoming just another aspect of Kirstin's journey from anywhere to anywhere. Along the way we find a bit of truth in the film reels. Not that objective truth exists, but Cameraperson might be close?
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High-performance car tuner John Hennessey is taking his Venom GT sports car--the marriage of a lightweight Lotus two-seater with a ground-pounding V8 from the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1--to this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas.
Hennessey takes the 6.2-liter V8 from the Corvette, adds a pair of turbochargers and sets up the package to crank out 1,200 hp and 1,155 lb-ft of torque. Combined with the chassis from the Lotus Exige, the car weighs in at 2,685 pounds--or 2.2 pounds per horsepower.
Hennessey plans to build just 10 copies of the car per year. The engines are built up at the company shop in Texas, then sent to England to be mated with the car.
The Venom GT also gets Brembo brakes with six-piston calipers front and four-pot rear. The rotors are carbon ceramic. The car will ride on Michelin PS2 tires and have a six-speed gearbox.
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First, the Colonists bought lots of things from England, but England charged them taxes on those things without them having a chance to participate in the government. Sam Adams didn't like that.
Sam Adams didn't like a lot of things. In protest, the Colonists had the least fun tea party ever (which I refer to as the Boston Massacre) at which no tea was actually drunk but defenseless cases of tea were thrown mercilessly into the ocean. At least they got to wear costumes. (Note to self: Next time, have a Boston-Tea-Party-themed tea party?)
After that, some people were like, "Maybe we should be independent, guys." So they all got together for the Continental Congress to decide what to do and how best to stop the continued loss of innocent tea. When they got to the Congress, the Massachusetts reps thought they were the hottest, but they were wrong. The Virginians were the hottest.
The Continental Congress got together a poopload of times. There was a lot of this from South Carolina.
And a lot of this from Massachusetts.
John Adams decided they needed to write down their feelings, so he asked Thomas Jefferson to write a Declaration of Independence.
They liked it!
But they still had to vote on it. Eventually, everyone agreed to declare independence. Then they had to announce to the general populace that they had basically just signed them all up for war.
Then there was a lot of fighting for a couple of years. Luckily for them, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were all in Europe pretty much the whole time.
Not long after that, they all went back to the new independent states. It was time to elect a President. George Washington did not want this job.
But they made him President anyway, because he was the man. His one rule was that he didn't want political parties in his administration. That didn't work out too well.
In the end, President Washington served two terms before stepping down and allowing a new President to be elected. You know those before and after pictures they show of President Obama from 2008 to now? This is what GW looked like before and after his two terms.
That was a rough 8 years, but he made it and so did the rest of the country thanks to our Founding Fathers!
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Every man has the potential to influence his generation
Here is another series on Be an Inspiration. This is a space where I challenge you with inspiring stories of people and communities that are making a difference in the globe. You will see that anyone can make a difference and in truth, you are an inspiration to the world; a light that should spread its passion to others (Spread this message and light the candle of others)
So you have that excellent idea and you create the perfect masterpiece. You design that great product, service or art; you share it to those that you admire for them to acknowledge your work. You want them to sell your solution to the right audience. However, right in your very own eyes, your work gets rejected and you get turned down.
No one likes rejection; it is full of pain and drains self-esteem. It is a frightening experience
So just imagine if you were turned down not just once but 609 times. How would you take such situation? Do you give up and believe that it is meant to be or such situation happens for a reason? What do you do?
This is the situation that occurred in the life of Tom Torro.
Tom had dreamed of a career in the Entertainment industry and to fulfill his goal, he had gone to Film school. However after a period in his life, a shocking revelation came to his subconscious mind; he found out that he had chosen the wrong dream.
With this realization, came the state of confusion; he had come to a point where he had lost purpose on earth and did not know what to do with his life. He became depressed and had to drop out of Film school just to figure out his next direction.
However, faith smiled on him and one day while in a book sale in his hometown, he was re-joined to his long lost world of imagination. By looking at a cardboard and an old stack of magazines, Tom's passion for Cartoons came back to him.
So Tom started drawing Cartoons and sent his work to the New Yorker. However, Tom received his first rejection. Shrugging it off, Tom tried again and sent again by post and he got another rejection again.
Yet Tom kept sending more posts. He would walk from his parent's house to the mail office and mail off dozens of Cartoons which he sketched every week. He sent more posts and got rejection and more rejections. Tom even met the Cartoon Editor of the New Yorker but this did not stop Tom's work from being rejected.
On the 610th drawing, after a year had passed, on Tom's birthday, he went to check his email in his mom's office and he received his success message "Cartoon Sold". Yes! Tom had finally got his Cartoon to be published.
Today, Tom Torro draws regularly for the New Yorker. He succeeded after 609 rejections.
