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It's probably fair to say these rusks were a large part of the inspiration for Rockhoppin' Recipes. They're everything I love about rustic food – rough, chunky and packed with taste, they're wickedly delicious.
480g cake flour
1½ tsp baking powder
pinch salt
200g bran flakes (roughly crushed)
80g raisins
80g cranberries
80g sultanas
100g pecan nuts (chopped)
½ cup mixed seeds (sunflower, sesame, linseed, pumpkin)
200g brown sugar (Muscavado)
270ml buttermilk
1 jumbo-sized egg
250g salted butter (melted)
1 tsp vanilla essence
- Preheat oven to 180C and lightly grease a large baking tray (I use the oven tray) with butter.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, lightly mix the buttermilk, egg, butter and vanilla essence.
- Add wet to dry ingredients, and hand-mix thoroughly.
- Press mixture onto baking tray, and bake for 50-60 mins until golden.
- Cool in the baking tray, then turn onto a board and cut into rusks.
- Reduce oven temp to 100C, spread rusks onto a large oven rack (or back onto the baking tray, if no rack) and leave in oven for at least 4 hours, turning a few times.
- (*I like to then leave them in the oven overnight [temp off] to dry them out as much as possible.)
- Cool, and then store in an airtight container.
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Sugar- Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Note: I'm not usually one who bakes with Splenda, but I had to make these via a special request on a wedding cupcake order. They turned out pretty good, and they were even better with the Sugar Free Chocolate Frosting!
Prep Time:25 min
Cook Time:15 min
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour (sift, then measure)
1 cup Splenda Granulated (see Tips below)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cupcake tin with cupcake papers.
2. Combine cocoa and boiling water, whisking until blended and smooth; set aside.
3. Combine flour, splenda, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add butter and mix w/ electric mixer until mixture is crumbly.
4. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, milk, cocoa mixture and vanilla. Add 1/3 of the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Beat on low speed w/ electric mixer until blended. Beat at medium speed for an additional 30 seconds until mixture is smooth (scrape down sides of bowl, as needed). Repeat two more times, until all egg mixture has been added.
5. Scoop batter into prepared tins. Fill 10 cupcakes for a fuller cupcake, or 12 for smaller cupcakes.
6. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
*Splenda Granulated is a *no sugar* product that can be used cup for cup to replace sugar in a baking recipe. The product info can be found HERE: http://www.splenda.com/products/granulated
Source: RecipeGirl.com (Adapted from The Secret Recipe Forum)

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paw /ˈpɔ/
Paw n.
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. The hand. [Jocose]
Paw clam Zool., the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
Paw, v. i. To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
Paw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot.
His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. --Tickell.
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n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand,
manus, mitt]
v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"


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FeliciaThe anime version of Felicia is currently clawing her way up the rock star ladder, already having a certain amount of success under her furry belt, and just starting a tour in the human world. Her tour gets off to a rough start and is almost killed by a gang of monks but is saved by Lord Raptor who the gang were also after. As the human/Dark Stalker war grows more intense, she eventually comes across an army of Huitzuls. She fights a few of them but is overwhelmed but she is saved when Jon Talbain intervenes. She is taken in by a human doctor and is later captured by a paramilitary group who have come to destroy the rest of the advancing Huitzuls but the human doctor rescues her. She and Jon Talbain destroy the Huitzuls by taking a train out of town that is rigged with explosives which distracts the Huitzuls away from the town. Felicia and Jon Talbain escape the train before it explodes.
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North Korea has said that it would be ready to launch its controversial Unha-3 long-range rocket as planned.
Space officials allowed foreign journalists a rare chance to see the rocket on Sunday. Reporters said all three stages of the Unha-3 rocket were very visible on the launch pad at the new Tongchang-ri space facility.
Ryu Kum-chol, of the space development department, made an announcement to foreign journalists in a conference in Pyongyang.
"As you have already seen on the 8th of April during your visit to the launch site, the assembly and preparation for the launch is being done. And we've already announced that the launch will happen between the 12th to 16th of April."
A Pentagon spokesman and his South Korean counterpart said both leaders would regard the launch ''as a serious provocation.'' Japan and South Korea have warned they will shoot the rocket down if it threatens their territory. While three Asian airlines, have made changes to flight paths to avoid the rocket.
The launch is due to coincide with the 100th anniversary celebrations of the country's founder, Kim Il-sun.


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Excitement abounds, for the day has come for you to fulfill your dream of owning your own home! This is a wonderful time but it can also be a very stressful time in your life. It's easy to get overwhelmed and confused in the tumultuous sea of paperwork, hidden details, and legalese that is the process of buying a home. Fortunately, there are professionals particularly real estate agents, to help you through this process. Here's a quick and dirty guide to getting yourself ready for buying a home.
First and foremost, take your time. A lot of home buyers will spot a home they like and feel like they have to make an offer right away. Do not fall into this trap! This is a major, life-changing decision and probably the biggest financial investment you'll ever make in your entire life. Sit down, lean back, relax, and take your time. Shop around, look at other houses, look at mortgages and homeowner's insurance. Never make any hasty decision when it comes to real estate.
Secondly, be aware of what you need in your home. Take a moment and make a list. Take stock of the things you need now, the things you will need later, and what things you really don't need. Buying a single family home, you'll need to remember to leave a little room to grow to accommodate the growing family. If you have or want pets, particularly a dog, consider a fenced-in yard. If you have a cat, a yard's not so important, unless it's something you want for yourself. Write up a list and really get into the nitty-gritty of what you really need your home to have, not just right now, but in five years or so.
One of the most important aspects of buying a home, however, is doing your homework. Remember that this is one of the biggest decisions you'll ever make in your life, so it pays to do your due diligence. Never take anything at face value, no matter how nice the seller might be or how clean the house looks. The seller might not even be aware of some problems lurking within the house, so don't be suspicious that they're trying to cheat you. It's not an "us versus them" situation, it's just good sense to get all the information you can about the house. As such, always hire a professional house inspector and get a full report on the home. If any problems are discovered, you can bring them to the seller. Most of the time, the seller will offer to have the problems fixed before closing, or will knock the price down accordingly.


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Emperor of the Daleks (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
The Dalek Emperor or Emperor Dalek was the supreme ruler of the Dalek Empire, commanding the Dalek race and the planet Skaro.
History Edit
Dalek Prime Edit
According to some sources, one of the first Daleks, who exterminated Davros and proclaimed the Daleks' future victory over the universe, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) assumed the role of Dalek Prime (later Dalek Emperor) and would continue to act as the Emperor throughout Dalek history. In this source, it was claimed the Dalek Prime was the ancestor for millions of Daleks, and was responsible for the progress the Dalek race on the whole had made in their quest for supremacy. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)
The Golden Emperor Edit
- Main article: Golden Emperor
According to another, the Daleks were originally a race of blue humanoid men. One of them, a scientist Yarvelling, created a "machine" as a weapon. After asteroids caused the eruption of neutronic weapons owned by the Daleks, those caught in the blast were mutated.
The only humanoid Dalek survivors of the war, Yarvelling and the warlord Zolfian, emerged from hiding and encountered the machine that Yarvelling had built being occupied by one of the mutants. As they died from radiation poisoning, they agreed to make more machine cases for the mutated Daleks. The original Dalek was built a new casing after declaring itself the Emperor, made of Flidor gold, quartz and Arkellis flower sap. The Golden Emperor[1] was slightly shorter than the other Daleks, with a disproportionately large spheroid head section rendered in gold rather than grey. It also had three globes on each panel, unlike other Daleks. (COMIC: Genesis of Evil)
The Emperor within the Dalek City Edit
The next known incarnation of the Emperor remained in an enormous, immobile, conical shell plugged into a corner of the control room in the Dalek City on Skaro. It was connected to the wall by tubes, and spoke in an echoing voice.
This Emperor tried to win the wars by blackmailing the Second Doctor. He ordered the Daleks to capture the Doctor so that they could force him to conduct research into the Human Factor. This would unlock the secrets of the Dalek Factor which was to be spread throughout all areas of human history, giving all humans the mentality of a Dalek and preventing the Great War from ever happening. He was seemingly destroyed by a civil war between humanised Daleks and un-altered Daleks. However, a light was seen blinking on its casing at the end, indicating some kind of activity. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks)
Shortly after this, the Emperor met Bernice Summerfield, whom the Emperor questioned on why the Civil War had occurred. (AUDIO: The Lights of Skaro)
23d century Emperor Edit
One Dalek Emperor ruled Skaro in 2254. It possessed a bronze-coloured casing with a bulbous head and large cannon-like gunsticks. Allied with Davros rather than opposed to him, the Emperor presided over a short-lived Dalek invasion of Earth which was put to an end by the Seventh Doctor. Shortly after the failure of the invasion, the Doctor was sent to Skaro by the Time Lords to retrieve a sacred Time Ring stolen by Davros, and, facing the Emperor, caused its destruction with his screwdriver. (GAME: Dalek Attack)
The Upstart Edit
An Emperor Dalek was usurped by Davros, who referred to it as "the upstart". (COMIC: Nemesis of the Daleks, Emperor of the Daleks!)
Davros as Emperor Edit
Davros was made the Emperor of the Imperial Dalek faction of the Daleks during the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War. He was encased in a customised Dalek casing with a round dome top which could open and close, his body below his head and shoulders covered in a mass of tubing and cables, implying he had greatly deteriorated physically. He was last seen heading for an escape pod just before his ship was destroyed in the wake of the supernova (set off by the Hand of Omega) that consumed Skaro. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) Later, Davros' increasingly unstable mind was obliterated by a totally Dalek personality, that of the Emperor. This new Emperor took command of Davros' Daleks and departed. His casing kept the top half of his Imperial Dalek dome but combined with the lower head section of the Dalek Emperor fought by the Second Doctor. (AUDIO: Terror Firma)
Emperor of the Dalek Empire Edit
When the Daleks launched an invasion of the Milky Way from the Seriphia Galaxy, the Dalek Emperor was in command. While it successfully conquered much of the galaxy, its real goal was Project Infinity. It intended to summon Daleks from another reality. When those Daleks turned out to be appalled by genocide, the Emperor was captured by the Earth Alliance (AUDIO: "Death to the Daleks!", Project Infinity) but transmitted its consciousness into a human, Susan Mendes, to continue the war. (AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter One) It erased her consciousness and intended to use her form to con the galaxy into lowering its guard; however, a psychic trap caused the remnants of Mendes to awaken and trigger the destruction of all Dalek technology, removing the Emperor from its human host. (AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Four)
During the Time War Edit
The Emperor in his original form resided in Kaalann on Skaro. (GAME: City of the Daleks) He formed the Cult of Skaro, a group above and beyond the Emperor himself, created to "think as the enemy thinks" and "imagine" new ways to find victory. (TV: Doomsday) During the early part of the War he was informed by the Dalek Time Strategist about Project Revenant. Romana II tried to convince him to stop the war as it would involve both sides being destroyed as a result. (AUDIO: Desperate Measures)
Because of the Master's activation of the Heavenly Paradigm, the Emperor took control of the Cruciform. (TV: The Sound of Drums, AUDIO: The Heavenly Paradigm) Towards the end of the War, the Emperor oversaw the creation of the Eternity Circle, and was present when they created the Temporal Cannon to use against the Time Lords. (PROSE: Engines of War) When Skaro was devastated, the Emperor was thought to have been killed. (GAME: City of the Daleks)
The Dalek Emperor was aboard his saucer flagship when the first thirteen incarnations of the Doctor moved Gallifrey to a pocket universe on the last day of the Time War. The assembled Dalek fleet ended up firing on itself through the space Gallifrey once occupied (an event which was presumed to have been the activation of the Moment) (TV: The Day of the Doctor); as such, the Emperor was believed to have died with the rest of his species, but this was a mistake. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
Surviving the Time War Edit
The Emperor's lone ship barely survived the Time War, falling through time in a heavily damaged state. The nine-metre tall Emperor's new bronze casing had the appearance of its mutant revealed floating in a transparent tank of liquid, topped by a giant-sized Dalek dome, complete with eyestalk, flanked by panels of armour dotted by Dalek "bumps" with a ring-shaped "throne" on the bottom. He went into seclusion at the edge of the Solar system "damaged but rebuilding" during the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Circa 199,909, he secretly installed the Jagrafess aboard Satellite Five to play the "long game" of slowly manipulating humans and re-establishing the Dalek species and fleet. A hundred years after the Jagrafess was killed, in the year 200,100, the Emperor was still using Satellite Five (now renamed the "Game Station") to manipulate humanity and conceal his fleet. (TV: Bad Wolf) The Emperor secretly used transmat technology aboard the space station to kidnap humans for nearly two hundred years. The kidnapped humans were harvested for their genetic material, and "one cell in a billion" was used to rebuild a new race of Daleks (TV: The Parting of the Ways) numbering roughly half a million aboard a fleet of 200 ships. (TV: Bad Wolf) Because the Emperor had recreated the Dalek race, he saw himself as a god and immortal and so was worshipped by the new Daleks. These and other religious concepts such as blasphemy were new to Dalek psychology. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
The Emperor's pawn aboard Satellite Five, the Controller, hated her masters and transmatted the Ninth Doctor aboard the Game Station to help defeat them. (TV: Bad Wolf) When he encountered the Emperor and his new religiously fanatical Daleks, the Doctor surmised that they were driven insane both because they isolated themselves for so long, but also because they were in denial of the fact that they were part human. The Daleks killed almost everyone aboard Satellite Five, and they attacked Earth, bombing millions of people, to transform it into the Emperor's "temple". Shortly afterwards, the Doctor turned down his chance to use an uncalibrated delta wave to destroy all nearby life, human and Dalek alike. The Emperor thought he was victorious, but he and his entire fleet were atomised by Rose Tyler after she had absorbed the energies of the time vortex and became the Bad Wolf temporal paradox. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
Emperors of the New Paradigm Edit
When the New Dalek Paradigm went back to the ruined Skaro, they created a new Emperor Dalek, reusing the shell of the old one, albeit with new paint. His blue colouring suggests he was a Strategist Dalek, had ties to that role or was the mastermind of all of the Daleks' plans for universal conquest. When the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond travelled back in time to when Skaro was devastated and before the new Daleks arrived with the Eye of Time, they erased the Daleks' alterations and Kaalann was left abandoned. The new Emperor was never created as a result. (GAME: City of the Daleks)
When the New Dalek Paradigm took control of Earth in 2106, they were led by a new Emperor Dalek. This Emperor was different from the Time War Emperor, as it was coloured purple, was able to form a sphere and its weaponry was much larger. This new Emperor wanted to completely change time by using a piece of the Eternity Clock, and remove Gallifrey from existence; the Daleks would then become the new Lords of Time. The Eleventh Doctor and River Song were able to remove the piece of the Eternity Clock from the Dalek's possession, foiling the Emperor's plans and undoing the Dalek invasion of Earth. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)
The Daleks later established a Parliament which took decisions for the whole of Dalek-kind under the leadership of a Prime Minister. When the Eleventh Doctor and his companions were summoned to the Parliament's ship, no Emperor was in evidence. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
Undated Emperors Edit
A Dalek Emperor composed Operation Divide and Conquer, the plan to send the Master to divide the humans and Draconians in 2540, and gave him a squad of Ogrons to complete his task. (AUDIO: The Dalek Conquests)
Alternate timeline Edit
In an alternate timeline, the Dalek Emperor placed his mind into a Thal and travelled back in time to warn the Daleks of a great catastrophe that would devastate their race. He realised he had caused the alternate timeline and prevented it, thus erasing himself from existence. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase)
Other references Edit
The Sixth Doctor objected to Jack Harkness marrying Callista while posing as him, likening the situation to a marriage with the Dalek Emperor. Jack countered by pointing out that the Doctor was still fighting the Daleks, and used a hypothetical romance with Davros to taunt him. (AUDIO: Piece of Mind)
Personality Edit
As the supreme ruler of the Daleks, the Emperor showed a very domineering attitude, barking orders with confidence, and had perhaps the most individual personality of his species. Like all Daleks, he was very racist towards other species and believed in the superiority of his race above all else. The Emperor who encountered the Ninth Doctor used very degrading and infuriating terms when discussing how it had recreated the Dalek race following the Time War's end, and unlike other Daleks it didn't care about being descriptive of what happened to the humans to create its new army. This act brought about the most profound change in his mindset and personality, as it caused the Emperor to think of himself as an immortal god, with his "brethren" (creations) worshipping him as such. Because of this, he arrogantly believed he couldn't be hurt, which led to his demise. The Emperor was very deluded about its Dalek race, claiming it had "cultivated pure and blessed Dalek", and called Rose Tyler's statement that they were half human blasphemy, when in fact he himself was the only pure Dalek present. Unique among Daleks, the Emperor was one of the few Daleks to display a sense of humour, as he playfully chided the Ninth Doctor when the latter was threatening to use a Delta Wave to destroy him, saying he'd enjoy to see the Doctor become just like him, "The Great Exterminator". Having dealt with him in the past and witnessed his capabilities, the Emperor notably did not underestimate the Doctor's intellect and acknowledged the fact that his old enemy had nearly destroyed the Dalek race at the end of the Time War. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
In an alternate timeline, the Dalek Emperor, possessing Ganatus' body, listened to the Fifth Doctor not to change the past and he and the Mutant Phase were erased from existence. (AUDIO: The Mutant Phase)
During the invasion of Mutter's Spiral, the Dalek Emperor showed an interest in Susan Mendes and Project Infinity. He told the Supreme Dalek that they were the only ones with access to the Kar-Charrat information and would kill her only on his command. (AUDIO: Invasion of the Daleks, The Human Factor, Project Infinity)
When the New Dalek Paradigm rebuilt Kaalann and altered time with the Eye of Time, a blue Dalek Emperor recognised the Eleventh Doctor and declared the Daleks would be the masters of time and the universe. He told the Doctor that he would not take orders and asked the Doctor to fear the Eye of Time. The Dalek Emperor told him and Amy that the Daleks were the new Time Lords and ordered the Daleks to stop them when they jumped to the Eye. (GAME: City of the Daleks)
A purple Dalek Emperor led the New Dalek Paradigm's invasion of Earth in 2106 using a piece of the Eternity Clock. He declared that the Eleventh Doctor's era would end and that the Time Lords were no more. The Dalek Emperor told the Doctor that Gallifrey would never exist. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)
Behind the scenes Edit
Invalid sources Edit
According to the non-narrative material The Dalek Handbook, the Emperor in the Dalek City actually survived the Great Civil War and would revamp the Dalek command structure, as well as focus his strategies on rewriting the Dalek timeline. This would suggest that other, chronologically-later appearances of the Emperor are still the same Dalek Emperor from The Evil of the Daleks, despite his apparent demise in that story.
A Dalek Emperor (identical in voice and appearance to the one in The Parting of the Ways, though it is not confirmed to be the same individual) acts as a secondary villain in LEGO Dimensions, where he is voiced by Nicholas Briggs. In the video game's story, he is unaware that some of his Daleks have been recruited by Lord Vortech to aid him in his conquest of the multiverse, but he is aware of mysterious happenings involving cross-dimensional travel, and has acquired one of the Keystones for himself (the Scale, which allows him to enlarge or shrink himself and other Daleks at will). Believing the goings-on to be the fault of the Twelfth Doctor, he captures the game's protagonists, Batman, Wyldstyle and Gandalf, to try and find out the Doctor's plans, but ends up getting shrunk to mouse-size by the Scale at the end of the ensuing boss battle. The iteration used by Davros in Remembrance of the Daleks appears in a DLC level, and the iteration seen in The Evil of the Daleks appears in a secret area in a level pack themed off The Goonies.
Other mattersEdit
- Similar to Dalek Supreme/Supreme Dalek, the terms "Dalek Emperor" and "Emperor Dalek" are used interchangably across media. "Dalek Emperor" is used in The Sound of Drums, while "Emperor Dalek" is used in Remembrance of the Daleks, Nemesis of the Daleks, City of the Daleks and Night Terrors. The Evil of the Daleks simply used the term "Emperor", while the Ninth Doctor identifies the "Emperor of the Daleks" in The Parting of the Ways.
- Depending on the player's progress, "Dalek Emperor" is a potential rank for the Metaltron to attain in the video game NOTVALID: The Last Dalek.