What The Cartoonist Teaches Us About Rejection
1. Adopt the Right Mind-set
There is a wise saying that success is 80% psychology and 20% strategy. Yes this is true. It is your mental capacity that determines your success.
Tom was able to keep going even after so many rejections because he adopted the right mind-set. Tom saw failure and success as a process and not a destination.
It is strange that these times, people see Success and Failure as a destination which is why when a little failure comes by, people go into depression while a little Success makes some people feel that they have reached the peak till they fail eventually.
Have the right mind-set; learn to put situations and challenges in the right perspective. Remember that your life is a process not a destination..
2. Use Rejection as an Opportunity to Get Better
Now there are times when you are the reason for your failure/rejection but there are other times when you are not responsible for such failure or rejection.
However, no matter the situation, do you see rejection as an opportunity to get better or to give up?
Tom did not see himself as one who is not good enough or feel that the rejections were a sign to give up. Instead Tom used rejection as an opportunity to perfect his craft. Having a meeting with the Cartoon Editor was to get feedback and to measure how much progress he had made in his craft. It was a sign to keep getting better.
Let rejection be a data point to make progress…
3. You need to know that Success shortens with time
"I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work." – Thomas A. Edison
Do you think that it takes 610 or 10,000 tries to become successful?
Not necessarily! However, Success becomes exponential.
What I mean is that Success can be shortened with time.
As Tom kept failing, he used the information of his mistakes to get better. Tom became better in his craft in such a way that the rate of rejection reduced completely.
Never see rejection as a destination but as an information to get better at your craft or achieving your goal. As you keep making mistakes and learning, you gather enough information to become a Pro.
Over To You
Now it is your turn, in what way have you used Rejection to become better to achieve your goal or perfect your skill?
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HARRY O: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON -- DVD review by porfle
David Janssen was always good at playing a character who was wounded in some way. His celebrated portrayal of Dr. Richard Kimball in the classic TV series "The Fugitive" showed us a man perpetually devastated by his wife's murder and his exile from society after being wrongly convicted of it. And with his soulful expressions, hesitant half-smiles, and awkward body language, Janssen made us feel his pain.
On a much lighter note, HARRY O: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (Warner Archive, 6-disc DVD) gives us another wounded Janssen protagonist, only this time the injury is more physical than psychological. Former police detective Harry Orwell has been forced into retirement by a bullet lodged near his spine, and now lives in a beachfront cottage in San Diego making his living as a private detective.
But unlike the terminally ill-at-ease Dr. Kimball, "Harry O" allows David Janssen to play an amiably world-weary guy who doesn't really have to give a damn unless he feels like it. He's amusingly grouchy but too softhearted to be a total cynic, with a kind of guarded optimism that keeps him afloat (unlike the battered boat that he's perpetually working to restore). Those who come to him for help will find him loyal and compassionate if they deserve it, and grumpily dismissive if they don't.
The series, which ran for two seasons from 1973-76 (including two pilot movies), is rich in the kind of 70s cop-show nostalgia one expects while being a few notches above the standard Quinn Martin-type product. Harry himself is more wistful and introspective than the usual TV cop of the era, and thanks to his physical condition he sometimes has to stop and catch his breath during an exciting chase scene. Not only that, but with a car that spends more time in the shop than on the road, Harry often arrives at the scene of the crime by bus.
While mainly serious, a wry humor permeates the show even in its darkest moments. Much of it is contained in Harry's gruff voiceovers ("Personally, I don't mind being tailed...if I were ashamed to be seen someplace, I wouldn't go there") while the dialogue is often laced with amusing zingers such as when Harry calls on a woman known for her psychic abilities. "Is she expecting you?" the maid asks at the door. "If she's psychic, she is," Harry answers. Most of the fun comes from Harry's pleasantly abrasive relationship with Lt. Manuel "Manny" Quinlan (Henry Darrow) of the San Diego police and his rookie assistant Sgt. Frank Cole, likably played by future cult actor Tom Atkins.
Although the writing is consistently good, much of the appeal of "Harry O" is simply the chance to hang out with these characters and enjoy watching them go through their paces along with a variety of familiar guest stars of the era. The first regular episode, "Gertrude", is a nifty enough mystery about a highly eccentric woman whose brother is missing from the navy, but seeing the appealing Julie Sommars in the quirky title role is what makes it worth watching.
"Coinage of the Realm" not only gives us the great Kenneth Mars (YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN) but also shows that Dawn Lyn was actually a fairly promising child actress despite the idiotic "Dodie" character she played on "My Three Sons." And speaking of child actresses, Lisa Gerritsen of "Phyllis" fame gets a surprisingly adult guest role in "Ballinger's Choice" as Paul Burke's 16-year-old lover, with Juliet Mills and Tim McIntyre also in the cast.