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Ethical Lapse by Chief Kirkpatrick?
Posted by Arroyoribera on August 15, 2007
(Update — September 10, 2007 — The website for Mike Worley's business, Police Practices Consulting, was changed on September 5, 2007 . The "testimonial" page was removed and replaced with a client's page. Chief Kirkpatrick's testimonial was removed and replaced with a red dot representing the $8,800 tax-payer financed report contracted with Worley and his company by Spokane Mayor Hession. Under the column labeled DISPOSITION, it reads "settled". Does that mean that the portion of Worley's report dealing with the Otto Zehm killing has been revisited by Worley and completed. According to the October 26, 2006 edition of the Spokesman-Review, Worley's report summary states, "A subsequent report will be released addressing the Zehm case when all investigative materials have been completed and reviewed." In the Zehm case, a Spokane Police officer was the lead investigator of his seven Spokane Police colleagues. Worley recommended that practice end and that an outside agency always have the lead in such investigations.)
Is it ethically acceptable for Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick to provide a testimonial on the business website of police consultant Mike Worley?
I doubt that Mayor Hession expected the Chief to do such a thing when he hired Worley and his consulting firm, Police Practices Consulting LLC, in July 2006 to review the SPD/Firehouse sex photo scandal, the Otto Zehm homicide, and the Civilian Advisory Commission.
And I am sure the public will consider it highly questionable.
Worley promotes himself as a national expert on police matters and conducts "independent reviews" for police departments, attorneys and journalists.
In October 2006–in the wake of years of scandal and controversy surrounding the conduct of Spokane police officers and administrators–Worley submitted his report on the Spokane Police Department. Subsequently, scandal has continued with further killings of citizens by Spokane Police officers, acts of brutality against citizens practicing free speech and civil liberties, officer misconduct on and off the job, and the recent botched tasering of a suicidal man who jumped to his death from the Monroe Street Bridge.
According to Worley's report, "A subsequent report will be released addressing the Zehm case when all investigative materials have been completed and reviewed."
As of today, to my knowledge, that subsequent report by Worley is still pending. Is Worley still under contract to the city of Spokane?
In either case, what is Chief Kirkpatrick doing scratching Worley's back with her testimonial on his website?
Quoting the Worley's Police Practices Consulting, LLC, website:
"[Mike Worley's] review, I think, has been thorough, it has been independent, it has been complete, and it has been fair."
— Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Spokane Police Department
As a matter of fact, Worley's review is NOT complete. He stated that he would not proceed to investigate the Otto Zehm matter until the FBI investigation and other investigations of the matter were completed and that a subsequent report would be forthcoming following the closure of those investigations.
Will Worley be able to be thorough, independent, complete, fair, ethical and honest after Chief Kirkpatrick has lent herself and her obligation to the people of Spokane to promoting Mr. Worley's business interest?
Another curious twist is that Spokane seems headed towards a Boise-type police oversight system involving an Ombudsman and staff. Interestingly, Worley worked 32 years for the Boise PD, including as head of internal investigations and of criminal investigations, and was there when the Boise Ombudsman system was developed.
Mike Worley, of course, is part of the Thin Blue Line. Like Chief Kirkpatrick, he too was a chief, for two years in Meridian, Idaho.
And now he's down in Blue Grass country, Louisville, Kentucky with his consulting business. Meanwhile Chief Kirkpatrick came out of Memphis, the home of the Blues. Law enforcement is a tight group and everywhere you look in this one it just all keeps coming up blue.
This entire proposition requires a whole lot more trust than the Chief or any employee of the Spokane Police Department deserves.
So one has to ask: Has the pending Worley report on the Zehm debacle been suspended indefinitely or canceled permanently? Will Worley essentially become an informal consultant to the Chief regarding how to manage a meddlesome, independent Ombudsman, if that is the model Spokane adopts?
Clearly as far as the Spokane Police Department, the Prosecutor's Office and City Hall go, Otto Zehm is dead. Dead and buried and never to be exhumed. Case closed.
However, that is not the desire of the people of Spokane who intend to commemorate his death next year with the type of protest and commemoration which he has not received to date.
In any civilized city in the country, no, in the world, a wall of flowers, candles, and sympathy cards would have lined the street where he was beaten, tasered, hog-tied, suffocated, and killed by Spokane's finest on March 18, 2004.
We owe it to Otto Zehm and the list of those killed by the SPD under questionable circumstances and those criminally killed by the SPD to demand the following:
1) A clear conclusion to the Otto Zehm investigation and all reports and analysis of that matter;
2) The implementation of a legitimate and independent police oversight mechanism and NOT the current moribund and fraudulent Citizens Advisory Commission;
3) An end to investigations of the Spokane Police Department by the Spokane Sheriff's Office; and
4) Independent investigation, prosecutions, autopsies and inquests in all cases of killings by Spokane Police personnel or misconduct by Spokane Police personnel where it is determined appropriate by a legitimate independent oversight mechanism.
And with that, we return to where we started:
Is it ethically acceptable for Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick to provide a testimonial on the website of Police Consultant Mike Worley's business?


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Just a quick Terminal Heist Update :
- We are officially in Beta and we are getting very close to launching 1.0. Next step after we get a few bugs fixed is to get the game greenlit in Steam. We have server side processing working, and it can be turned on to prevent map stealing cheating. However, it is turned off at the moment.
- We have finally launched the mobile versions of Terminal Heist. The game is available in both the Apple and Android and is free to play.
- Lastly we have a pretty neat feature called the TH Editor. It's based on Castle Draft, thanks much to Tom L. for sharing the Castle Draft code with us. Our editor has some pretty advanced features : cut, paste, copy and diff regions. You can log into your account and push and pull maps to the live game (there is currently a bug in there that I hope to fix today that if you don't finish a self-test inside of the 1 minute server flush you will die, so be careful with this feature on a big account until I announce the issue as fixed). Lastly, you can test your maps in the server editor, by hitting the TEST button. It's not perfect graphically, but it's good enough to allow you to sanity check a trap's mechanics, in a consequence free environment. This feature is currently free (as is the whole game right now). However, eventually this feature will probably be a for pay feature, so enjoy it now while it's free : https://server.terminalheist.com/editor
- cullman
yes yes yes, great work cullman, i'm still busy with work, but i hope i can make an house soon
can't wait to see the game back to the old glories
Current Incarnation: none
Previous Houses: Ticking Nightmare - Luna's Park - Hightower Mansion - Chang's Place
We fixed the issue with pushing in the editor, so that should work right now. In beta I'm letting people push any house regardless of how much money they have, once we get more players we are gonna lock that down. Once we get the trailer done we are gonna start doing some advertising.
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Commenting on the decision by API and GMA to appeal the E15 case to the Supreme Court, Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, said:
"Good luck with that. We now know why gas prices keep going up and up – to fund unnecessary Big Oil lawsuits to protect their monopoly on the fuel market. I wonder if food prices will spike as well to cover the cost of this Supreme Court challenge?"


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Guest: Forbes Editor – Matt Schifrin. The Disciplined Investor's First Annual BESPy Awards Part 1 – Blogs, Education, Software and Podcasts are reviewed. In Part 1, we talk with Matt about Forbes' Best of Web list. Next week we go "live" to the BESPy Awards. Stay tuned to find out who wins a coveted TDI BESPy. Focusing on investments and finance, the categories include: Blogs, Education, Software and Podcasts.
Matthew Schifrin is vice president and editor of Forbes Newsletter Group and Editor of Forbes.com's Personal Finance Channel. Schifrin is also a Senior Editor at Forbes Magazine and a 23-year veteran of Forbes. During his career at Forbes he spent time as an investigative feature writer covering financial services and corporate strategies. Schifrin has also been editor of Forbes stock market column, now called Makers & Breakers. In 1999 Schifrin launched and edited Forbes Best of the Web, which has reviewed and rated thousands of Web sites. As Vice President & Editor of Forbes Newsletters, Schifrin manages over 35 premium investment newsletters published and marketed via Forbes including Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, Forbes ETF Advisor, The Prudent Speculator, Forbes International Investment Report, Forbes Wireless Stock Watch and Forbes Growth Investor.
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Making-Of Video No. 5 of »Alice – A Journey to Wonderland«
Premiere: 8th of June 2019 at Semper Zwei
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In my last post, I wrote about how ungodly terrible pregnancy has been, but I also wrote about how amazingly grateful I am that my little one is alive, healthy and is perfectly on track development wise. What else could any woman ask for?
When I found out I was pregnant, I immediately stopped consuming anything and everything that I even thought could be dangerous until I met with my doctor at eight weeks. Prior to confirming I was pregnant, since we had decided to start trying, I stopped drinking, besides the occasional drink at dinner, and I cut way back on my coffee consumption. So when I found out I was pregnant, it wasn't hard for me to give up these things. No more alcohol, no more coffee, no more medications that weren't safe, no more deli meat. Nothing. It was probably the deli meat that was hardest for me, because, well, who doesn't LOVE sandwiches??? Don't get me wrong though, there are times where I really wish I could have a drink, or a cup of coffee (really I am allowed a cup of coffee a day, but decided it would be healthier to just cut it out completely). There are also things that I love that I can't have because of the danger to baby, poke for example, I love poke, it's about the only raw fish I eat, but that isn't in my diet currently and it kills me! Especially since all these new poke restaurants are opening up everywhere. Brie, I love brie, but soft cheeses aren't safe, so no brie, no ricotta, no feta, no queso fresco. No caesar salad dressing, no salad dressing at all really because you never know which brand or restaurant uses raw egg yolks. That also cuts out any type of mayonnaise (not huge, replaced it with avocado!). This list of things I am not allowed to have could really go on forever.
For twenty weeks now, I've been without things I love to eat, either for baby's health and safety or because of an aversion. Even through cravings, I have never once caved, I found ways to cope. Deli meat is only dangerous because of the way it is packed and how long it can sit around, it has a bacterial risk, so you heat it well, or you go to Subway and have it toasted (both ways my doctor approved), same with cheeses. When I first found out, I would give in occasionally and have a small cup of regularly brewed coffee until it no longer phased me to not have it. As far as alcohol goes, I have not touched it. Same goes for the medications I know I can't have.
What kills me, is how some of the women in this world find it so terrible that they have to give up things because they are pregnant. The number of postings about people asking for advice on if they can have a glass of wine if they want… or a cigarette occasionally is just mind blowing. Then the debate begins (I stay out of it, just tend to read through them) on whether or not one glass of wine every few days could cause problems, whether fetal alcohol syndrome disorders can be caused by the occasional drink.
All I can think while reading these is, is it really worth it? I know some of these women's pregnancies are unplanned, but the majority seem to be planned and to knowingly risk your baby's health is just so beyond my comprehension. There is obviously some leeway here if you had a drink or two before you found out, but after you know, why risk it? Is alcohol really more important than the baby you are solely responsible for taking care of?
The part that really kills me, is the insensitivity these women have. For the first twelve weeks, it seemed there were one or two posts of women who lost their babies. It has dwindled down, but there are still posts every so often of women whose baby's heart stopped beating. It just makes me think, is that one glass of alcohol really worth it? When so many women are left devastated and you are worried about having a glass of wine with dinner? Or a cigarette every now and then… I can understand slipping when it comes to food, having a sandwich, or having salad dressing…
…but is alcohol really more important than your baby?


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There are so many fun and exciting techniques that you can use to make a plain ring into an extraordinary work of art! Becky Nunn, the founder of Nunn Design, shows you how to drill into the beautiful new Nunn Design hammered pewter rings and add your own beaded adornments with wire! Follow our step-by-step tutorial below to learn how to make this stunning piece, or download the instruction pdf!
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Nunn Design Hammered Ring in sizes 6, 7 or 8
Nunn Design Beadcap 6mm Petal
Headpin or Balled Headpin
Optional: 1 foot of 22-Gauge wire
Drill & Oil (I used my husband's drill with a 1/16" drill bit)
Ring Mandrel or a broom handle. Something to keep your nice round ring supported.
Hole Punch Pliers 1.25mm
The Nunn Design Hammered Rings are marked with the size on the inside of the ring's shank. You will want to drill and wire wrap your items on the opposite side of the ring shank, allowing the mark to remain visible.
To prevent from having your drill bit slide all over the ring's surface when you begin to drill, create a small divot into the ring with your 1.25mm hole punch. Just press down ever so slightly to create a small mark.
TIP: The truth of the matter is you probably could punch a hole right into the ring shank with just using the 1.25mm Hole. One of the reasons I didn't just show this in this tutorial is because I was nervous that it would damage the shape of the ring and potentially cause cracking of the pewter and plating. BUT, when I actually did this tutorial, I didn't have this happen (go figure). After several attempts to make it look really bad, I mean, really squeezing hard, I did make it "flange-out" a wee bit. If you were covering up with a bead, this would be no big deal.
Moving onto the tutorial I was supposed to be talking about…How to "DRILL". Once you have a small divot on your ring, thread your ring onto a surface that will provide the round ring shape with stability while drilling. This could be a wooden broom handle or a ring mandrel if you have one. I wrapped my ring mandrel with a rag so that I wouldn't drill through onto my mandrel and potentially mark it.
This is my husband's drill and I promised him I'd use oil prior to drilling. Since I more than likely will want to use it again in the future, I thought I better do what he asked.
Place your drill bit into the small mark you created in Step 2. Hold the drill so the drill bit is aiming straight down into your ring and start to "pull the trigger" pressing slightly. No need to go too fast or to press too hard. Just take your time. You will feel the tension of the drill lighten up when you have drilled through.
Take a look at your hole on the inside of the ring. If the hole is slightly rough, use your Flush Cutter Pliers to trim away any extra bits you might have in there. You will be wire wrapping the ring, so there will be a buffer next to the skin, but it is good to check.
Thread your bead cap and bead onto your headpin. Thread the headpin through your hole in the Hammered Ring.
This is hard to show, but just start to wrap your headpin around the ring. First go to one side of the bead and then the other side of the bead. I like to use my needle nose pliers to pull the wire tight as I'm wrapping.
I used a wide holed pearl bead for this ring, so I was a little concerned that it could be a wee bit "wobbly." To give the ring additional strength, I used some additional 22-gauge wire to wrap around the ring and pearl.
I like to make things all nice and tidy with my needle nose pliers (even though the messy look is so "in"). Use your pliers to scrunch and flatten the wire on the inside of the ring.
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Harper Lee celebrated her 88th birthday by announcing (through her publisher, HarperCollins) that she has agreed to allow her only novel, 1960's Pulitzer-winning To Kill A Mockingbird, to be released in official e-book and digital audiobook form. Lee joins the ranks of several other technology-averse authors who've recently relented and allowed their much-beloved works to have an electronic form (both J.K. Rowling and Ray Bradbury made similar moves in 2012). The reclusive author has been in the news quite a bit in the last year as the lawsuit she filed alleging her literary agent stole the book's copyright from her was resolved last fall, and her complaint against her local Monroeville, Alabama historical museum was settled earlier this year.
In her statement, Lee admits she's "old-fashioned" and still prefers "dusty old books and libraries," but that it's time To Kill A Mockingbird was available for a new generation. The e-book version will be available July 8, so these screen-loving youngsters can learn "simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win" just in time for a new school year. Besides, people don't make nearly enough Boo Radley jokes these days.
With the addition of To Kill A Mockingbird to the digital library of American classics, that just leaves J.D. Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye as the last remaining ultimate "get" for some enterprising digital publisher.