Episodes 11 and 12 form the season's only two-parter, "Forty Reasons to Kill", which features Joanna Pettet, Craig Stevens, and Broderick Crawford. "The Last Heir" is a delightfully offbeat whodunnit in the Agatha Christie mold, with Harry stranded in a desert hacienda with a family of kooks trying to kill each other over an inheritance. Jeanette Nolan is outstanding as the eccentric millionairess, with Whit Bissell and Katherine Justice lending support.
With episode 15, "For the Love of Money", comes a retooling of the series that finds Harry transported from San Diego to Santa Monica--thus losing co-star Henry Darrow, regretfully--and moving into another oceanfront abode, this time next door to a bevy of beautiful stewardesses! (Which, not surprisingly, brightens Harry's disposition considerably.) Billy Goldenberg's gorgeous cool-jazz musical theme is altered as well, while the opening titles sequence reflects a more action-guy persona for Harry (more running and shooting, less bus travel).
Anthony Zerbe joins the cast as Lt. K.C. Trench, whose relationship with Harry will be alternately friendly and contentious, and Farrah Fawcett debuts in episode 19 ("Double Jeopardy") as a tentative romantic interest for the now inexplicably irresistible Harry. The season's next-to-last episode, "Elegy for a Cop", features the shocking demise of a regular character in one of the season's most serious episodes (penned by series creator Howard Rodman). The final episode in the set, "Street Games", is notable for giving us "Brady Bunch" alumnus Maureen McCormick as a teen drug addict.
Other guest stars featured during season one include Linda Evans, Jim Backus, Cab Calloway, Leif Erickson, Sharon Acker, Charles Haid, Stephanie Powers, Barry Sullivan, Linda Evans, Anne Archer, Gordon Jump, Lawrence Luckinbill, David Dukes, Rosalind Cash, Margaret Avery, James McEachin, Jack Mullaney, Diane Ewing, Marla Adams, Michael Strong, James Olson, Barbara Anderson, Robert Reed, Jerry Hardin, Sharon Farrell, Bernie Kopell, Mariclaire Costello, John Rubenstein, Diana Hyland, Kathleen Lloyd, James Wainwright, William Sylvester, Jack Riley, Lawrence Pressman, Kurt Russell, Ben Piazza, and Karen Lynn Gorney.
The first of two pilot TV-movies for the series--"Such Dust as Dreams are Made On", with Martin Sheen, Sal Mineo, Margot Kidder, Will Geer, and Marianna Hill (Fredo's wife in THE GODFATHER PART II)--is included on disc six, but not the second pilot, "Smile Jenny, You're Dead", which, sadly, is missing here.
Sheen, an extremely familiar television presence at the time, plays Harlan Garrison, the petty thief who shot Harry years earlier during a hold-up and forced him into early retirement. A young Cheryl Ladd appears briefly under her real name, Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor. The frantic motorcycle chase finale, with Harry hightailing it after a fleeing Sal Mineo, would be reused in its entirety for the episode "Elegy for a Cop."
The six-disc DVD set from Warner Archive is in the original full-screen with Dolby mono sound. No subtitles. Picture quality shows its age a bit at times but still looked fine to me, although videophiles will no doubt notice every scratch.
While enjoying respectable ratings during its second season, "Harry O" would nevertheless be cancelled by ABC president Fred Silverman in favor of the jigglier "Charlie's Angels", causing a disillusioned David Janssen to pretty much retire from series TV altogether until his untimely death in 1980. But we're lucky to have two good seasons of "Harry O", the first of which is now preserved in HARRY O: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON for 70s cop show fans to enjoy and wax nostalgic over.
Buy it at Amazon.com
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No medical procedure is ever completely free of risks. However, pneumonectomies have been performed for many years with successful results and limited complications.
Some pneumonectomy complications include but are not limited to:
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The goal of a pneumonectomy is to take out a lung that has a malignant tumor in it. While this lung surgery may take time to recover from, it can help you live longer and feel better. Some of your symptoms may improve after this surgery, but it's important to remember that it may not be a cure. Each person will have different results, depending on the size, type, and location of the tumor, as well as their overall health.
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Thursday, July 27, 2017
So Good to See You
We have been having a GREAT summer, lots of fun on vacation, hanging out with friends and family, staying up late, all good stuff, which translates to not a ton of time for me in the craft room. Yesterday I was really feeling like I wanted to create, so I challenged myself to pull out something I hadn't used in a while and make a quick card.
The something I hadn't used in a while was my Ornate Frames stamps and dies for Neat & Tangled.
I love this set, and I don't use it nearly enough. The frame was stamped with some Altenew inks, I wanted it to really stand out, so I went with a brighter color. To me these frames serve as a type of ephemera piece that might come with a paper collection.
Since I wanted the frame to really pop, I paired it with some more neutral prints, from Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper, and then added a fishtail banner die cut from some Studio Calico paper. To set the banner off from the background, I cut another from black cardstock and offset it at the bottom. To give some emphasis to the top of the banner, I added a bit of washi to the top left corner, and then stitched the two banners onto that yellow striped print with gold thread.
For my sentiment, I used the So Good To See You set, also from Neat & Tangled, and my MISTI. I lined the frame up on the banner where I wanted it, and then used the magnets to hold both pieces in place. The sentiment was stamped first with the frame in place and then without, this allows me to pop the frame up over the banner and have the sentiment align exactly.
A few gold sequins and some black splatter finished this off.
Thanks for coming by, I hope you are having just as great a summer and finding a little time to do some creating as well.
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Karate Issues - Discipline
Help and advice from the Child Protection in Sport Unit
Here are some practical ways for your organisation to help safeguard the children and young people who take part in your activities:
When discipline is used it should be with the clear intention of teaching or reinforcing appropriate behaviour. It must not be used impulsively, to gain power, or to embarrass or humiliate a child/young person.
Discipline should be used only to:
- develop a sense of responsibility for behaviour
- develop respect for others and their property
- reinforce the rules or values of the sport
- reinforce positive behaviour or attitudes
- reinforce awareness of health and safety aspects of the activity.
The use of sanctions is an important element in the maintenance of discipline. The age and developmental stage of the child should be taken into consideration when using sanctions. Sanctions should be fair and consistent and in the case of persistent offence, should be progressively applied. They should never be used to retaliate or to make a coach feel better. The following steps are suggested and should always be used in conjunction with the code of conduct for young people:
- rules should be stated clearly and agreed
- a warning should be given if a rule is broken
- a sanction (for example, use of time out) should be applied if a rule is broken for a second time. The use of green, yellow and red cards are encouraged, irrespective of the sport
- if a rule is broken for the third time the child should be spoken to, and if necessary, the parents/guardians may be involved
sanctions should not be applied if a coach is not comfortable with them. If an appropriate action cannot be devised right away, the child should be told that the matter will be dealt with later, at a specified time and as soon as possible
- a child should not be sanctioned for making errors when s/he is playing
- physical activity (e.g. running laps or doing push-ups) should not be used as a sanction. To do so only causes a child to resent physical activity, something that s/he should learn to enjoy throughout his/her life
- sanctions should be used sparingly. Constant sanctioning and criticism can cause a child to turn away from sport
- once sanctions have been imposed, it is important to make the young person feel s/he is a valued member of the group again
where relevant, some sanctions may need to be recorded and parents informed.


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Special interest politicians are like cancer. Democrats like Mark Strama and Dawnna Dukes, and Republicans like Gerald Daugherty and Mike Krusse want to create a new drivers tax by tolling public highways for the first time in the United States. This ROBIN HOOD Road plan funds Williamson County free roads with toll revenue from Austin's freeway tolls.
Almost two weeks ago, on this Muckraker blog, I pointed out that State Rep. Mike Krusee's personal financial disclosure's fails to describe his sources of occupational income. A violation of Texas law.
On 3/29/06, I filed a formal complaint (Sworn Complaint SC-260399) with the Texas Ethics Commission with the following statements:
- In 2005 Mike Krusee lists Paramount Document retrieval at 550 Westcott, Houston, TX 77007 as his employer and lists "Executive Vice President", yet Secretary of State lists "David M. Hasha" as Vice President.
- In 2004 Krusee listed "Legal Services" as nature of occupation, yet Mr. Krusee is not an attorney, nor does he hold ANY college degree.
- In 2003 Krusee claimed to be self employed and lists "consultant". This limited description hardly describes the "nature of the occupation.
Since this formal complaint, I received a letter dated 4/4/06 from the Texas Ethics Commission stating they have accepted my complaint and they have "jurisdiction over the violation of law alleged in the sworn complaint. The complaint alleges that personal financial statements that you (Krusee) filed fail to properly report your sources of occupational income, including the nature of the occupation, in violation of section 572.023(b)(1) of the Government Code".
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Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. We should avoid using them in formal and academic writing, where it is better to use a verb like 'postpone' than a phrasal verb like 'put off'.
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I have to say that I really admire blonde girls who take the risk and go for yellow clothes. Not all the time this warm color looks good on them. But a confident attitude can turn any outfit into an admirable combination. Take as example these two lovely ladies! As you can see, they both chose to emphasize their stylish dresses by wearing black items that create a solid contrast which pretty much completes the look.
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