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In a previous post called What Comments Would You Say?, I shared a story that a boy in my class had written. After posting it here a number of fabulous people (thank you!) left comments. I shared these comments with my young and now 'famous' author (well at least in the eyes of our school) and he was truly impressed as were his classmates.
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Volume 44 Number 17
Appetite: Hoist your stein for Beer Week
Food-and-drink spots, deals, events and news
All together now
Citay makes a mighty big noise. Plus: NOMO, Clipd Beaks, Do Make Say Think, and Thee Oh Sees
Total charity blasts! The nightlife community pulls out the big guns for Haiti
Marijuana goes mainstream
Take a tour of the Bay Area's best cannabis clubs, which are proving that prohibition is the problem, not pot
Doom and decay
The slow and stoned sound of Saint Vitus — born too late, or too early?
Sound effects
Mincemeat or Tenspeed put the pedal to the mettle
Welcome to violence
Madlib, now in his hardcore phase, hands out sonic pamphlets like a prophet of doom
Buzz kill
A petition is filed to regulate the movement -- and destruction -- of nonlocal, commercially reared bumblebees
Potrero punk power
Power threesome Dadfag makes things sink and make sense
Scraping bottom
Muni plans for layoffs, fare hikes, and service reductions meet with resistance
Do make drone
Thirty years of Big City Orchestra's bent circuits, Beatlerape, and popcorn sounds
Editor's Notes
Why so many people are so mad at the Obama administration — and why we shouldn't panic
Mockumentary, true love
The joys of Waiting for Guffman -- and an upcoming afternoon with Fred Willard
The problem with Tasers
A Taser should be treated like any lethal weapon, and used only when deadly force would be authorized
Queer and present
Keith Hennessy: 20 years in, still rattling everyone's cages with theatrically pungent works
White out
Nets of unexpected kindness -- and a meatloaf sandwich at Valencia Pizza and Pasta
Miami plays itself
Art Basel, part two: Faux-favelas and real degradation
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Vegans, rejoice! The halcyon days of macaroni & cheese may not be as far behind as you think.
Having spent many days in hot pursuit of a suitable substitute for our long-lost macaroni dinner, and having tasted many veganized versions of our beloved classic (some more successful than others), we can say with all confidence that this is incontestably the best vegan macaroni & cheese we've ever gotten our hot little hands on (as the near-empty casserole dish will attest).
Initially, our intention was to approximate the neon-yellow Kraft Dinner of old, but this recipe turned out far more sophisticated than we could have predicted: rich, creamy and kicking out serious flavour, this is mac & cheese for grown-ups. Dress it up with sliced green onion and crumbled smoked tofu, or go classic with a healthy dose of ketchup: either way, you're going to be a happy camper.
Serves 4 big appetites.
What you'll Need
– 1 lb. macaroni, cooked and drained
– 3 T. vegan margarine
– 1 T. vegetable oil
– 1/3 c. flour
– 2 c. vegetable broth
– 1 c. almond milk
– 3/4 c. nutritional yeast
– 3/4 c. cashews, soaked in water
– 3 cloves garlic
– 3 T. tamari
– 1 1/2 T. tahini
– 1 T. grainy dijon mustard
– 1 T. lemon juice
– 2 t. red miso paste
– 1 t. turmeric
– 1/2 t. smoked paprika
– 1/4 t. fresh ground black pepper
– 1/8 t. white pepper
– pinch cayenne
– pinch nutmeg
In a small bowl, add cashews and enough water to cover (roughly 1 c.), and let soak for about an hour until soft. Drain and set aside.
Combine almond milk, 1 c. vegetable broth, nutritional yeast, cashews, miso paste, tamari, tahini, garlic and mustard into a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth.
In a large saucepan, heat margarine and vegetable oil over medium-low heat until melted. Next, gradually add flour to the mixture and stir well to incorporate (there shouldn't be any lumps). You now have a roux! Let the roux cook over medium-low heat until lightly-toasted.
Once toasted, it is time to add your blended liquid to the saucepan. Add slowly, stirring frequently to avoid lumps. Your sauce should begin to thicken almost immediately upon contact with the roux. Add the remaining seasonings as the sauce thickens over medium-low heat. Remove from heat and let stand for a minute or two.
Author's Note: You may notice that your sauce gets quite thick once removed from the heat. We left our's as is (to excellent effect), but you may add an additional 1/2 c. of vegetable broth to suit your mac & cheese sensibilities.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Pour sauce onto your cooked macaroni, stirring until the noodles are completely coated in nutty, saucy goodness. Transfer macaroni & cheese to a greased 9″x13″ casserole dish, and top with breadcrumbs and a dusting of paprika for added effect. Cover casserole with aluminum foil, and bake for 20 minutes; uncover and bake for an additional 5 – 10 minutes, so the noodles get suitably crispy and brown around the edges. Remove from heat and dig in (but be careful – it'll go fast)!


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Today we present the first of a pair of opinion pieces explaining why the two leading candidates in this May's mayoral election don't deserve re-election. This time it's Boris Johnson's turn in the dock. (Don't worry, Londonist hasn't gone all biased on you – we'll be doing the same for Ken tomorrow.) We asked Tom Barry, the blogger better known as @BorisWatch, to put the case against.
Boris Johnson's public image is a crime-fighting, straight-talking, fun-loving man of the people – yet it is surprisingly hard to find evidence of these qualities in the course of his mayoralty. The qualities usually on display are peevishness, poor judgement of character, a tendency to get distracted by bling and straightforward dishonesty.
The peevishness is instantly obvious to anyone who tunes in to see the London Assembly's monthly attempts to hold Boris to account. On these occasions, the mayor performs a ritual in which he pretends to be upset that the opposition wants to oppose him. "How can any decent human being think that policy X is a waste of money/total mess/the wrong thing to do?", he'll ask, mustering a hurt look, to suggest that all this tiresome democratic accountability is getting in the way of something he'd really rather be doing, like being on the radio with Vanessa Feltz or Nick Ferrari telling the city how great he is. You can tell a man by his choice of friends, and Boris does love his sycophants.
Boris's poor judgement of character can also be seen in the ever-revolving door of City Hall. His appointees have variously been sacked in an internal coup (Tim Parker), had their collar felt (Ian Clement), or lied on their CV (Ray Lewis).
Others simply turned out to not be as competent as one might hope. There have been many of those, but the most obvious is Kulveer Ranger, who was moved sideways from transport to environment when it became clear that wearing a waistcoat, and telling everyone how great Boris is, was not enough to make a great director of transport policy for a major world city.
Boris' love of bling would be fairly harmless if he didn't control a multi-billion pound budget. That attracts a certain kind of entrepreneur – or, and let's be honest here, spiv. The result has been an endless line of distracting boondoggles: an airport in the sea, a pointless new bus, an expensive way to cross the river, a 300-foot rectal prolapse disfiguring the Olympic Stadium, and any number of stillborn schemes such as the floating river walk, the Living Bridge, or the Nine Elms tube line.
The characteristic common to these schemes is that they give maximum publicity for minimum effort. Getting the funds for, say, a major rail line involves years of lobbying the government, preparing business cases and sponsoring legislation. Much easier to wait for some clown to stick a CGI of a shiny thing in the Evening Standard, put out a press release offering full support, then put your feet up. Good old Boris. Legend.
But it's the whiff of dishonesty that really grinds my gears. The examples of Boris seemingly lying are far too many for comfort, and far too many to be anything other than a basic character flaw. So, we get hordes of imaginary dead cyclists, victims of murderous bendy buses. The bike hire scheme, used by a minority of well-off Londoners, was meant to cost no public money – yet turned out to be swallowing Section 106 grants prised from developers for local transport improvements. Meanwhile real cyclists, dodging deadly lorries on lethal gyratories, are told to man up and brave it out like Boris does, while the modes of transport most Londoners actually use are seeing cuts in investment, overcrowding, and above-inflationary fare rises.
Consider the dodgy stats on reoffending rates that Boris peddled to the Home Affairs Select Committee, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority. Rather than defend his figures, or accept his recommendation that the Mayor's office sign up to the code of practice for official statistics, Boris dismissed his accuser as a 'Labour stooge'. The gentleman in question, Sir Michael Scholar, was in fact a former Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher. In that one phrase, our mayor demonstrated the peevishness, dishonesty and lack of attention to detail that means I'll be voting 'Anyone But Boris' come 3 May.
Tomorrow, it's two-time champion Ken Livingstone's turn for a slating. Why not join us then?


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Mad Clown & Brother Su has released new single album 'Like Romance Comics'. The song titled 'Like Romance Comics' is the song of comfort for single men and women of these times who cry poor mouth from irresistible loneliness. It is impressive to listen to the harmony of warm atmosphere of Brother Su and calm rapping of Mad Clown.


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The new PBS kids channel came just in time. TVO has announced that it is closing down all its transmitting facilities in Ontario except in Toronto ( July 31, 2017). Apparently the CRTC will still allow them to be on basic cable throughout the province. Once again OTA users and rural viewers in Ontario are irrelevant. All that matters are the people of Toronto. If it was a private broadcaster this could be justified and would be their prerogative, however TVO uses tax resources from non-Toronto citizens also. Using tax resources for public broadcasting only receivable on charged private services (Cable and satellite) makes no sense.
All it does is drive the lucky ones living near a border station, to American broadcasting. As the CRTC tends to encourage local frequencies that masks remote US channels, perhaps some viewers in Ontario may be able to receive more content from the freed up stations (from the US). Unfortunately in the Ottawa area channel 24 is not used by anyone within 120 miles.
Official notice: http://tvo.org/article/about/tvo-decommissions-8-over-the-air-transmitters
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Forward in Faith and Women Bishops
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Yes, I know, there's almost nothing new to say about F i F and what it thinks about women bishops. But the Bishop of Fulham has released a statement which made me think. You can read it in full at Thinking Anglicans
In it he says this:
the abolition of the PEVs is proposed, which will leave our constituency in an intolerable position. All we would be allowed under the draft Measure as it now stands is access to a male bishop, whose own beliefs need not coincide with ours. That is sexism writ large.
There's been quite a lot of this: not only are there to be women bishops, but the status of the bishops designated to care for those who cannot in conscience receive the ministry of a woman bishop cannot be guaranteed.
The Measure does indeed simply talk about a 'male' bishop (well, it's not going to be a woman, is it?). But it also talks about the ability of a bishop to state that he will not ordain women, and talks about a Code of Practice which will make the kind of episcopal ministry which F i F want perfectly clear.
Two things here:
1. John Barton's point in the debate on Saturday: it is in no one's interest to designate F i F type parishes to the care of someone that parish does not recognise as acceptable.
2. John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham, is not a PEV. Unless I've got it utterly wrong, he's exactly the kind of Bishop envisaged by the Measure – someone designated locally rather than by law to provide ministry across a diocese (and in some other places too). The Bishop of Whitby does the same kind of job for the Diocese of York, so we don't see an enormous amount of the Bishop of Beverley round here. No need – there's a nominated Bishop who passes all the tests.
If I have got it wrong then I'm sure someone will tell me. If not, then John Broadhurst can't moan about the loss of PEVs if he has proved for some years that they aren't necessary. Operating under a Code can work, can't it? Ask the Diocese of London.
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Someone from the metropolis may correct this, but I thought that + Fulham had effectively become PEV for London and Southwark Dioceses – having no "area" of his own, unlike the unofficial areas (=archdeaconries) of York…
Unfortunately +Fulham has a bad habit of shooting from the lip. Remember when he talked about Satan being alive and well in Church House? His public utterances regularly give the impression of someone who so despises the C of E that it's hard to see why he would be upset to leave it.
But the metropolis is special, isn't it – isn't there a "London Plan" (c.1996?) in which Fulham is the PEV and the southern PEVs don't operate. That is different either to + Whitby, who only operates in one Diocese, and does exercise jurisdiction over non-C parishes (including the decidedly non-c ones in the rural part of Stokesley deanery), or to the system with the last assistant Bp in Newcastle Diocese (but not his successor), or indeed even with the Bp of Burnley, who ministers both in Blackburn and to the very small number of C parishes in Carlisle. All of them do cover non FiF ground, whereas Fulham is dedicated to C ground in the two metropolitan dioceses.
It sounds like Paul is giving several examples of how informal arrangements work well, I'm sure there are also some where despite the rules things don't work well. Think maybe the Mothers' Union have got it right this year by focusing on "Relationships not rule".


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Whether you're studying online or in person at a private college, real estate certification courses have two streams that you must choose from: commercial or residential. The difference between them is the difference between showing Erin Mills homes for sale to young couples starting a family and showing factories to business planners. Your choice will determine the course of your career, so be sure to give it a lot of thought before you decide. There's nothing worse than choosing impulsively only to find out that you're not happy with your choice. And as always, step one to proper decision making is research. This should help you with both.
Residential real estate, while it's still a business, tends to be much more about people and meeting their needs than it is about viability or income generating potential. When you're helping clients buy or sell pleasant Toronto lofts for sale, you're helping to shape their lives. Your clients will be making their decisions with their hearts more often than their heads, so it may fall to you to point out the practical considerations. All told, this is an excellent stream for real estate agents who enjoy working with people, who sympathize with their clients, and who genuinely want to help get it right.
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Archive for the 'Health' Category
Occasionally there is something more important than War and Peace — A recent toothache at the start of a three-day weekend brought all of this into perspective.
After reading or listening to this interview you will know why how you think and feel directly affect you health and wellbeing. "Thoughts are things" and they manifest in your body. So, make that decision you just can't seem to figure out how to make and watch life change. Dr. Gabor Maté explains what the body is doing and what it's trying to tell you when you get sick or diseased. Here's what he's talking about:
The body has many ways of saying no: almost any symptom, a stomach ache, a back spasm, a headache, nausea, dry mouth, poor sleep, muscle tension. I'm talking about relatively minor symptoms. These are all ways of the body saying no. As of course are the more severe conditions, like psoriasis or ulcerative colitis, all the ones that I've already mentioned. These are all ways of the body saying no.
We need to, first of all, to say and pay attention to what the body is saying to us. So if we have a symptom, don't just go to the doctor and say, "Take this symptom away from me"—yeah, ask for help—but also explore what the body is saying no to. Usually you'll find that in your life you've taken on too much, you're suppressing yourself, you're trying to please others too much. You're living life along patterns that don't express who you really are. So the symptom or the disease ought to be not just something that you want to get rid of; it ought to be the beginning of an exploration and investigation of how you live your life and how you might possibly live your life differently, in a more healthy fashion.
Dr. Gabor Maté: "When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection"
The Vancouver-based Dr. Gabor Maté argues that too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption—that emotions are deeply implicated in both the development of illness and in the restoration of health. Based on medical studies and his own experience with chronically ill patients at the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital, where he was the medical coordinator for seven years, Dr. Gabor Maté makes the case that there are important links between the mind and the immune system. He found that stress and individual emotional makeup play critical roles in an array of diseases.
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When Tom Lydon's receptionist told me that he was on the phone and would have to call me back, I couldn't have been more surprised. As a journalist who's refrained from the "gotcha" reporting so rampant in the mainstream media these days, I've gotten kind of used to people wanting to talk to me, either to tell me how great they and their business are, or at least to tell their side of a controversial story. But more than that, in the many years I've known Lydon, I've never known him to miss an appointment or blow off a call. So, when I called for our scheduled interview, it never occurred to me that he wouldn't take the call.
He phoned back a few moments later, very apologetic, explaining that he had gotten a call from a prospective client with an $8 million portfolio formerly managed by three brokers. He'd seen Lydon on CNBC, liked what he heard, and logged onto Lydon's Web site, and liked what he saw even better. After getting the names of some current clients he could talk to, the guy was calling back with just one question: "How soon can you send me the paperwork to move my accounts?" Okay, so maybe that was more important than a call with me.
Probably the best part of being a journalist is getting to write about the success of old friends. I met Tom Lydon so long ago I can't even remember when it was–probably on a golf course while we were both playing hooky from an industry conference in some warm, sunny location (aren't they all?). Over the years, we've played a lot of golf together, while I've followed Tom's career building his advisory practice–Global Trends Investments in Newport Beach, California–and becoming one of the most respected and possibly the nicest financial advisor in the country (and that's saying something, in a profession largely made up of incredibly nice women and men).
A compulsive joiner and natural leader, Tom is one of Schwab Institutional's leading advisors, a founding member of an organization now known as the National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM, formerly SAAFTI, for those keeping acronym score), serves on the board of directors of US Global Advisors and Rydex Investments, sits on PIMCOs's advisory board, and is one of a handful of advisors invited to participate in Chip Roame's CEO Summits.
Yet as seems to be more the rule than the exception, popularity and stature within the advisory profession don't always translate into a successful practice. Lydon's is one of those not-infrequent cases where it took him 25 years to become an overnight success: within the past two years, his client assets under management have increased 50% at a time when many advisory portfolios are experiencing a similar change but in the other direction. Tom's story is more than one of simply being in the right place at the right time: His continuing search to find better ways to manage client money–and better tools with which to do it–offers a model for many advisors today who are searching for new strategies to restore client confidence and perhaps manage downside risk a bit more effectively.
An Early ETF Adopter
Always an active manager, Lydon was one of the first independent advisors to grasp the advantages of exchange traded funds–primarily lower costs, greater liquidity, and a broader range of asset classes–and to pass those along to his clients by using them in his portfolios. Through years of sometimes painful experience, he learned that despite what Modern Portfolio Theory and the clients themselves may tell us, many clients just aren't comfortable riding out the kind of volatility that most investment markets experience from time to time.
So in the late '90s he devised a disciplined strategy using ETFs aimed at avoiding the most severe downturns. The results can only be considered successful: down 3.7% vs. -38.4% over the past three years through March 31, 2009; and up 25.3% versus -39.6% since inception in December 31, 2000, through the first quarter of this year.
Yet, despite his solid returns, Lydon didn't get much attention until he decided to publicize his expertise in using the relatively new ETF investments by launching a newsletter called ETF Trends in late 2005, and publishing his book, iMoney: Profitable Exchange Traded Fund Strategies for Every Investor, last year (written with John Wasik; FT Press, 2008). That's when his client roster and AUM began to skyrocket, a trend which if anything is continuing to accelerate, due to expanded newsletter circulation, continued interest in his book, and regular appearances on CNBC.
Like many advisors today, Lydon feels that "Modern Portfolio Theory has been bruised by the markets over the past year." Moreover, he says that "clients are frustrated; they're looking for something different. If we ever see this type of market again, they don't want to see the same result. So, if you don't have a plan that's different from the past…"
Lydon and many other advisors I know believe that in this environment advisors need to offer something different. Just what constitutes this "different thing" is, of course, the $64,000 question. For Tom Lydon, the answer is three-fold: actively generate solid investment performance; use better investment vehicles across broader asset classes; and embrace technology to reach clients and prospective clients.
If, unlike Lydon, you don't have solid portfolio performance today, it's going to be a while before you can create a track record that will get anyone's attention. So what do you do in the meantime, especially if you want to take Tom's suggestion to move beyond the MPT risk-management model? Lydon offers a clue: "If we're just there for beta, the long-term prognosis for the advisory profession isn't very good. Clients today are looking for alpha." But generating higher-than-market returns in actively managed portfolios is much more labor-intensive (read: costly) than creating statically allocated portfolios.
Time to Outsource?
I suspect that in the coming months we'll see increasing numbers of independent advisors decide to stop managing client portfolios in-house, turning over those duties to third-party management firms, funds of managers like American Beacon (see my April 2008 column, "Timing Is Everything") or other independent advisors who have good records. Be sure to consider that changing the way you handle client assets can change the economics of your firm. A 70 basis-point fee is nice, but doesn't look quite so good if it costs you clients. I suspect most advisors would agree that 35 bps on a constant and happy $100 million is a lot better than 70 bps on $50 million of high-turnover AUM. What's more, many managers who, like Lydon, use low-cost ETFs or index funds can tack on their fee and still deliver a portfolio with lower total costs to the client than one made up of some of today's higher-cost portfolios.
Lydon's choice for better investment vehicles is, of course, ETFs. With lower costs to the clients, ETFs have the potential to radically change the financial services industry. This bear market may be their opportunity to do just that. As their popularity grows, so do the options that ETFs offer investors. Last fall, many savvy investors used leveraged short ETFs to profit as the market fell; now a number of firms offer 3X short and long ETFs, magnifying winning bets even further. There are also quite a few actively managed ETFs, indicating the potential for mutual fund companies to seamlessly make the transition to this new vehicle. Index ETFs also offer a variety of weightings, giving portfolio managers an array of index options beyond the traditional market-cap weighting that skews portfolios toward buying high rather than buying low. In addition, there are now hedged ETFs, global sectors, and commodities such as gold, which smaller managers typically have found difficult to access.
Don't forget to embrace the latest technology if you want to remain credible, retain current clients, and attract new clients during this time. That means effective Web sites, client communications, e-newsletters, online services, and the ever expanding mass media. Lydon's experience is that with a good Web site for prospective clients to land on first, your close rate is much higher. Combined with his CNBC spots that drive already interested people to his site, signing up new clients is, he says, a one-click process: "If people like what they see on the Web site," he says, "they make a decision. Phone calls are already closed engagements."
Bob Clark, former editor of this magazine, surveys the advisory landscape from his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He can be reached at [email protected].


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So I am currently in Toronto Airport waiting to board my flight home. I had an amazing time while I was here in Toronto. The weather was beautiful, the restaurants and bars were great, and the shopping was out of this world! Every time I come to Toronto I have a great time, mostly because 2 of my good friends live here now. However, I find and I am sure many would agree that Toronto for all its greatness could be known as the city of impatience. I am from St. John's, a city where the doors are always held, everyone smiles at you, there's generally no shoving, and if you have a question that a Newfoundlander can answer they're more then happy to ramble on for 20 minutes to you. In Toronto I found many (not all) people to be pushy, impatient, and unwilling to help out a lost traveller like myself. I get it, it's a big city.
On Sunday morning I decided to go for an early morning run down Bloor Street. The weather was ideal, warm but not too hot and very little wind. So I headed out with no plan and just ran for the love of it. The city was quiet and beautiful and I stopped a few times to snap a couple pictures.
Spot the CN Tower in the Background
I was running a while without many people around when I started to see a few runners and I noticed every time one would pass me they would smile. I took notice because it was the first time a stranger had acknowledged my existence since I got there. It wasn't just one or two of them either it was every single one of them. Like I had joined a club that only the runners of Toronto could be a part of. I don't cross paths with many runners in my area in St. John's so it was nice to see evidence of the tight-knit running community in a big city. It was also a great way to see the city in a new way then I normally would.
So I only completed one run while I was in Toronto but I walked over 70,000 steps in the 5 days that I was there according to my pedometer so I did a whole lot of walking which was a nice change as well as break for my knees. I will be back on track tomorrow with a plan for the rest of the week.
Other then walking and running around Toronto I experienced lots of other fun and exciting things:
The shopping: I went to Vaughan Mills mall and this was the pile of stuff that myself and James brought back with us. I went to lots of great stores that I can't go to at home including the illusive Lululemon Outlet store, yes one exists! I got a sports bra and running shots for 60 dollars….AMAZING!
The Nightlife: We went to lots of little bars and pubs around Toronto. I just loved sitting out on a patio enjoying the warm nights! The above shot is from a bar we went to last night.
Myself and James
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The Food: We went to tons of local restaurants and pubs around downtown Toronto that I loved but I didn't photograph anything. I decided to just enjoy the food and not worry about blogging about it later but it was fabulous. However, I did snap a pic of my very first bubble tea. I had watermelon and it was delish!
All in all a great work trip / vacation. I just love Toronto and city life! I am looking forward to getting home though, I love to travel but nothing beats home!
Check back tomorrow for this week's work out plan!


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Reports from Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir said that there is complete response to the strike call given by JRL against the perceived tinkering with article 365 A by right wing forces. Reports said that there is complete shutdown in all the districts of Kashmir valley and there is no public transport on the roads.
Authorities have deployed additional paramilitary troops in the sensitive areas of Kashmir valley especially in Srinagar city to avoid protests and violence on Sunday. Though initial reports suggest that there is no reports of protests as the day unfolds, authorities are ready to deal with the situation.


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"So this is the Eileen you have been ravin' about for years," she said.
Well she was a ravin'-distracted after my husband herself, but it's a long story.
And if I'd stayed there much longer and listened to their ravin's there'd have been another one.
We'll both be stark, ravin' distracted if we keep on this way.
And as for ravin' about him afterwards—well, you never can tell, can you?
Well, that was before you tuck to the fightin'; but I'm ravin'.
He's ravin' crazy, Pindar Hollopeter is; he'd oughter be shut up.
What we've got to do is to hustle, an' in the long run we'll find that will pay better'n ravin'.
The wolf is the arch type of ravin, the beast of waste and desolation.
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Pat Roberts Files For Re-Election Friday
KSCB News - May 1, 2014 4:27 pm
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts will officially file for re-election at 12:45 p.m. Friday, May 2.
Senator Roberts will pay the $1,760 filing fee and sign the official paperwork in the Secretary of State's 2nd floor ceremonial office in the north wing of the State Capitol.
Senator Roberts is recognized as a tough, tested and trusted conservative with widespread support in every county of the state. Numerous state legislators and all statewide Republican officials on the ballot have endorsed him this year. Several of those officials have indicated they will attend the official filing Friday.
The Senator's official filing will be followed by an open house at his campaign headquarters, 2607 SW 21st Street from 3p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The public is invited.
On Saturday, May 3rd, Senator Roberts will speak to a statewide meeting of collegiate Republicans. He will speak at noon at the KSFCR leadership luncheon in the Lied Center.


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Australia and the United States have spent the last couple of years swapping first and second position at the very top of the table of the world's biggest meat eaters. We eat over 90kg per person per year, according to OECD figures, which is almost three times the global average.
It is this fact that sparks Matthew Evans to set out across the country determined to know how our meat is produced and what our rampant consumption of it means for our health, our animals and for the environment. He immediately finds there is a worrying lack of willingness from the meat industry to open up to the public about how their meat is produced. We now eat ten times more chicken than we did fifty years ago, which last year amounted to 600 million chickens Matthew realises if he wants to improve the welfare of as many chickens as possible, he needs to go mass market, so he approaches a fast food chain to see if they know the truth about how our chickens are farmed, they might swap out to use free-range chicken in all their restaurants.
Many of us love a steak on the barbie, but what do we know about the cattle farming that helps it get there? Matthew Evans follows one cow all the way through the process to discover in front of a live audience that the eye fillet is less than 1% of the whole animal.
After months of trying, Matthew Evans finally finds an intensive pig farmer who will let him see how the majority of our pigs are farmed. He discovers most farmers put breeding sows in small cages called farrowing crates, which are just big enough for a sow to lie down while her piglets suckle.
After discovering we eat ten times more chicken per person than 50 years ago, Matthew Evans wants to know what this means for the chicken. When he finally discovers how up to 20 chickens live in each square metre in intensive farms, he realises how little we consumers know.


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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University jazz studies students and their instructors are upbeat after again earning multiple wins in DownBeat magazine's 40th annual Student Music Awards.
In what is regarded as the most comprehensive competition for collegiate jazz programs, WMU students won four awards, coming in fourth in the international music competition. Earning top honors was the University of Miami with eight wins, followed by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with six awards and the Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas and the Manhattan School of Music, each with five awards.
WMU tied with the Eastman School of Music, the University of Northern Colorado and California State University, Long Beach, all with four awards.
Best metric for jazz programs
The DownBeat awards continue to be the most thorough and publicized metric for jazz programs across the globe, with the competition going international more than 10 years ago, says Tom Knific, WMU professor of music and director of the WMU jazz studies program. This year's awards were given to programs in six countries and reflect the University's continued high level of performance.
"WMU jazz studies has completed two decades of winning multiple DownBeat Music Awards," Knific says. "We have been a top-10 program all of those years and a top-five in many of them. This year was very crowded at the top. Having two large ensembles awarded, we had nearly 40 students included in the awards, which is momentous."
WMU award winners
This year's WMU honorees, along with the category of their award and professor, are:
- WMU Graduate Ensemble, Small Jazz Combo, Graduate College Outstanding Performance, Dr. Scott Cowan, professor.
- WMU Jazz Orchestra, Large Jazz Ensemble, Graduate College Outstanding Performances, Dr. Scott Cowan, professor.
- Gold Company, Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Graduate College Outstanding Performances, James Richardson, Outstanding Soloist, Gregory Jasperse, professor.
- Lushh, Blues/Pop/Rock Group, Undergraduate College Winner, Keith Hall, professor.
WMU alumni honored
Knific says it's important also to note the importance of WMU alumni in awards won by other institutions.
"Christine Helfrich Guter, director of vocal jazz at Cal State, is responsible for all of that school's wins," Knific says. "Loren Batley, now a graduate student there, also contributed to their wins. Kate Reid, now director of vocal jazz at Miami, is responsible for an award, as is Linda Alvarado, who is pursuing graduate work there. Lyman Medeiros a teacher at The Musicians Institute Los Angeles had award winning students. Most importantly for us, Keith Hall and Greg Jasperse, alumni and now faculty, had student wins for WMU."
Learn more about WMU's jazz studies program at wmich.edu/jazz.
For more WMU news, arts and events, visit wmich.edu/news.


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Beyoncé looks set to bring her Mrs Carter Show World Tour to Australia late 2013 after tour dates were leaked earlier today. The leaked dates, expected to be announced tomorrow, show Beyoncé making stops in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in October and November 2013.
UPDATE: The Australian tour has officially been announced!
There are three tell-tale tip-offs that this leak is legit. One, we've known for months that Queen Bey was planning on coming Down Under after the first leg of her world tour, yet when the second round of tour dates were revealed recently there was a noticeable Australia-shaped gap in her schedule during October and November between her South American and North American shows.
Two, global touring powerhouse Live Nation, who are promoting the Mrs Carter Show worldwide, have been teasing a big announcement with the date 07/07/13 on their Australian Facebook page for the past couple of days.
Three, Ticketek just this evening removed the waiting list for tickets on the Australian leg of the Mrs Carter tour from their site.
There you have it – along with the tour dates, there are three big golden arrows all pointing to the second coming of Beysus, a force not seen on our shores since a whirlwind tour in September 2009. The full list of dates is below, and those with a keen eye will see that there's plenty of room for extra shows in between the ones already leaked.
Beyoncé has been absolutely killing it this year (all in preparation for her Australian tour, obviously) with Mrs Carter shows taking in just about everywhere in Europe – including a massive sold-out run at the O2 in London – as well as pretty much ruining American football forever with a Superbowl halftime show that will be nigh-on impossible to top.
Check out the full dates below, as well as the Mrs Carter World Tour teaser vid and Beyoncé's Superbowl performance, which is sure to get you in the mood. Australia is waiting, O golden skinned goddess – take us into your honeyed arms and show us who run the world.
UPDATE: More new dates have been announced!
Beyoncé Australian Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Dates
Tuesday, 22nd October 2013
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Monday, 28th October 2013
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
Thursday, 31st October 2013
Allphones Arena, Sydney
Tuesday, 5th November 2013
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide
Friday, 8th November 2013
Perth Arena, Perth
Ticket info:
My Live Nation members pre-sale from 3pm, 16th July 16 until 11am, 17th July. General sale commences 10am Friday 19th July
Watch: Mrs Carter World Tour promo
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We followed this route with El Navigante (5.11d, 165m). Since the Penon is a monolith and not a flat cliff, every move on every climb feels like an arete. Making matters worse (and at the same time more exciting) is the wind and thunderous racket of the crashing waves bellow. We topped out El Navigante just as the sun descended into the haze over North Africa and washed the white cliffs in red and orange. As the sky darkened and the pale stars emerged, gulls clinging to the last of the sea breeze shrieked mournfully overhead. The white spots of their bodies moved in and out of the stars like drifting constellations. We ate, and Cass brought out a hidden flask, a splendid Newcastle tradition.
Later that night we were bored and our collective male energy bred a machismo none of us possessed on our own. I suggested we go back to the Penon and climb it in the dark. "Bloody hell, its 11 at night! Crazy Yank."
But the idea gained popularity, and soon we found ourselves in the car racing back, eager to climb. Each leader of our two parties got three headlights, one for each knee to illuminate their feet and one for their head. The night was cool and still, and the light from Calpe backlit the Penon. Reaching a small ridge after four fun and quick pitches, we looked down to see if we could spot our cars. A light flashed so I flashed my headlight back wondering what I was saying in Morris Code. When the light went dark we saw that the light's source was two cops standing near our cars.
We couldn't figure out what they wanted, so we devised a plan as we continued up the last two pitches. We'd hike down the trail—but before we reached the car we would all hide. One of us would pretend to be a jogger who would run nonchalantly past the cops, jump in the car and come back for the rest of us. It seemed foolproof until we rounded a bend on our descent and saw the cops in the trail peering at us through the gloom. As we approached, I yelled out, "Hey you wankers!" as a test to see if they spoke English. I had recently learned this very profane bit of British slang, and I felt obliged to use it whenever possible, just to master its use. The officers didn't flinch, so we knew we had a code language to converse amongst ourselves. First we tried simply to steer around them, suggesting with our body language that we were not in fact the climbers they were looking for and that the real culprits would be down shortly. They intercepted us and began shouting in the kind of obscenely fast and aggressive Spanish you hear on Spanish sports radio stations.
I spoke a little Spanish, and true to their oblivious traveling style, the Brits spoke none. I caught the words "jail" and "crimes," but I couldn't gather the specifics of our offense or what the jail time would be. I stepped forward to explain everything in fluent "Spanglish." I described how the British guys had abducted me and forced me to climb with them. Furthermore, I said, I was ecstatic to see the authorities so I finally could be safe. The younger officer, who had been so irate a moment ago, stared at me with a blank face. Then they both started laughing. It broke the ice, but they wouldn't let us go. A heinous crime had been committed, and it didn't seem to matter that neither the police nor us knew what it was.
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